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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...

27 July 2026

HRA Unveils Stallion Registration Fee Reduction

Harness Racing Australia has approved a reduction in the Stallion Registration Fee from the commencement of the 2026/27 breeding season to help pave the way for a new funding model to support the TAB Eureka. Earlier this year, HRA established a Working Group, which was commissioned to review the long-term...

27 July 2026

Slow former harness racer on fast-track to success at 2026 Ekka

Retired harness racer Samandnic has already topped several leaderboards in his post-racing career but is now eyeing off top spot in an arena of a different sort in 2026. The bay gelding, along with rider and handler Olivia Pennisi, will once again line up for the prestigious Thoroughbred and Standardbred...

26 July 2026

Twilight Storm caps Chibnall double

Three-year-old Capt Midnight filly Twilight Storm ($1.65 fav) claimed her first win since her Group 3 Evicus victory last November when taking out a no more than two lifetime win event over 1680m at Launceston’s Ladbrokes Racing Centre Mowbray, on Friday night. Jordan Chibnall took the drive on...

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