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30 July 2026

GOODFORM - Craig looks at Mildura's big program

Race 1: OVERVIEW: ROYAL APPOINTMENT (6) needs the right run to feature prominently and has drawn the extreme alley but he will appreciate a significant drop back in class on his recent Metropolitan performances. He trailed the leader and battled on well for second behind Enjoy Life in a sizzling mile...

30 July 2026

Barbary Tales heads early Beautide market

Bookmakers have opened Barbary Tales as the favourite for Saturday night’s $100,000 LAFM Beautide at Launceston’s Ladbrokes Racing Centre, Mowbray. Barbary Tales finished third behind Fighter Command and Bettablack Tiger in last year’s Beautide in Hobart. 12 months later, she returns...

29 July 2026

GOODFORM - Craig's take on Kilmore Thursday

Race 1: OVERVIEW: DELIGHTFUL MIKI (3) recorded a strong victory when she was resuming since December then copped plenty of pressure in the front running role when a game second behind Savon De Roche (won again since). She is a classy mare and is drawn to make her presence felt. HILTONS SPIRIT (4) settled...

29 July 2026

Rixon jetting off to USA

TOP young NSW driver Will Rixon will be missing from Aussie form guides for a while after this weekend. Rixon, 25, is going to the US on a holiday to experience some of the world’s great racing, starting with the upcoming iconic Hambletonian meeting at The Meadowlands. And he’s got the perfect...

29 July 2026

Swayzee stepping up again

THE old warrior isn’t done yet. While Captains Mistress stormed to top seed in leviathan owner Mick Boots’ huge team of horses with that epic Brisbane Inter Dominion win, he revealed his champion stayer Swayzee was progressing well on the comeback trial. The rising nine-year-old has raced...

29 July 2026

Australia's two top trotters to chase NZ features

AUSTRALIA’S two best trotters, Keayang Zahara and Gus, are being set for New Zealand Cup Week raids later this year. Speaking for the first time since Gus’ historic Brisbane Inter Dominion final win, when he became the first Queensland-trained trotter to win a final, trainer Chantal Turpin...

28 July 2026

Carnival of Cups raises the bar with $100,000 feature races

Harness Racing New South Wales has further strengthened its commitment to regional racing, announcing a significant boost to prizemoney across the 2026/27 Carnival of Cups series, with each feature race now carrying a lucrative $100,000 purse. The announcement follows confirmation that the award-winning...

27 July 2026

Sweepstakes stars spearhead Langley quartet

Bettor Than Ready continued his build-up towards next month’s Two-Year-Old Colts and Geldings Sweepstakes Final when claiming the opening heat over 1609m at Hobart’s Ladbrokes Park Elwick on Sunday night. Driven by Tarn Ford, the Bettors Wish gelding was quickly positioned in the one-one,...

27 July 2026

Mistress Melton-bound

THE race dubbed the Cox Plate of harness racing, the Group 1 Victoria Cup, is the next major target for newly crowned Inter Dominion champion Captains Mistress. It will cap an Australian racing extravaganza on October 17, coming just hours after the huge Everest and Caulfield Cup thoroughbred meetings....

27 July 2026

Gloucester Park Review Friday 24th July 2026

In Her Dam’s Footsteps A decade or so ago veteran trainer Ross Olivieri enjoyed many successes with Sheer Rocknroll, and now he has high hopes that the second of her progeny, Sheer Rock Lady, will prove a worthy successor on the track. Four-year-old Sheer Rock Lady produced a sample of her class...

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