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3 August 2026

Lucky Jackson delivers double feature glory

Baby Jackson might just be the perfect good luck charm for the training team of Kelli Dawson and Shane Graham. The partnership of Dawson and Graham was the big winner of the annual Australian Pacing Gold Brisbane Sales Graduates Finals on Saturday evening at Albion Park. And, in the winning shots, Dawson...

3 August 2026

Beach's special Beautide win

FAMILY is the essence of harness racing and that was beautifully evident with Okanui Beach’s emotion-charged win in a stellar $100,000 LAFM Beautide at Launceston on Saturday night. Victorian father-and-daughter team Craig and Abbey Turnbull combined to win the heavily promoted race for Tasmanian-bred...

2 August 2026

Okanui Beach lands $100,000 LAFM Beautide

Okanui Beach claimed the biggest win of his career when taking out the $100,000 LAFM Beautide (2200m) at Launceston’s Ladbrokes Racing Centre Mowbray on Saturday night. Trained in Victoria by Craig Turnbull, who has been campaigning a team of horses in Tasmania over the past month, the Downbytheseaside...

2 August 2026

GOODFORM - Craig's Tips for Maryborough Monday

Race 1: OVERVIEW: IMEASYCOMEEASYGO (1) is a beautifully bred first starter, which has had two trials at Terang for a second and win. The latest victory was in reasonable time and he is drawn to go well first up. DREAMS FOREVER (4) makes her debut for trainer Allan McDonough and has been placed in all...

1 August 2026

Mixed reaction from Aussies to big NZ prize money shake up

HARNESS Racing New Zealand's release of some major changes to NZ features and prize money has sparked varied reactions from key Aussie players. Keayang Zahara’s co-trainer Paddy Lee was thrilled to learn the time-honoured Group 1 Dominion Trot would stay at $NZ400,000. “She’ll go...

31 July 2026

Bonus Points System to supercharge Carnival of Cups

Harness Racing New South Wales has unveiled an exciting new $100,000 bonus points system that will add another layer of competition to the 2026–27 Carnival of Cups, rewarding consistency across the five feature races that headline the popular regional series. The new initiative will see horses...

31 July 2026

Grima going big time with new stars 

YOUNG NSW trainer Seaton Grima is poised to go to the next level. Grima, just 23, boasts almost 200 career wins, but has by far his best team yet, headed by recent headline-grabbing stable addition Loucasso. The three-year-old has raced just nine times for seven wins and over $400,000 in prize money....

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...

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