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Bettor’s Wish continues to make his mark as a sire, with his daughters producing feature-race performances in New Zealand and North America. In New Zealand, Fly High and Secret Wish won harness racing heats of the Group 1 Nevele R Fillies Series in the North and South Islands. At Alexandra Park, Fly High used her […]
Chicago Sky (Bettor’s Delight) got the bootie in last nights $50,000 Listed Cobbitty Equine Farm ‘Uncut Gems’ Mares Classic at Addington. Trained by John and Katrina Priced at Winton, the four year old mare settled second last with only the favourite Ruby Roe behind her. Just Like Jaggar dished up a solid pace which set […]
As the dust begins to settle on another busy breeding season, the harness racing world quickly turns its focus toward the yearling sales, weaning foals and watching the early two-year-olds step out for the first time. At Cobbitty Equine Farm, the 2025/26 season was one of our best yet, with strong support across our stallion line-up. Breeders […]
Huntsville (Somebeachsomewhere) has stamped his authority on Bathurst’s biggest meeting of the year, Bathurst Gold Crown night, producing a standout harness racing performance that highlights his growing impact as a sire in the Southern Hemisphere. In doing so, he achieved a Group One siring double, producing winners in both finals of the juvenile features, the […]
New Zealand bred Australian based stallion King Of Swing produced his first winner today when Fanfare (King Of Swing) held on to beat a late charging Guess Who in the Macca Lodge New Zealand Kindergarten Stakes Prelude at Gore today. Trained by Bob Butt and sent south to Lauren Pearson’s Winton stable, the two year […]
Recent Gloucester Park winner Watchlist, (He’s Watching) was bred by the late Roger Price, his wife Helen, their son John and his wife Katrina. He was trained by Katrina and John and from just five starts, won twice and recorded two seconds. He was then sold to clients of Gary Hall senior with Roger retaining […]
Dual hemisphere harness racing stallion, Lazarus N, claimed his first Australasian group race-siring success when Sir Knight and Robbie Morris caused the biggest boilover on a feature night since Polly put the kettle on. The five-start maiden was given virtually no chance from the punters, being sent out at the astronomical odds of $102 to […]
In the world of Australasian harness racing, where age group features have a tendency to be dominated by a couple of horses in the market, starting quotes of $1.10 and $1.20 for a pair of $100,000 Group Two finals are still somewhat of a rarity. That was the situation presented with Tin Tin Jo (Tintin […]
Doug and Bernie Hewitt combined to take out the first of the Group Two $100,000 Cobbitty Equine NSW Breeders Challenge 2YO Finals for the fillies with Lady Kingsclair on a massive night of New South Wales harness racing. The daughter of Modern Art was away brilliantly from barrier seven for regular pilot, Doug Hewitt, finding […]
For everything Ken and Karen Breckon have achieved in the two decades they have been involved in the great sport of harness racing, it’s fair to say the accomplishments of the great King Of Swing (Rocknroll Hanover) would be somewhere near the top of the mantle. I say somewhere near the top because the ride […]
For A Reason, or ‘Frank the Tank’ as he is affectionately known, continues to climb the siring ranks. He is currently the second top three-year-old sire in New South Wales behind Bettors Delight. This result was added to when promising three-year-old The Stain booked a ticket to next week’s Breeders Challenge Semi Finals at Menangle […]
The books are filling fast for new stallion Capt Midnight who has just touched down in the Southern Hemisphere. Standing his first season Down Under at Cobbitty Equine Farm, Capt Midnight is in quarantine and has already been popular according to the operation’s director Belinda McCarthy. He is the first son of former champion pacer, […]
Capt Midnight (2, 1:49.4; 3, 1:48.3 – $662,286), the first son of former champion pacer and now leading sire Captaintreacherous imported to NSW, will stand his first season ‘Down Under’ at the Cobbitty Equine Farm, of Belinda and Luke McCarthy. He recently completed his first season at Premier Acres, Indiana where he served a full […]
