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Adam Sanderson will look to go one better than his sole runner-up finish at the 2018 Australian Drivers Championship when he again represents his state at Globe Derby Park in Adelaide this Saturday. The Kiwi-born Queenslander will be joined by young gun driver Angus Garrard. “I was leading until the last race and I got […]
In form pacer Final Deadline (Bettors Delight) continued his present form with an outstanding staying performance to take out this years Coast2coast Grounds and Gardens Group 2 $106,000 Redcliffe Gold Cup on Saturday night. Following up from his tough harness racing win in the Flashing Red at Albion Park last week Final Deadline was installed […]
Classy four year old Final Deadline (Bettors Delight) staked his claim for better races to come with an effortless harness racing win in the Wolf Signs Band Pace at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Perfectly drawn in barrier two and a raging hot favourite, Final Deadline as expected exploded out of the mobile for driver […]
Life initially wasn’t easy for Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) and if it wasn’t for the intervention of Charlotte Williamson he may not have survived, let alone go on to become a harness racing millionaire. Oscar’s mother Now’s The Moment was owned by Charlotte’s father John Purvis and was grazing at home. “When I found him […]
Evergreen pacer Tims a Trooper (Tintin In America) and Speak The Truth (Bettors Delight) fought out a desperate finish in the Benstuds Standardbreds Pace at Albion Park when they could not be separated in a dead heat. Although the Free For All was the main harness racing event and attracted only six runners the race […]
Albion Park staged the harness racing heats of the 2025 Ladbrokes Stars yearling sale classic for the two and three year olds on Friday night with some entertaining finishes. In the first heat for the three year old colts and geldings the Grant Dixon pair of Happy As Can Be (Always B Miki) and Race […]
Fate Awaits Eureka prospects took a blow when he could only finish third behind the highly rated Final Deadline (Bettors Delight) in the Catch The Fire Somerset Farms three year old pace at Albion Park on Saturday evening. In a small harness racing field of five, Fate Awaits was expected to prevail in his final […]
Highly promising pacer Sure Thing Captain (Captaintreacherous) continues to show his ability with a tough harness racing win in the Leading Edge Security Pace at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Sure Thing Captain won his two heats of the Inter Dominion in July before finishing eighth to Leap To Fame after never looking likely. But […]
Classy New Zealand gelding Rubira (Always B Miki) made amends for his failure in the Rising Sun when he convincingly outpointed his harness racing opponents in The $150,000 Group 1 Ladbrokes Queensland Derby run at Albion Park on Saturday evening. In a keen betting race Hesitate was favourite but there was strong support for Fate […]
Purdon Racing has two very good chances in Rubira (Always B Miki) and Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) on Saturday night at the Inter Dominion Finals at Albion Park. Rubira starts in the $150,000 Group One 2025 Ladbrokes Queensland Derby and draws the outside of the front row. At his last start in The Rising Sun […]
Local pacer Speak The Truth (Bettors Delight) atoned for his disappointing run last week when he gave a copy all the way display to win the sixth harness racing heat of the Second round of the Ladbrokes Inter Dominion Pacing Championships at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Once again driver Adam Sanderson was right on […]
Local pacer Sure Thing Captain (Captaintreacherous) became the first pacer to qualify for next week’s big final when he led all the way for a stylish win in the fourth heat of the Second round of the Ladbrokes Inter Dominion Pacing Championships at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Harness racing patrons were treated to a […]
Local pacer Sure Thing Captain (Captaintreacherous) drew first blood when he took out the first harness racing Heat of the Ladbrokes Inter Dominion Pacing championship at Albion Park on Saturday evening. In what was regarded as the most open of the three heats being run, Adam Sanderson took the early initiative to take up the […]
Star New Zealand gelding Rubira (Always B Miki) continued the great run of success for the Kiwi harness racing raiders when he led all the way to take out the Group 3 $52,000 Redcliffe Derby on Saturday night. Rubira had impressed with his Australian debut a fortnight back at Albion Park and from the pole […]
Four year old gelding Call To Order (American Ideal) has taken out this year’s $216,000 Group 2 Hayden at Albion Park on Saturday evening in an action packed harness racing event that saw him elevated to win in a protest over Attachment. The race was billed as a clash between Queensland’s leading stables Grant Dixon […]
Co-trainer Nathan Purdon says impressive three-year-old Rubira (Always B Miki) is nearing his peak fitness as he begins his Queensland winter campaign at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Kiwi Rubira was one of three invite acceptors this week for the upcoming The Rising Sun alongside The Janitor and Fate Awaits. Unbeaten in three trips to the […]
Former Southland Boy’s High School student Adam Sanderson who’s now carving out a successful harness racing career in Brisbane, heads back to New Zealand next week to drive Speak The Truth (Bettor’s Delight) in New Zealand’s richest race, the $1,000,000 The Race By Grins at Cambridge. Sanderson attended Southland Boys High School in Invercargill in […]
The southern region of New Zealand has a strong harness racing connection to Saturdays Miracle Mile at Menangle. Robin Dundee (Hal Tryax) won the inaugural running in 1967 while other winners with a southern link are Holmes DG (Holmes Hanover), Young Quinn (Young Charles) Baby Bling (Western Terror) and My Field Marshal (Art Major). This […]
When Adam Sanderson scores up on the $1.90 harness racing favorite Speak The Truth (Bettor’s Delight) behind the black and white checks of Grant Dixon in the $231,000 The Hayden on Saturday night he should do so with a welcome degree of optimism. Sanderson and the Shannon Price trained pacer have chased home Dixon’s superstar […]
