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The judge could not split Major Jay (Art Major) and Onesmartfella (Tintin In America) as they fought out an epic finish in the $50,000 John Higgins Memorial Final the main harness racing event at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. In a wide betting race favourite Cee Dee Three found the early lead and it appeared […]
As reported by The West Australian, no one could perfectly capture nor describe the emotions Chris Lewis felt when saluting aboard Petes Honour in Friday’s Vale Mark Lewis Pace at Gloucester Park. So no one tried. They merely combined in a symphony of united applause, welcoming back to scale the heroics of a sporting legend […]
The Interdominion Pacing Championships were first held in Perth in 1936. Next month the series will be run in Brisbane. Bruce Stewart looks back at some the early champions of the iconic series. Following his second to Preux Chevalier in the 1985 Interdominion Pacers Grand Final in Melbourne, Village Kid went one better in the […]
Last night Gloucester Park honoured one of harness racing’s greats in Chris Lewis with the running of The Lewis and the veteran with a star studded career went one better than participating when he guided No Noney (Rock N Roll Heaven) to a well deserved win at Perth headquarters. Lewis is a household name in […]
Consistent mare Little Darling (Art Major) surprised her more fancied harness racing rivals with a last to first burst to take out the $75,000 Group 2 Garrards Horse and Hounds Empress stakes for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The event attracted some quality mares namely Aardiebytheseaside, the in form Penny Black and Nullarbor […]
Chris Lewis entered rare company driving Petes Honour (Sweet Lou) to harness racing victory at Pinjarra yesterday, joining Gavin Lang and Chris Alford as the only drivers to reach 6,000 winners. Lewis is one of just five drivers from Western Australia to have scored more than 2,000 wins, alongside Gary Hall Jnr, Trevor Warwick, Colin […]
He was made to wait almost a week, but Chris Lewis has become just the third harness racing driver to reach 6,000 wins. Lewis got to the historic milestone in this afternoon’s Alcoa – Pinjarra Alumina Refinery Pace (1684m) at Pinjarra. Lewis drove the Jemma Hayman-trained Petes Honour (Sweet Lou) to win the event by […]
Champion harness racing driver Chris Lewis is on the verge of a remarkable milestone. The Western Australian-based Lewis, best known nationally for his relationship with Hall of Fame pacer Village Kid, moved to 5995 career victories after a winning double on Sugar Shake (Bettor’s Delight) and Miss High Fashion (Art Major) at Pinjarra yesterday. It […]
Some pacers enjoy considerable luck with favourable barriers. Others are not so fortunate. Three-year-old Arma Einstein will start from the No. 1 barrier for the second time in a career of 29 starts when he contests the 2130m TABtouch Better Your Bet Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. See fields here. Arma Einstein, trained […]
