October 14, 2025

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The Box Seat, 14th October

Check out harness racing highlights and news with this week’s edition of the Box Seat. The Box Seat serves up Jumal’s Harness Million triumph, interviews with Steven Reid and Nathan…

Sarah O’Reilly returns this week

After 15 months away one of the country’s brightest harness racing talents Sarah O’Reilly will return to competitive driving at Addington on Friday night. “I definitely missed it,” says O’Reilly,…

Harriott day to showcase Queensland trotters

The Marburg Harness Racing Association is hopeful of replicating the popular Redwood harness racing meeting in Victoria when they run an all trotters program this Sunday to honour a club…

Young harness racing 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…

Seth Hill – rising young star

Nineteen year old Seth Hill is one of the rising stars in this country’s junior driver ranks and with thirty wins on board and an association with very good pacer…

100th win milestone for young driver

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…

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’…

Spurred on

The running of the Worthy Queen Handicap Trot last Friday night at Addington further highlighted the marvellous achievements of Pegasus Spur across Australasia. Runner up to winner Mighty Logan, I…

Lionheart Hanover completes rare fair grand slam

WILKES-BARRE PA – The Greenshoe gelding Lionheart Hanover became only the second Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes horse, and the first male and first trotter, to complete the “grand slam” (in…

Gelded son of Lather Up wins racetrack debut

Owner, breeder and trainer Samantha Freeman was all smiles after Allsudsnobubbles made a winning race track harness racing debut, in a Two Year Old Maiden (1609m) in Hobart on Sunday…

Gloves off for Brookdale Johnny and Sauble Attack

SUMMERSIDE, PE – The gloves will be off as Brookdale Johnny seeks his third straight in Tuesday evening feature harness racing action at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway. The…

Congratulations to the 2025 HHYF Scholarship Recipients!

The Harness Horse Youth Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 roster of scholarship recipients. Harold & Marcia Snyder Memorial (sponsored by International Sound) Hannah Dingledine from Mechanicsburg, Ohio received…