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Kyvalley Dixon (Majestic Son) who chased home Bumper Crop in her harness racing heat over a week ago went one better when she finished too strongly to defeat the latter in the APG VicBred super series two year old trotters fillies final at Melton on Saturday evening. The winner of three of her previous seven […]
He is an Aussie, but we’ve hardly seen him race here. All that’s about to change in the next few months for arguably the best young trotter in this part of the world, Kyvalley Ray (Bold Eagle). Trainer Brent Lilley said the three-year-old, who boasts eight harness racing wins from just 12 starts and five […]
Kyvalley Ray (Bold Eagle) completely dominated tonight’s $100,000 G1 Breckon Farms Northern Trotting Derby at Alexandra Park. The SBSR trotter led for most of the trip and in the hands of harness racing driver Blair Orange came away to win easily by eleven lengths “I just didn’t want to get too involved (early) and wanted […]
New Zealand harness racing fans have been lucky enough to see the emergence of Kyvalley Ray (Bold Eagle) both through his two year old season and now three year old year. As a two year old the Brent Lilley trained gelding won the NZB Standardbred Harness Million and the NZ Sires’ Stakes Two Year Old […]
Eighteen-year-old reinsman Joey Sharp is thoroughly enjoying life in Victoria – and he wasted no time finding his way into the winner’s circle. “I couldn’t believe it when it happened. But once it sunk in it was a big thrill. It was actually a pretty surreal feeling,” Sharp said. “I’d only shifted down not all […]
Six year old gelding Madigan (Sweet Lou) showed a welcome return to form with a tough staying performance to hold out his rivals in the Moama Bowling Echuca Pacing Cup on Thursday evening. Heavily backed into second favourite Madigan was on the outside of the second row with favourite Triple Rock Saint also on the […]
Bolinda professional trainer Brent Lilley has claimed the Trotting Trainer of the Year title for the seventh time at the Victorian Square Trotters Association Awards for 2024. Lilley trained the winners of 51 races for the year with 25 different horses to lead the pointscore competition with 440 points. Chris Svanosio (297 points) finished second […]
Country harness racing is always at its best on Cup nights and the Swan Hill Harness Racing Club is right up with them. The picturesque circuit is on the inside of the galloping track and Swan Hill is a known tourist destination on the Murray River. Sharing the complex with the gallopers has its advantages […]
Leading harness racing trainer Brent Lilley shared a great association with the late Gavin Lang, and he’s hoping to honour the champion reinsman with a winner during Bendigo’s all-trotting card on Wednesday night. The Lang memorial meeting was created in 2020 to honour the lives and legacies of Gavin and his father Graeme, who gave […]
Last month’s Rowe Cup in which Queen Elida (Love You) finished third, proved to be her last race. The champion trotting mare has now quietly slipped out of the racing spotlight. The New Zealand bred mare carved out a great career in Australia, competing at the highest level. This season Queen Elida became the richest […]
In winning the Trillian Trust Auckland Cup, Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) has become the second harness racing horse to win the Invercargill – Auckland Cup double. The other was Burlington Bertie. Bred by John and Katrina Price, Republican Party adds to the long list of success Southland bred pacers have had in the race. Amazing […]
In what must be a first in harness racing, yesterday Kirk Larsen and his son Tristan each drove winners at pretty much the same time, in two different countries. Whilst Tristan was getting Maestro (Love You) home to win at Gunbower in Victoria Australia, 2,572 kilometres away at Wingatui in New Zealand Kirk was reining […]
Top class trotting mare Queen Elida (Love You) is about to embark on her last harness racing campaign and another visit to New Zealand is on the cards. The New Zealand owned mare trialled at Melton on Monday against the pacers, finishing fourth in a 2240 metre heat. She’s set to start at the races […]
Superstar trotting mare Queen Elida (Love You) will cap her preparation for a feature race raid back “home” when she steps out at Melton on Saturday night. Trainer Brent Lilley confirmed the five-year-old, who is chasing her fourth successive win and the 35th of his stellar 61 start career, was booked a flight back to […]
At the NZB Standardbred harness racing sales in Christchurch today aptly named The Eagle Has Landed, announced the arrival of the progeny of super star trotter Bold Eagle in New Zealand. The winner of more than five million euros has limited numbers on the ground and the stunning colt was offered by Oamaru breeder Bev […]
High profile Aussie owner Duncan McPherson hopes his star harness racing trotter Aldebaran Zeus (Muscle Hill) can “do a Just Believe” when he tackles some of the world’s best trotters. Aldebaran Zeus, a five-time Group 1 winner who also won the Group 2 Waikato Flying Mile at Cambridge in April this year, will fly the […]
Young Woodend Beach harness racing trainer Bob Butt has a rich pedigree and that DNA is starting to come through as the thirty three year old heads into the second half of his twelfth season of training. His parents Davey and Catherine Butt trained eight hundred and thirty nine winners between them, his grandfather Robin […]
The reports are positive out of the United States on Aldebaran Zeus (Muscle Hill) ahead of his harness racing tilt at the $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot in just over a week’s time. Trainer Brent Lilley was pleased with how the star Victorian squaregaiter performed when he placed second in a trial at Harrah’s […]
Junior harness racing driver Ben Hope was born into a strong harness racing family. He’s been lucky enough to drive a champion trotter and not many juniors get that opportunity. The twenty three year old certainly has plenty of harness racing pedigree and remembers getting in the gig with his dad Greg at a young […]
Brent Lilley is loving being back “home” in New Zealand, but part of his mind is in Sweden. Although this year’s famed harness racing Elitloppet is still more than a week away, Lilley is pondering whether he could be there next year. “It’s more than 12 months away and there’s lots to play out, but […]
Top harness racing trainer Brent Lilley is planning some time back home. The former Kiwi horseman, who has built a stellar career in Victoria, will chase some of NZ’s biggest trotting races with one of his stable stars, Aldebaran Zeus (Muscle Hill), in coming months. The five-year-old returned to his best form with a dominant […]
Aldebaran Zeus (Muscle Hill) collected a golden ticket into harness racing’s Inter Dominion Trotting Championship with Friday night’s (Oct. 21) win in the True Roman Trotters Free For All, but trainer Brent Lilley says there’s other plans in store for the star four-year-old squaregaiter. An impressive front-running display in the Group 2 feature at Melton […]
One of the great vagaries of Down Under harness racing is the relative success of trotting mares compared to their pacing compatriots. It is quite common to see one of our top trotting mares beat the boys on the biggest open-class stage, but almost never happens in pacing ranks. There are three mares – One […]
Gifted former Kiwi harness racing mare Queen Elida (Love You) will get a break after racing at Melton on Saturday night. Brent Lilley’s stable star is a hot favourite to win the Group 2 Matriarch for trotting mares despite drawing awkwardly inside the back row. Then she is out to the paddock while Lilley and […]
