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A top class harness racing field lined up for this years $30,600 Southern Central Engineering Breeders Plate the last of our two year old classics for the season and it was Im No Trouble (Art Major) who was able to lead all the way to record his fourth win. In an open betting race Neptunite […]
Canberra based trainer Michael Hawke could well have a potential topliner after his two year old pacer Im No Trouble (Art Major) beat the older horses when he took out the Wagga Wagga City Council Pace at the Riverina Paceway on Friday evening. Driver Blake Jones showed coolness despite him starting favourite. It was my […]
A daring drive by noted Riverina reinsman Blake Jones proved to be the key factor in Forever Yin (Western Terror) leading all the way to take out this year’s Altora/New Earth Moving Temora Pacers Cup at the Temora paceway last night. Run over the testing 2386 metres, Jones took advantage of the pole draw to […]
Twenty years ago, it was Joe Painting who began mentoring his young grandson Blake Jones into a harness racing career. So, there was a sense of destiny that Jones scored one of the biggest wins of his career on Friday night, just a day before his grandfather passed away after a battle with illness. Jones […]
Weeks don’t get much better than this one for Riverina harness racing trainer Ellen Bartley and her soon-to-be husband Blake Jones. A Menangle winner, Ellen’s 30th birthday, and the couple’s wedding tomorrow will be the culmination of a week and month to remember. And front and centre has been their little “lucky charm”, pacer Ella’s Reason […]
Narrandera reinsman Blake Jones has been a dominant force in the Riverina for quite some time and in the final race at Wagga on Tuesday night (May 16) the talented horseman achieved a significant goal in his harness racing driving career. Jones brought up his 1000th winner aboard the Bernie Kelly-trained Waratah Lou (Sweet Lou). […]
Riverina reinsman Blake Jones is amongst the leading drivers in New South Wales this year. Since Jones began driving in the 2007/08 season, he has been a leader of his craft and in 2018 marked his name in the history books as one of the rare drivers to win six races at one meeting. It […]
It’s been a big year for young Riverina harness racing couple Blake Jones and Ellen Bartley but they’re reaping the rewards for their enterprise and hard work. They took the plunge and bought their own training establishment at Narrandera nine months ago and haven’t looked back. “It was a big decision to buy this place, […]
A double at Riverina Paceway last week saw one of the region’s leading drivers Blake Jones reach a century of wins for the season. The result gave Jones 101 winners for the term, the fourth time he has driven more than 100 winners in a season. Only seven other drivers in New South Wales have […]
Classy Victorian pacer Bar Room Banta headed to Leeton tonight with an unbeaten record in New South Wales and he certainly did not disappoint. Despite not having won a race since November last year, the colt by A Rocknroll Dance bounced back to claim the first heat of the 2021 Breeders Challenge. And he did […]
