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17 April 2024

The Road To The Nullarbor - The Barrier Draw

Jack Callaghan had the hard task of drawing the barrier for Spirit Of St Louis and the Aaron Bain Summit Bloodstock Slot and he did not disappoint, drawing barrier 1 in this Friday nights, $1.25million Gr1 The Nullarbor. With just two runs remaining in Australia before he heads to the US, Callaghan is...

16 April 2024

Driscoll presented with HBV's Ian Daff Memorial Award

Harness Breeders Victoria has announced Pat Driscoll of Haras des Trotteurs and Yabby Dam Farms as its 2024 Ian Daff Memorial Award recipient.

16 April 2024

Champion mare chasing more Group 1 glory before retirement

THE curtain is starting to come down on champion mare Ladies In Red's glorious career, but she's still got some Group 1 hunting to do. Trainer Emma Stewart confirmed the millionaire mare would have trips to Sydney and Brisbane before she's retired to the breeding barn around August. The first...

16 April 2024

Hart doubling up

IT SEEMS a winning double is no trouble for leading reinsman Cameron Hart these days. The state’s premier driver landed a winning double at Young on Friday night and backed that up with another two winners at Menangle on Saturday night. Now the 25-year-old reinsman will look for a repeat performance...

16 April 2024

Ebony secures NSW Oaks berth

DESPITE not being the main fancy it was no surprise that up-and-coming filly Our Ultimate Ebony took out last Friday night’s $30,000 South West and Riverina Oaks. Race favourite and last season’s star filly Lux Aeterna was coming off the back of a surprise defeat at Bathurst and again she...

16 April 2024

SA TROTS - Lord Zarias reins supreme in the Port Pirie Regional Council Pacing Cup

For Reeves Plains trainer-driver, Ryan Hryhorec, all’s well that ends well in the case of talented pacer Lord Zarias. After a roller coaster week of emotions, Hryhorec drove Lord Zarias ($4.60) to a one metre victory in the $25,000 Port Pirie Regional Council Pacing Cup (2530m) on Saturday. In...

16 April 2024

Kelly bounces back into the winner's circle after health battle

Former Victorian group-winning trainer Adam Kelly didn’t take long to get back into the Melton winner’s circle after a long stint on the harness racing sidelines with serious illness. Hes A Meister is the first horse Kelly has trained since being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of...

15 April 2024

SA TROTS - Uncle Louis checks in as the 2024 SA Country Cup Trotters Final winner

"JUST the usual races"...that's what is in store for Saturday night's Port Pirie Trotters' Cup winner, Uncle Louis. With the feature doubling as the finale of South Australia's country cup circuit, trainer Mario Borg stated "there simply aren't any features to aim him...

15 April 2024

Queensland Harness Racing Wrap - April 15

Catch up on the week's harness racing action in our weekly review, thanks to Darren Clayton. THE GOOD One win was expected while the other was somewhat of a surprise in the Australian Pacing Gold three-year-old Bullion Finals on Saturday night. Soap Opera proved her class when overcoming the outside...

15 April 2024

Vic's elite trotting ranks make it time to embrace Eureka moment

Now is the time for Victoria to double down. Trotting, as opposed to pacing, is Victoria’s point of difference and never has the climate been better to really drive that home. Decades of sustained support, often against strong headwinds of negativity, have been rewarded for trotting in Victoria....

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