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Octogenarian Bathurst horseman Arthur Clancy reckons he might be getting towards the end of his harness racing career – but there was one piece of unfinished business he was determined to take care of. And on Monday night (October 12), the 83-year-old did just that, returning to Canberra to claim a victory more than half […]
The Carnival of Cups is returning to harness racing heartland in Bathurst on Friday 11 December and one of the region’s favourite sons Shannon Noll will set it alight as the headline act in a blockbuster trackside entertainment spectacular. One of Australia’s most recognisable and enduring performers, Nollsy will lead a packed entertainment line-up alongside […]
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 […]
Star pacer Captains Knock (Captaintreacherous) took his harness racing stake earnings to over $1 million when he led all the way in the Listed $60,000 TAB Goldrush Cup at Bathurst on Friday evening. The event was the third leg of the New South Wales Carnival of Cups with previous events run at Wagga and Newcastle. […]
Seasider (Downbytheseaside) confirmed his potential with a last to first harness racing success in the Listed $75,000 Western Regional Championship Final at Bathurst on Friday evening. The race was a wide open affair with Nathan Turnbull preparing two runners and Amanda Turnbull three including Seasider. She elected to drive the inform She The Devil. However […]
Honest filly Tenaciously (Art Major) was rewarded for her consistency when she sprinted clear to take out the Nutrien Equine New South Wales Breeders Challenge Heat at Bathurst for three year old fillies on Wednesday evening. Initially favourite in pre race betting, Tenaciously was eased back at the start by driver Brad Hewitt to take […]
Outstanding three year old Jungle Dragon (Fear the Dragon) stamped himself as a key contender for the New South Wales Breeders Challenge when he scored one of the easiest wins on record in his heat of the Nutrien Equine Breeders Challenge Heat at Bathurst on Wednesday evening. Fresh from his win in the Cobbity Equine […]
Teenage reinsman Jye Coney is sweeping all before him, alongside his good mate and work buddy Jett Turnbull, in a remarkable rise through the harness racing ranks. Coney, 17, lives and breathes harness racing and, despite only in his second full season of driving, already sits fifth on the New South Wales State Drivers’ Premiership […]
Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) has announced another Statewide consultation process with its industry stakeholders beginning next month. The sessions will put the microscope on issues including the National Rating (NR) system/matrix, raceday programming and handicapping. HRNSW Chief Executive Officer, Peter Buckman, said the initiative is in line with the organisation’s Strategic Plan. “Race […]
It’s remarkable that the concept of a memorial to the late Shirley Turnbull should gradually evolve over time to one of the most important races on the New South Wales harness racing calendar. That’s precisely what’s happened with the Shirley Turnbull Memorial which this year carries a $50,000 stake and Group 3 status. It was […]
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 […]
SYDNEY based reinsman Lucas Rando is heading out to Bathurst tonight (Aug. 16) where he will have four drives on a well-balanced eight-race harness racing program. Rando is hoping the trip will be worthwhile with the 21-year-old’s main purpose to combine with astute Sydney trainer Trevor Munday in three races, while his fourth drive will […]
With just a month until the running of the world’s richest harness racing event, the TAB Eureka, there are slots yet to be filled including the one held by prominent Western District owners Wayne and Julie Loader of Jewel Racing. The Loaders race a bevy of talented horses, including star filly Jewel Melody and consistent […]
Grenfell-trained filly Eye Keep Smiling (Sweet Lou) is a harness racing star in the making. A three-year-old filly by Sweet Lou out of former bonny race mare Oh Eye See, she has returned from a spell full of zest, winning at Parkes and Wagga and tonight will be chasing at hat-trick in Race 2, the […]
Former Tamworth horseman Jack Chapple has settled into life near Bathurst, working for Bernie and Cath Hewitt at their Georges Plains harness racing stables. Chapple originally made the move to “see how things would pan out” but the 16-year-old has taken the opportunity with two hands and run with it, picking up regular drives for […]
Finals of the $100,000 TAB Regional Championships will highlight harness racing throughout New South Wales this week with features run in the Western, Riverina, Hunter and Metropolitan regions. Finalists qualified in heats run a fortnight ago, enabling owners and trainers the opportunity to race against others in their own district. The first of the Championship […]
Former Cowra racemare Alitomo was a dominant harness racing force throughout the Western Districts during her five years of racing more than two decades ago. Trained by Anne O’Connor, the bonny mare won 42 races against the best of her time, winning multiple country cups and metropolitan races at both Harold Park and Moonee Valley […]
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 […]
Bathurst pacer Better Be The Best (Shoobees Place) will be out to add another feature win to an already impressive harness racing record when he contests Saturday’s (Mar. 25) $100,000 Bathurst Gold Chalice. After his strong heat win on Monday, the son of Shoobees Place will be at short odds to win the final after […]
Victorian reinsman Nathan Jack is regarded as one of Australia’s most talented harness racing horseman and is much sort after by the top stables in his home state. The 37-year-old has driven 2154 winners to date, included in those is an impressive tally of 30 Group 1 victories. Jack will be looking to add another […]
Georges Plains trainer-driver Bernie Hewitt is no stranger to the harness racing winners’ circle on his hometown track, especially during the Bathurst Gold Crown Carnival. Hewitt has had a fantastic run of success in feature juvenile races during the past decade and is likely to make his presence felt yet again this year in his […]
The annual Bathurst Gold Crown Yearling Sale will be conducted at the Paceway this Sunday (Mar 19) commencing at 12 Noon. There are 87 beautifully bred lots that will parade through the auction ring with many of todays proven harness racing sires such as Art Major, Bettors Delight, Always B Miki and Modern Art. Now […]
One of harness racing’s up-and-coming stars, ex-pat kiwi Jack Trainor, has delivered another ex-pat New Zealand rising star his first winner in the Southern Hemisphere. Lazarus got on the board last night (Mar. 9) as a race-winning sire ‘down under’ when his daughter, Stylish Lazarus, was victorious in the sixth on the card at the […]
