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Veteran pacer Max Delight (Bettors Delight) showed that he will be a force in whatever feature races he contests following his gritty harness racing win in the Cordina Group Free For All at Menangle on Saturday evening. Perfectly driven by Will Rixon, Max Delight from his barrier 7, angled to get the charmed one out […]
Improved trotter Speedy Lover (Love You) continued his recent good form of late when he stormed down the outside to edge out London To A Brick in the Ultra Air Trotters Mobile at Menangle on Saturday night. Many of the field were on trial for the forthcoming Inter Dominion Series at Albion Park next month […]
Veteran pacer Max Delight (Bettor’s Delight) perfectly handled by Will Rixon upset the big guns with a strong finish to take out the Group 1 $1.25 million 2026 Tabtouch The Nullabor at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. The race was considered a match between the two best Western Australian pacers Magnificent Storm and Minstrel ahead […]
Popular trainer David Aiken was rewarded with another well earned success when Pesco Pello (Love You) gave a faultless harness racing display of front running in his win in the Success Stud Equine Breeding Trotters Mobile at Menangle Park on Saturday night. One of the most improved trotters in the state Pesco Pollo driven by […]
Prolific winning driver Will Rixon landed a double at Menangle Park last night thus continuing his recent harness racing success. Rixon’s first win was abroad the rapidly improving Seathestars (Captaintreacherous) who really caught the eye in a fighting win in the Lolliland Pace over the Mile. Seathestars who has been increasingly talked about as a […]
Any doubts about Max Delight (Bettors Delight) losing his sparkle were dispelled in the most compelling way when he scored one of his most impressive harness racing wins in the fast class Bestinbeds at Menangle on Saturday evening. The evergreen gelding drawn on the outside of the front row was an alarming drifter in the […]
Evergreen veteran pacer Max Delight (Bettors Delight) showed that he can still match it with the very best when he outstayed hot favourite Swayzee in a thrilling harness racing finish in the Joe and Michael Ilsley Free For All at Menangle Park on Saturday night. Swayzee who has taken everything before him this season was […]
Evergreen pacer Max Delight (Bettors Delight) made light of his nine years when he gave his younger harness racing rivals a lesson In taking out the TAB We’re on Free For All at Menangle Park last night. Confidently supported into favourite Max Delight was wide early but driver Will Rixon continued to drive forward and […]
Much travelled six year old gelding Wasa Heat Seeker (Sweet Lou) gave his harness racing supporters plenty of anxious moments before putting it all together for a narrow but determined all the way win in the Bestinbeds Pace at Menangle Park last night. Solidly supported into a touch short of odds on favourite Wasa Heat […]
The old marvel Max Delight (Bettors Delight) upstaged his more fancied rivals when he gained an inside run to take out the Always Alcott Free For All at Menangle Park last night. The race was considered by harness racing experts to be a match race between Inter Dominion winner Don Hugo and his talented five […]
Two old harness racing warriors who have helped each other through tough times will combine to chase harness racing’s ultimate prize at Menangle on Saturday night. Veteran trainer David Aiken, who is fighting prostate cancer, and his pacing warhorse, Max Delight, who overcame a career threatening injury, will be the sentimental favourites and a genuine […]
Southland harness racing owners Dave Kennedy and Cleland Murdoch have sent their good mare Treacherous Gall (Captaintreacherous) to Victorian trainer David Aiken. “She arrived in Australia about eight days ago. There’s nothing here for her. She’s in a grade were she’s uncompetitive. I can’t see any point in knocking her around,” Kennedy said. The four […]
Master horseman David Aiken has been named as the VHRC Caduceus Club Living Legend. “It’s a great honour and to join that honour roll is just amazing,” Aiken said. Aiken recalled sharing the race track with the sport’s legendary reinsmen. “Brian (Hancock) and Vic (Frost) were my idols growing up and then I got to […]
Highly successful horseman David Aiken started his harness racing career as a 23-year-old, operating his stable out of the iconic location of Ellis Street in Condell Park. At the time, this was the epicentre of harness racing in New South Wales with its direct link to Bankstown Paceway, ideal for preparing horses when Harold Park […]
Miracle Mile and Inter Dominion-winning harness racing trainer David Aiken will soon leave Victoria as he and wife Colleen look for a change of pace later in life. Aiken, who has prepared more than 2500 winners in a long and successful career, broke the news of his impending move to New South Wales earlier this […]
Victorian harness racing trainer David Aiken has a rich history when it comes to winning feature races in New South Wales. The former Sydneysider is a three-time winner of the Harold Park training and driving premierships in the late 1980s and early 90s and trained some of the best pacers of that era, including Inter […]
Ex-kiwi pacer Cranbourne (Lincoln Royal) has taken out the Group Two Shepparton Gold Cup ($75,000) tonight (Jan. 14) in the hands of harness racing driver Nathan Jack. Jack had Cranbourne in front not long after the start and the imposing gelding cruised along in the lead before sprinting best up the straight to beat this […]
Nobody took a whole lot of notice when Avenal (Victoria) trainer David Aiken hit Menangle with a truckload of horses earlier this year. Sure, the former New South Wales-based horseman won a handful of races and probably stayed a few weeks longer than he intended, owing to the pandemic. Yet what the master trainer was […]
Trainer David Aiken is no stranger to campaigning a horse for the Inter Dominion. After all, he won the 2015 edition with Lennytheshark. However, the experienced horseman caused the upset of the night in the pacing Inter Dominion heats at Menangle tonight when Malcolms Rhythm nabbed the favourite Spirit Of St Louis in the shadows […]
Harness racing trainer David Aiken can foresee plenty of paths that could well justify a victory cigar following the TAB Smoken Up Sprint on Saturday night, when the stable chases a fourth title. Having been first past the post twice with Lennytheshark and once with Wrappers Delight, Aiken will take a three-pronged attack in to […]
Former premier Sydney harness racing trainer David Aiken has been enjoying a working holiday campaigning at Menangle in recent months. And while he uses a variety of drivers on his horses, he’s also happy to jump back in the sulky when it suits and still retains an excellent strike rate in his 60s. Aiken will […]
