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14 October 2025
Golden Nugget Rankings Round 2
14 October 2025
Young driver Luke going good
Teenage reinsman Luke Thirgood is inspired by his heroes Nathan Rothwell, Nathan Dawson and Brendan Barnes as he aims to make his own mark on the Queensland driving ranks. Having only recently turned 16 years of age, Thirgood made his race day debut last month and has taken four professional drives since...
14 October 2025
Kayleb Williams notches up 100th win in Burnie
When Kayleb Williams partnered Mi Ju Dan to win at his first race drive on King Island on 5 December 2020, he was unsure about what his future in harness racing was, and he had never given thought about leaving the Island. Fast forward to Monday night at Burnie, and 99 wins later, the now Carrick-based...
14 October 2025
Melpark Major's memorable Victoria Cup triumph
There has always been an aura about Harness Racing Victoria’s second biggest open class feature for the season, the $250,000 Victoria Cup, referred to by many as the ‘Cox Plate’ of harness racing. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT THETROTS.COM.AU
14 October 2025
The Starlights to shine this summer
A new-look summer carnival to be known as The Starlights is poised to provide a thrilling finish to the Queensland harness racing calendar. The summer carnival will feature four blockbuster nights at Redcliffe and Albion Park across November and December, with more than $1.7 million in prize money and...
14 October 2025
Allsudsnobubbles is all good on debut
Owner, breeder and trainer Samantha Freeman was all smiles after Allsudsnobubbles made a winning race track debut, in a Two Year Old Maiden (1609m) in Hobart on Sunday night. The gelded son of Lather Up led the one-wide in the line in the early stages, and was inclined to over race, before driver Jordan...
13 October 2025
Akoya Pearl Shines in Great Southern Derby Triumph at Narrogin
Akoya Pearl took out the $11,000 3YO Westbred Great Southern Derby on Saturday night, October 11 at Narrogin for breeder, part-owner and trainer Nathan Turvey, giving connections their fifth win from just 10 starts. Having just two starts as a two-year-old, it hasn’t been plain sailing for the...
13 October 2025
SA Trots - Jasmine Dimovski grabs the spotlight at Globe on Saturday
Diminutive Jasmine Dimovski grabbed the spotlight at Globe Derby Park on Saturday driving her first winner at just her second race drive. Dimovski, 24, drove a perfect race to bring Rocknroll Spirit to victory in the Ladbrokes Gawler Platinum Cup heat one (1800m). A week earlier, her friend and co-worker...
13 October 2025
Bulletproof Boy to run in Sportsbet Victoria Cup as final field is revealed
A giant-killer performance on Saturday night has forced the hand of Cranbourne trainer Scott Ewen to run much-loved pacer Bulletproof Boy in this Saturday night’s Sportsbet Victoria Cup. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY AND FINAL VICTORIA CUP FIELD
13 October 2025
Dashman's harness examination - October 13
Catch up on the week's harness racing action in our weekly review, thanks to Darren Clayton. ZEUS REIGNS SUPREME Not As Promised is known as Zeus around the Graham Dwyer stables. However, the dual Group 1-winning three-year-old produced a herculean effort at Albion Park on Saturday night when smashing...
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