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A spectacular night of racing at Albion Park last night had plenty to like about it, especially if you’re from Southland in New Zealand. All three of the Group One winners in the main races were bred by southerners and all were developed by Branxholme trainer Nathan Williamson in what must be a rarity in […]
Many in the deep south of New Zealand will have their eyes on among others, The Janitor (Always B Miki) at Albion Park on Saturday night. The gelding who is named after former All Black halfback Brad Weber is looking to gain points and qualify for next weekend’s $1,000,000 ID26 Pacing Championship Grand Final. The […]
The stunning record-breaking harness racing win by Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) in Saturday’s 2026 Racing and Sports The Rising Sun, has been a few years in the making. The four year old mare was bred by Todd and Fleur Anderson of Taffy Limited and purchased as a weanling by Mick Boots. “It depends on what they […]
Australia’s leading pacer Leap To Fame (Bettors Delight) looks to have come back better than ever following an awesome harness racing win in the Open Pace at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Resuming after his Inter Dominion success in July Leap to Fame resumed in a small field of six runners with his trainer Grant […]
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 […]
Southland horseman Nathan Williamson is in for a busy few days with nine drives at Winton tomorrow and a big assignment at The Creek at Albion Park in Brisbane on Saturday. At the Winton meeting he links up with the Stephen Balloch trained Sebastian Stark (Sebastian K) in Race One. “He’s got good ability this […]
Kiwi trotter Bet N Win (What The Hill) made a big statement when he won his Australian harness racing debut at Albion Park last night. “It was the perfect start to the trip,” said David White who trains the gelding in partnership with his wife Stacey. In the Listed The Stellar Square, driver Bob Butt […]
West Melton harness racing trainers David and Stacey White are excited about the trip to Brisbane that lies ahead for their talented trotter Bet N Win (What The Hill). The four year old was at the Rangiora trials yesterday and after leading in the 2000 metre heat against the pacers, was run down late by […]
Mark and Nathan Purdon of The All Stars Stable are weighing their options for the upcoming Brisbane harness racing carnival in July. Three year old Major Hot (Art Major) has been pencilled in to make the trip. Races that may be considered for him are the Listed South East Derby at Albion Park on 13th […]
When first informed of Doug Lee’s plans, the late Peter Sullivan could not believe his ears. Sullivan – a long-time trotting man from a revered square gaiting family in NSW – was in the final stages of his extended battle with illness in late 2020. His younger cousin – Lee – would often call him […]
Mark Pitt believes Saturday night’s Group 1 Sunshine Sprint at Albion Park will complete Mach Dan’s (Mach Three) race fitness preparation leading into next week’s harness racing Group 1 Blacks A Fake. Second-up after a four-month spell, Mach Dan has to contend with an inside second row draw however Pitt is philosophical about a potential […]
Former Brisbane television and radio presenter, Chris Bombolas, has joined The Creek ‘stable’ taking up a newly-created contract role as Chief Operating Officer of the Albion Park Harness Racing Club. APHRC Chairman Brad Steele said the club was thrilled to welcome such a seasoned campaigner to the family. “Chris has a long and respected connection […]
He is still learning to race but Captaintreacherous gelding Captain Shuffles made all the right moves to claim Group 1 victory at Albion Park on Saturday night (Aug. 20). The lightly-raced three-year-old won the $106,090 QBRED Triad Final giving trainer Ben Crosby his first Group 1 winner. Driven by one of Queensland’s top reinsmen Shane […]
In harness racing there are not many better feelings than a Group 1 victory. However Queensland trainer-driver Trent Dawson went above and beyond that at Albion Park on Saturday night (Aug. 20). The 36-year-old horseman saluted with a Group 1 double in the QBRED Triad Finals. Dawson produced a front-running drive on For A Reason […]
Champion reinsman Grant Dixon has achieved a feat no other driver in Queensland harness racing history has achieved before. The 49-year-old reached 5000 wins and fittingly it was with his top class pacer Colt Thirty One at Albion Park tonight (Aug. 13). Dixon has won several races with the Mach Three entire, including three Group […]
Adam Hamilton writes in Racenet that girl power is set to dominate harness racing at Albion Park again on Saturday night. The harness world is still buzzing after Ladies In Red’s (Mach Three) breathtaking Rising Sun romp last Saturday night and now her potential heir apparent Amore Vita (Art Major) takes the baton into the […]
Broadcaster Ray Hadley, reporting for 2GB, has revealed the identity of a harness racing official charged with sexual abuse offences against two women. Albion Park Harness Racing Club CEO Scott Steele has been committed to stand trial, charged with two counts of sexual assaults and one count of rape. Police allege he sexually assaulted two […]
The Nutrien experience heads north in 2023 as we partner with the Albion Park Harness Racing Club to deliver the Sunshine Stars Yearling Sale. Set to take place across the weekend of March 11 and 12, 2023, at the iconic Magic Millions sales complex, it will be an experience not to be missed. A weekend […]
Innovation is certainly a buzz word when it comes to racing, sport or even modern business for that matter. In the harness racing world, it may be the single most important thing. In many ways, harness racing has been standing still, somewhat tied so passionately to tradition, while other sports have been creatively innovative. That […]
Harness racing’s young gun Jack Callaghan has snared the prized pick-up drive on Beyond Delight (Bettors Delight) in Saturday night’s (Jun. 2) $305,000 Group 1 Rising Sun (2138m) at Albion Park. Trainers Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin had to find a new driver with Beyond Delight’s regular partner, Greg Sugars, committed to his own horse, […]
Trainers from both codes – harness racing and greyhounds – drivers, volunteers, chief executive officers and everyone else in between. It does not matter what your role is at Albion Park, it is all hands on deck to get the premier Brisbane racing facility back on its feet. One of the most popular racing venues […]
Former New Zealander Deus Ex, who scored a decisive end-to-end win at Albion Park last Saturday night (September 18) and has won his way back to a NR 88 mark, has now won two from as many starts on Australian soil. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/qld/APC18092106.mp4 The Changeover five-year-old gelding hoisted a fresh lifetime record of 1:54.8 over 2138 […]
Win lose or draw, Bathurst harness racing trainer Chris Frisby is rarely without his trademark grin, and it’s probably wider than usual at the moment, with another Inter Dominion tilt now on his radar. Frisby’s stable star Our Uncle Sam (Sportswriter-Rooftop Fairy (Village Jasper) is again hitting his straps and, according to his larger-than-life trainer, […]
Catch up on the week’s harness racing action in our weekly review, thanks to Darren Clayton. THE GOOD My Ultimate Levi scored a career highlight victory on Saturday night when claiming the Australian Pacing Gold Brisbane Sales Final. With an impressive honour roll in the short few years the race has been in existence, My […]
