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Don’t write off Victoria’s sole representative, the ageless Bulletproof Boy (Art Official), in harness racing’s sprint showcase, Saturday night’s $1 million Garrard’s Miracle Mile at Menangle. That’s the message from trainer Scott Ewen, who admits a horror draw of gate seven has made the 11 year-old’s task tougher, but insists his pin-up pacer shouldn’t be […]
Wonder mare Keayang Zahara (Volstead) continues to break records and in last night’s Group 1 $75,000 Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup she scored with effortless ease against her six harness racing rivals. The big striding brown mare came out of the gate with speed and she eventually headed off the early leader Rockinwithattitude. Im Bobby tried to […]
Australia’s leading stake earner Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) scored one of his greatest victories when he narrowly grabbed Kingman for a memorable harness racing win in the $150,000 Group 1 Decron Cranbourne Gold Cup on Saturday evening. This was Leap To Fame’s third successive Cranbourne Cup win and in many ways it was probably […]
New Zealand bred mare Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) gave yet another awesome display in an effortless all the way win in a quality harness racing field in the $50,000 Group 3 The Angelique at Cranbourne on Saturday evening. Now in the hands of master New South Wales trainer Jason Grimson, Captains Mistress had won two races […]
Outstanding trotting mare Jilliby Ballerini (Majestic Son) who was one of the nation’s improved trotters last season showed that she is back in business with an awesome all the way win in the Trotters Free For All at Cranbourne on Saturday evening. The mare hadn’t raced since her unsuccessful campaign in New Zealand in November […]
Master Victorian harness racing reinsman Chris Alford showed he’s still got the magic touch, driving five winners at Cranbourne last night (September 21) – the 21st time in his career he’s produced such a haul. It was fitting that the milestone came at Cranbourne, a track that has long been a happy hunting ground for […]
Success might rarely come in isolation — but for Victorian hobby harness racing trainer Patrick Tomkinson, it’s taken a horse by that very name, and a village of support, to get there. Tomkinson has surrounded himself with a dedicated and knowledgeable ownership group for his latest stable acquisition, Isolation (Bettors Delight) and together they’re turning […]
Victorian horseman Wally Dummett might have stepped away from harness racing training more than a decade ago, but it seems one promising pacer is about to give him plenty to smile about. Marjendos (Sportswriter), bred by Dummett and raced in partnership with his wife Jen, scored an eye-catching win at just her second career start […]
Passionate Melbourne trainer Paul Buhagiar admits that getting a winner with his very first horse on debut nearly 40 years ago was always going to ensure he had the bug for harness racing. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. I only do it as a hobby, but it’s unreal — because when it gets into your blood, […]
Likeable Cranbourne harness racing horseman Scott Ewen has been on a rollercoaster ride of late, but he’s upbeat about what is around the corner in the next few months. “We have definitely decided to take a team to Queensland with our old warhorse ‘Bullet’ (Bulletproof Boy) to target the Inter Dominion series at Albion Park […]
