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Easy-going St Arnaud harness racing trainer Scott Torney sometimes wonders just why he has ended up with a stable full of square gaiters. “Once upon a time I only had pacers, but the switch began when I bought two pacers, and one of them turned out to be a trotter. That was all it wanted […]
It’s three days on, but longtime country Victorian harness racing identity John Campbell is still shaking his head at how the Boort Trotting Club managed to get its nine-race Cup meeting completed last Sunday (March 1). “I’ve got to be honest and say that every time we got through a race during the afternoon, we […]
The Mifsud name has been part of Victorian harness racing for generations. It dates back to 1955, when Leli and Mary Mifsud migrated from Malta and settled at Kilmore. The couple raised eight children, and along with them came a deep and enduring passion for harness racing. Most of the family has remained in the […]
Star Victorian harness racing reinswoman Kerryn Manning made a clean sweep of the Boort Pacers and Trotters Cups yesterday (Mar 2) – but it was certainly in unusual circumstances. Old-school racing was the order of the day at the tight 712-metre Boort circuit, with action-packed affairs in both the Cups – with the Pacers’ edition […]
Perhaps it’s the luck of the Irish, but harness racing horseman David Murphy is making the most of his renewed acquaintance with regional Victoria’s tightest harness racing circuit at Boort. Murphy, who has 1400-plus wins as a reinsman and has passed 1000 as a trainer, was booked with his Irish band Old Melbourne Road for […]
Double Helix (Majestic Son) and Pas Guarantee (Guaranteed) added their names to country cup leaderboards with respective harness racing victories at Sunday’s (Mar. 5) feature Boort meeting. The Phillip Giles-prepared Double Helix added to his recent Central Victorian Championship Final triumph with a similar front-running success in The Honourable Peter Walsh/VHRC – Aldebaran Park Boort […]
The Boort Trotting Club has announced that bidding for the 2021 Trotting Stallion Tender is now open. The Tender has attracted eight well-bred, well-performed stallions from Victoria’s leading stud farms including three of the top ten on the current money-winning sires’ list. Aldebaran Park, Nagambie has nominated three stallions in Skyvalley, the reigning Victorian Trotting […]
