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A quiet weekend of harness racing within Australia is highlighted by Saturday’s Joe And Michael Ilsley FFA at Menangle. Feature races are quiet this weekend but there’s still plenty of quality action as we preview our Saturday harness racing best bets. Hi Manameisjeff, Chase A Dream, Pinseeker, and Jilliby Nitro will contest the Joe And […]
Exciting three year old New Zealand bred Cyclone Jordy (Art Major) maintained his unbeaten Australian record with his tenth successive win in the $35,000 Listed Five Twenty Equine Breeding 3YO Battle of Bunbury at the Bunbury circuit on Saturday evening. Seen as a prelude to the West Australian Derby to be run on October 31 […]
Every now and then we see a performance that makes us sit up and take notice. And for harness racing fans at the rural track of Bunbury in Western Australia they were treated to the rare spectacle of Wishing Belle (Bettors Wish) sitting for three wide for most of the trip before outstaying her rivals […]
One of the greatest things about harness racing is the emotions it stirs. The best of those emotions was on full display in the moments after remarkable comeback pacer Magnificent Storm (American Ideal) won a fantastic Bunbury Cup last night. It was only the eight-year-old’s second start back from injury that sidelined for more than […]
Saturday night at Bunbury was a first for breeder and owner Kim Tuckey, with a breeding treble on the card, but the night was highlighted when Miss Hepburn (Ultimate Machete) claimed the harness racing feature of the night, the $30,000 WASBA 2YO Westbred Fillies WA Country Oaks. Trained and driven by Aiden De Campo, the […]
It’s been a few years since they’ve been under lights, but the 2024 Swan Draught Bunbury Pacing Cup is returning to its nighttime harness racing slot this Saturday, March 30 and its set to be a big night out in Bunbury, you don’t want to miss it. With a bumper field assembled, the Bunbury Cup […]
The first crop of Wesley Foals are beginning to emerge, and on Saturday at Bunbury his first starter in Iseeubaby was able to win with ease in the opener. The two-year-old filly by Wesley and out of Icanseeyou is owned and bred by Tracey Massimini and trained by John Graham, who was an influential part […]
Wednesday August 30 marked the running of the 2023 $30,000 WASBA WA Country Oaks at Bunbury, with handy filly Flametree (Huntsville) taking the harness racing feature for Barry Howlett and Mitch Miller. Doing plenty in the run, the three-year-old overcame locking wheels on the home turn to steam home to win bravely by a head […]
