Tag
Cobbitty harness racing trainer Belinda McCarthy looks to have a strong hand heading into the New South Wales Breeders Challenge semi-finals that begin on October 14 at Tabcorp Park Menangle. Just two weeks ago, McCarthy’s newest stable star, three-year-old filly Eye Keep Smiling (Sweet Lou), produced an astonishing performance to win her opening round heat […]
And he showed he’d be a force in next week’s Garrards Miracle Mile with a super impressive harness racing win, rating 1:52.4 which was enough to take out tonight’s $100,000 Schweppes Sprint at Club Menangle with the Belinda McCarthy-trained Spirit Of St Louis (Sweet Lou). Trainer Emma Stewart also earned her second Miracle Mile runner […]
Few reinsman, if any, drive Tabcorp Park Menangle better then champion harness racing reinsman Luke McCarthy. And on the rare occasions he does not have a drive for his trainer/wife Belinda, rival trainers are queuing up to secure his services. Luke will partner arguably Australia’s best pacer tonight when he takes the steer on former […]
He is the second favourite for tonight’s Group 3 Golden Mile at Menangle and harness racing driver Jack Callaghan is confident Courage Under Fire gelding Alta Orlando can win it. The Belinda McCarthy-trained pacer has been winless in his last six starts, including a start in New Zealand in The Race. However, with a turn of […]
One of Australian harness racing’s top horsewomen Belinda McCarthy has starters at Penrith on Thursday night in preparation for a big weekend ahead. The stable has 11 horses nominated across the eastern states of Australia beginning with a starter at Albion Park, Queensland, on Friday. McCarthy then has six horses nominated at Menangle on Saturday […]
Reinsman Cameron Hart may be missing from the New South Wales formguides for the next couple of days yet has a strong enough lead in the New South Wales Drivers’ Premiership to take the title. Hart is sitting at the top of the premiership with 174 winners this season with his closest rival, Jack Callaghan, […]
It is the sign all harness racing trainers want – a good final hit-out before a major race. And that is the reality for Team McCarthy who is the major player in tonight’s $500,000 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship Grand Final at Menangle. Trainer Belinda McCarthy has power in numbers qualifying four horses for the Grand […]
He was expected to win and that is what King Of Swing did in the opening heat of the Inter Dominion series at Tabcorp Park Menangle tonight. The dual Miracle Mile champion was then $1.25 favourite and produced a performance just like his price suggested in the $30,000 qualifier. Reinsman Luke McCarthy never panicked and […]
Young harness racing driver Jack Callaghan will be looking to keep his winning record on talented trotter Aldebaran Revani at Menangle today. Callaghan has driven the American import in her three Australian starts with the last two outings resulting in victories. The mare clocked 1:54.9 last start, just five tenths of a second than her […]
The books are filling fast for new stallion Capt Midnight who has just touched down in the Southern Hemisphere. Standing his first season Down Under at Cobbitty Equine Farm, Capt Midnight is in quarantine and has already been popular according to the operation’s director Belinda McCarthy. He is the first son of former champion pacer, […]
