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27 November 2025

Penny Black is up for the challenge

Star mare Penny Black faces the biggest test of her career when she clashes with eleven classy male rivals in the $100,000 Retravision J. P. Stratton Cup over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night --- and her trainer Michael Young is confident she is up to the challenge. Penny Black will begin from...

27 November 2025

Trotters to Shine at Melbourne Yearling Sale

The catalogue for the 2026 Australian Pacing Gold Melbourne Yearling Sale, to be held on Sunday, February 15 at Oaklands Junction, has been further boosted with the 12-strong contingent of trotting bred youngsters going up for auction. The draft is spearheaded by three colts and two fillies from the...

26 November 2025

Additional mares-only races added to calendar in 2026

Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) will increase the volume of mares-restricted races from January next year. In collaboration with Harness Breeders Victoria, the changes reinforce Victoria’s commitment to mares in their racing and breeding careers. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AT THETROTS.COM.AU

26 November 2025

Sanderson aims to extend dream season at Melton

Young gun driver Ryan Sanderson hopes his “dream come true” can keep giving on Saturday night. Sanderson, 22, is enjoying a breakthrough season in the sulky and drives two of the major chances – War Dan Buddy and Kiss – in the two $100,000 Vicbred finals at Melton. CLICK HERE...

26 November 2025

Trent and Taleah's tremendous sensation

Boasting a picket fence line of six victories leading into Saturday’s Queen Of The Creek feature at Albion Park, the team of Taleah McMullen and Trent Lethaby are taking contrasting emotions into the event. McMullen will be doing the driving of the in-form mare while her partner Lethaby will be...

26 November 2025

The Locomotive steams back to Menangle

DON’T let his looks deceive you. Former Inter Dominion champion The Locomotive makes his long-awaited racetrack return at Menangle on Saturday night. But the rising six-year-old will look a bit different to when he last raced at Menangle for a win on March 22. “He was over in Sweden so long,...

26 November 2025

Felicity Reinke gets her winning groove back

After losing some confidence in the bike in recent times, quiet mare Dashndot was just what hobby trainer and driver Felicity Reinke needed. The Cushnie-based Reinke has been driving in races since 2000 before entering the training ranks in the 2014-15 term. The 39-year-old has tallied a number of winning...

26 November 2025

SA Trots - Weidenbachs success in SA

SOUTH Australia continues to be a happy hunting ground for well-known trainer Rosie Weidenbach. In fact, SA has become a mecca for success for several members of Weidenbach's family. Based in Victoria, Weidenbach has won nine races this season - six of those in South Australia! Weidenbach's husband,...

26 November 2025

Hart heads north for Jeff

GUN for hire Cam Hart will head interstate again this weekend to chase more feature race glory. The NSW-based Hart holds a commanding statewide and Menangle premiership lead despite spending so much time on the road this year. Last Saturday night he teamed with the powerhouse Emma Stewart and Clayton...

26 November 2025

Frankie can be Ferocious again

TRAINER Ben Crosby thinks one-time budding star Frankie Ferocious can wind back the clock in Saturday night’s $75,000 Group 2 Sunshine Sprint at Albion Park. Frankie Ferocious, who won the 2024 Chariots Of Fire and ran a slashing fourth in the Miracle Mile a week later, has been somewhat in the...

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