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Unbeaten filly Comeandsee (Cattlewash) staked her claim for this year’s $500,000 Group 1 Protostar at Albion Park next month when she gave a faultless display of front running to take out the $20,000 Durham Park Rising Star two year old pace at Ballarat on Thursday evening. An invitation for the winner to represent the Durham […]
The bond between two respected Victorian harness racing families, first forged in the late 1970s, has carried forward to a new generation and was again in the spotlight at a recent country meeting The O’Sullivan and Mullan families first struck up a friendship in Toolern Vale, near Melton, when Hall of Famer and Interdominion-winning reinsman […]
The nation’s leading trotter Keayang Zahara (Volstead) thrilled her fans yet again when she gave her usual faultless harness racing display to take out the Group 2 $75,000 Group Harwood Grains Ballarat Trotters Cup on Saturday evening. Unsurprisingly she started a prohibitive long odds favourite. From the mobile dispatch Rockinwithattitude showed early speed to take […]
Outstanding mare Steno (Sweet Lou) made amends from a string of placings in top harness racing company with a well timed burst to take out the Group 3 $50000 Ballarat Isuzu Ute Make Mine Cullen mares classic at Ballarat on Saturday evening. Steno took all before her in Western Australia before her connections Di and […]
Australia’s five million dollar pacer Leap to Fame (Bettor’s Delight) exacted his revenge on his nemesis Kingman when he led all the way to take out the Group 2 $100,000 Ballarat Pacing Cup on Saturday night. In their previous harness racing outings Kingman had a 3-0 advantage but at Ballarat he had to come off […]
Lightly raced colt Cardigan Dan (Downbytheseaside) upset his more fancied harness racing stablemate Loucasso when he led for most of the trip in taking out the $20,000 Durham Park Rising Star for two year olds at Ballarat on Thursday evening. The win capped a great night for trainer Emma Stewart as she prepared the first […]
It’s been a long road back to the winner’s circle for Central Victorian harness racing couple John and Jeanette Mamouney, so the victory of their maiden trotter at Ballarat on Thursday night (Apr 3) not only stirred high emotion, but many fond memories. John, who’s now 81, has endured an extended stint on the sidelines […]
A well executed betting plunge on Exotic Bushranger (Pet Rock) paid off when the five year old led all the way to take the Bettors Delight Free For All at Ballarat last night.r From barrier 3 Exotic Bushranger showed exceptional early speed to take the lead and harness racing driver Michael Stanley was able to […]
When the harness racing bug bites…it never leaves, they say, and Victorian harness racing couple Deb and Ray Pace are a case in point! Deb hadn’t trained a horse in more than a decade and Ray hadn’t driven for nearly as long – so, according to Deb, it was “like the Melbourne Cup” when their Sweet […]
Last week’s win at Ballarat was filled with mixed emotions for harness racing trainer Joseph Galea after losing his wife of 63 years just 24 hours before the breakthrough success. The 85-year-old hobby horseman felt like there was an extra set of eyes looking down on him when driver Tasmyn Potter partnered Sasscilian (Maffioso) to […]
NSW pacer Kanena Provlima (A Rocknroll Dance) made amends for his Shepparton Cup defeat last week when he led all the way in the $100,000 Decoglaze Ballarat Pacing Cup. The medium of a betting plunge ($19 into $4), Kanena Provlima found the early lead and with no mid race pressure evident harness racing driver David […]
Champion trotter Just Believe (Orlando Vici) stamped his seemingly invincible status in this part of the world when he accounted for a crack harness racing line up in the Aldebaran Park The Knight Pistol at Ballarat. Greg Sugars was content to sit parked on Just Believe ($1.28 fav) on the outside of the leader Mufasa […]
Accomplished freelance reinsman John Caldow captured his first Group 3 John Slack Memorial Trotters Cup when he partnered the Chris Lang trained Bullion Harry (Muscle Hill) to harness racing victory in the race at Ballarat tonight. A big win Bullion Harry who did it tough and still cleared away to claim a coveted crown – […]
Kyle Marshall unearthed another above average young pacer after Smoken Ace (Sportswriter) maintained his unbeaten harness racing career record in the Ferndale Confectionary 2YO Pace at Ballarat tonight (Jul. 29). Four-from-four for Kyle Marshall’s Smoken Ace as the two-year-old’s a comfortable winner of the Ferndale Confectionary 2YO Pace after lead rival and favourite Kingman broke […]
Glen Craven predicts a bright future for Rubins Plight (Western Terror) after the four-year-old scored an authoritative harness racing win in the Isuzu Max 4YO Pace at Ballarat tonight (Jul. 29). Sent out a $1.80 favorite, Rubins Plight settled mid field in the running line before Craven executed a successful dash for the lead with […]
Chris Svanosio-trained squaregaiter Brandlo Prince (Orlando Vici) will be aiming for back-to-back feature harness racing wins when he lines up in the John Slack Memorial Trotters Cup at Ballarat on Saturday night (Jul. 29). The seven-year-old hasn’t raced since scoring an easy victory in the Eddie Evison Memorial Warragul Trotters Cup in April. Svanosio said […]
The promising Lettuce Trot (Tintin In America) will look to continue his rise through the harness racing ranks when he lines up from the inside gate in Saturday night’s John Slack Memorial Trotters Cup at Bray Raceway. The Russell Jack-trained squaregaiter added to an impressive record with the biggest victory of his career in the […]
Before his Inter Dominion heat at Ballarat tonight (Nov. 26) harness racing reinswoman Jodi Quinlan knew her drive Act Now (Somebeachsomewhere) was ready to race. “He has the devil in him tonight, he tried to kick me out for a lap in the warm up,” Quinlan grinned pre-race. Fortunately for connections, Act Now’s antics paid […]
Orlando Vici trotter Just Believe has been a revelation since joining the care of harness racing trainer Jess Tubbs and he was the first to put his name forward in the 2022 Inter Dominion Trotting Championship. The six-year-old gelding won the opening heat at Ballarat on Saturday night (Nov. 26) – his fourth win in […]
Punters and participants will get two looks at a sprint lane in Ballarat before Bray Raceway’s staging of harness racing’s 2022 Inter Dominion heats late next month. A sprint lane will be installed at the Ballarat and District Trotting Club during late October, and it will be in use for the meetings there on November […]
The plan may have been briskly thrown out the window but that didn’t stop harness racing’s Kerryn Manning and Adelle (Orlando Vici) from storming home and scooping up the prized John Slack Memorial Trotters Cup on Saturday (Jul. 16). It was the headliner as metro racing came to Ballarat and it didn’t disappoint with in-form […]
Like A Wildfire (Big Jim) may have booked himself a ticket to harness racing’s Queensland Winter Carnival with a stunning final sprint at Ballarat on Saturday (Jul.16) that secured a third straight win. Reinsman Allan McDonough said the 16-metre win, created with a 26.4-second last quarter, would only further fuel plans for a tilt at […]
The two of harness racing’s reigning Inter Dominion champions will return from spells for first-up assignments at Saturday night’s (Jul. 16) metropolitan meeting in Ballarat. 2021 pacing victor Boncel Benjamin (Grinfromeartoear) and trotting winner Maori Law (Lawman) will both be in action after connections accepted for the Plover Security Pace and John Slack Memorial Trotters […]
The big stage is clearly in the paths of Ladies In Red and Tough Tilly, who look bound for great battles beginning with the October 9 Pryde’s EasiFeed Victoria Oaks after clearing out to run one-two at Ballarat on Saturday night. In David Moran’s hands, Ladies In Red soon briskly made her draw advantage count […]
