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Prominent Sire Huntsville scooped the pool with both Group 1 Two year olds at Bathurst when promising gelding Jacwill Kid led all the way to outstay his harness racing rivals in the Group 1 $150,000 Hynash Group Gold Crown Final at Bathurst on Saturday evening. In an even betting race Jacwill Kid showed enough speed […]
Saturday night at Bathurst Harness Racing club now has the shape of something special, with the heats providing us with clues, but the barrier draw has provided the all-important second layer which has added an even greater depth of intrigue and tactical interest, assuming there are no scratchings. In the Hynash Group Gold Crown, the […]
Prominent horseman David Hewitt won his first Group 1 event as a harness racing driver when Message Bank (Captaintreacherous) ran up to his excellent heat win in taking out the $150,000 Group 1 Hynash Group Gold Crown Final for two years olds at Bathurst on Saturday night. Despite running the fastest heat time of 1.53.7 […]
Top Victorian reinsmen James Herbertson and David Moran won the final two heats of the Bathurst Gold Crown heats last night at the Bathurst paceway. Herbertson struck on the Emma Stewart trained Loucasso (Sweet Lou) who was patiently driven to record a most impressive win. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/BHM21032501.mp4 LOUCASSO MAR 21 REPLAY GOLD CROWN HEAT BATHURST A […]
Goulburn trainer Brad Hewitt continued on his winning way from the previous night when he took out the first two heats of the Bathurst Gold Crown for two year old colts and geldings last night at the Bathurst raceway. In the opening heat, Hewitt drove Message Bank (Captain Treacherous) who was not expected to trouble […]
Unbeaten harness racing colt Fox Dan (Art Major) made the long trek to Bathurst a worthwhile sojourn for Team Zav when he led all the way in the Group 1 $150,000 Gold Crown Final. A heat winner on his race track debut, Fox Dan ($1.95) quickly mustered speed to hold the front running from the […]
The NSW Gibson family will scarcely know which way to look this weekend, with an astonishing lineup in juvenile features that evidences the impact their Success Stud has had on the harness racing breeding scene in Australia. The family, based at Young, has been named honourees in this year’s 10-day Bathurst Gold Crown carnival, which […]
Prominent harness racing outfit Team Zav appears set to play a key role in Saturday (30 Mar.) night’s Gold Crown Finals at Bathurst. One of Australia’s largest investors at the annual yearling sales, Team Zav comprises Geelong based businessman Danny Zavitsanos and his wife Jo who are making the 20-hour round trip to Bathurst along […]
He knows he has the ‘horse power’ to do it. And while leading Sydney harness racing trainer-driver Rickie Alchin admits he would have loved front-line draws, he is still out to make history this weekend by becoming the first horseman to win both the Bathurst Gold Crown and the Gold Tiara on the same night. […]
When David Moran mentions the name Lochinvar Art (Modern Art) while he’s assessing a horse, you stand up and take notice. And that’s exactly what Moran did when asked about the potential of two-year-old Timmy Rictor (Modern Art) ahead of Saturday night’s (Mar. 25) $150,000 Group 1 Bathurst Gold Crown harness racing final. Lochinvar Art […]
Bernie Hewitt captured a Bathurst Gold Crown win with College Chapple back in 2018 and last Friday night the astute harness racing horseman added both the Gold Tiara and Chalice trophies to his mounting list of feature race wins. Hewitt and his wife Cath made a life changing move to Bathurst more than two decades […]
Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every Friday brought to you by Garrard’s Horse & Hound. Tardelli is some youngster Menangle Park trainer Rickie Alchin, who has a grand record in producing star juvenile pacers and trotters, produced a grand two-year-old at Bathurst in […]
The stars aligned for renowned horse breaker Rickie Alchin at harness racing’s Bathurst track tonight. Usually taking a backseat in recent years when it comes to driving in races, Alchin took both reins in his own hands, literally, and it paid off in spades, training and driving a Group 1 double. Alchin won the $100,000 […]
It was an unbelievable 30 minutes for local harness racing horseman Bernie Hewitt at Bathurst tonight. After celebrating the success of his pacer Ripp winning the Gold Chalice Final giving his son Doug his first Group 1 winner in the gig, Hewitt replicated the level of success half-an-hour later. Hewitt made it back-to-back Group 1 […]
They thought they were going to win “Bathurst” with their special pacer Ripp last year but that was not the case for the Hewitt family. Wind the clock forward 12 months and the Hewitts got their “Bathurst” win with the talented son of Somebeachsomewhere in the $100,000 Group 1 Gold Chalice tonight. It sounds simple […]
Those were the words of harness racing trainer-driver Rickie Alchin after claiming Group 1 glory with his American Ideal filly Soho Rhapsody tonight at Bathurst. The pair caused a boilover in the $100,000 Gold Bracelet Final to give Alchin his second Group 1 win as a driver. At odds of $33 Soho Rhapsody steamed past […]
New South Wales’ top harness racing driver Cameron Hart has a huge day ahead and the question is how is he going to do it? Not only does he have four Group 1 drives at Bathurst tonight, the 23-year-old has engagements at Newcastle today. Hart will drive in the first three races at Newcastle with […]
Two of the best in the gig Cameron Hart and Nathan Jack will both be aiming to capture the four Group 1 races at Bathurst tonight, each being booked on serious chances in the respective harness racing features. Jack will drive three of the four favoured runners in the Crown, Tiara and Bracelet while two […]
Harness racing driver Doug Hewitt experienced some highs and lows as an up-and-coming rugby league player when he was just a teenager. Contracted to the Penrith Panthers, Hewitt starred in the then Holden Cup as a halfback in the under 20’s competition and was touted as a future NRL star. But rotten luck dogged him […]
A pacer named after Norm Smith medallist Christian Petracca is setting Australian harness racing alight. Brilliant two-year-old colt Petracca blazed his way around Melton in a recent trial and then impressively won his first start in a heat of the big Bathurst Gold Crown last Friday night. Petracca is favourite for Friday night’s $110,000 Group […]
Friday night’s Oberon Earthmoving Bathurst Gold Crown appears to be one of the most open Finals for some years following the seven competitive qualifying heats run last Friday night. The all-important barrier draw took place on Monday evening for the $110,000 final and as always, there were some winners and losers. The highest profile youngster coming into the series was the Emma Stewart-trained Petracca, who despite not having previously faced […]
Following the release of the harness racing’s Bathurst Gold Crown and Gold Tiara barrier draws yesterday the rich three-year-old finals were drawn today. Last year’s Gold Tiara winner Just Hope has drawn barrier seven in the $100,000 Gold Bracelet after clocking the fastest heat win at Bathurst on Monday rating 1:52.5. Meanwhile, the fastest Gold […]
The harness racing community has gathered around to support one of their own in horseman Josh Powderly. The 42-year-old mentor was involved in a workplace accident in January whilst working for his electrical and solar instillation business, fell through the roof suffering severe spinal injuries. The early prognosis is that Josh will never walk again […]
The Bathurst Gold Crown is a race that harness racing trainers right across Australasia yearn to win. But for the locals it is a burning desire to have horses capable of competing in the Group 1 feature in the hope that they can take the Crown in front of their hometown crowd. There have been […]
