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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 […]
Trainer Bernie Hewitt completed a winning treble when his speedy gelding Jungle Dragon (Fear The Dragon) ran his harness racing rivals ragged in taking out the $100,000 Group 2 Cobbity Equine New South Wales Breeders Challenge Blue for three year old colts and geldings at Menangle on Saturday evening. Earlier in the evening he guided […]
BATHURST harness racing trainer Bernie Hewitt is optimistic that his two talented four-year-olds Our Goat (Warrawee Needy) and Royal Cruiser (Sweet Lou) have done enough to catch the attention of slot holders for the $2.1m TAB Eureka which is looming fast, scheduled for September 6. The pair have been racing in Queensland during the past few months and on Saturday night at […]
Bernie Hewitt’s smart four year old gelding Royal Cruiser (Sweet Lou) showed a welcome return to form when he blitzed his rivals in the Open Divided Pace at Albion Park on Saturday evening. The race had plenty of interest as it was the first appearance of local pacers Speak The Truth, Jimartee and Tims A […]
Emerging juvenile Sweet On Lexy (Sweet Lou) served notice he will be one of the major players in next weeks $500,000 Ladbrokes Protostar when he accounted for his harness racing rivals in the Group 2 Wayne Wilson Paleface Adios Classic at Albion Park. Despite sitting parked outside Fate Awaits, Sweet On Lexy forged to the […]
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 […]
It has been a busy couple of months for Bathurst harness racing trainer Bernie Hewitt and his team. Known for his ability to get juvenile horses up and running, Hewitt won the very first qualifying heat of this year’s Breeders Challenge with Shoulda Passed (For A Reason) back in September and has consistently competed in […]
She is the top two-year-old in Australia this harness racing season and Captaintreacherous filly Jewel Melody proved why at Albion Park on Saturday night (Aug. 20). Jewel Melody captured her fourth Group 1 win in 11 starts when winning the $103,990 QBRED Triad Final. She did the work, racing three-wide to find the lead, and […]
After a dominant performance in harness racing’s Australian Pacing Gold Sales Graduate 2YO final at Albion Park on Saturday (Jul. 16) Bathurst filly Jewel Melody (Captaintreacherous) has pushed her case for being crowned Australia’s best juvenile this season. Owned by Wayne and Julie Loader, the Brisbane victory was her third Group 1 feature win in […]
While young Queensland harness racing trainer Gemma Hewitt has the utmost respect for freakish three-year-old pacer Ripp (Somebeachsomewhere) trained by her father Bernie and to be driven by brother Doug, she’s more than ready to go to battle for Group One family bragging rights. Gemma, who trains at Logan Village, also has a smart one […]
The $106,000 Group 1 Redcliffe Gold Cup has attracted a tremendous field, but Ripp’s (Somebeachsomewhere) first-up run in harness racing’s Group 3 Redcliffe Derby which has set tongues wagging. Respected NSW trainer Bernie Hewitt fuelled the buzz this week. “He looks like one right out of the box. He’s the best horse I’ve had.” Ripp […]
Bathurst harness racing trainer Bernie Hewitt is keen to make an early impression ahead of a big 2022 TAB Queensland Constellations with two from his team in Saturday night’s Group 3 The Flashing Red. Stable mates Make Mine Memphis (Rock N Roll Heaven) and The Mustang (Changeover) kicked off their northern campaigns last Saturday evening […]
Harness racing trainer Bernie Hewitt has been training horses since the early 1980s and the last handful of years has been his most successful. From training Group 1 winners, taking out premierships and training a record 122 winners in one season, Hewitt keeps reaching new heights. Just last week the 60-year-old Bathurst mentor reached another […]
Bathurst harness racing trainer Bernie Hewitt will be searching for more Group 1 glory when he heads to Wagga on Easter Saturday. Hewitt had possibly his most successful night at any track last month at Bathurst when he secured a feature double, training the winners of both the Gold Tiara and Gold Chalice and adding […]
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 […]
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 […]
It has been a big couple of seasons for Georges Plains mentor Bernie Hewitt and it was topped off with another Group winner on the weekend. Hewitt won the Breeders Challenge True Blue Group 2 with Kashed Up at Menangle on Saturday night, giving Hewitt his 10th Group winner as a trainer. Kashed Up, a […]
Leading Bathurst harness racing trainer Bernie ‘Bern’ Hewitt is hoping the fortnight ahead will be busy for him as the New South Wales Breeders Challenge moves into finals mode. Hewitt has qualified two horses for this Saturday night’s two-year-old semi-finals at Tabcorp Park Menangle but before that he will head to Bathurst on Wednesday night […]
Driving horses – it was something Bernie Hewitt wanted to do when he was growing up on his family property and after more than four decades in the gig, his passion for it is as strong as ever. On Saturday night at Albion Park the master Georges Plains harness racing driver notched up the 1,500th […]
