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The adage that you can’t keep a good man down is certainly true as evidenced by the return of the one of the country’s leading trainer drivers David Moran. After a more than 12 month layoff, Moran has now reapplied and earned his A Grade licence. I drove six trials in Queensland while we were […]
Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) Stewards, acting under the provisions of Australian Harness Racing Rule 183 (a), (b), (c) & (d), have today suspended the Trainer and Driver’s licences of Mr David Moran after receiving advice from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) that Total Plasma Carbon Dioxide above the prescribed threshold had been […]
Classy pacer Captain Hammerhead (Captaintreacherous) proved his worth when he outstayed his harness racing rivals to take out the Listed $100,000 Boots Civil-Milbrae Quarries Riverina Championship Final for entires and geldings at the Riverina Raceway on Saturday night. In an action packed event favourite heat winner Nyack showed great speed from the second row to […]
Star pacer Captain Hammerhead (Captaintreacherous) made a welcome return to the winning circle when he outstayed his harness racing rivals in the First heat of the Boots Civil-Milbrae Quarries Riverina Championships for entires and geldings at Wagga on Tuesday night. Captain Hammerhead’s last win was his stirring win over Swayzee in the Albury Cup last […]
Victorian trained colt Jack’s Ultimate Fury (Bettor’s Delight) ran up to his heat win by decisively winning the $100,000 Group 2 Llowalong Farms Gold Chalice Final for three year old colts and geldings at Bathurst last night. In an action pack event Jack’s Ultimate Fury was caught three and four wide early before harness racing […]
Top Victorian reinsmen James Herbertson and David Moran won the final two heats of the Bathurst Gold Crown heats last night at the Bathurst paceway. Herbertson struck on the Emma Stewart trained Loucasso (Sweet Lou) who was patiently driven to record a most impressive win. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/nsw/BHM21032501.mp4 LOUCASSO MAR 21 REPLAY GOLD CROWN HEAT BATHURST A […]
In one of the most memorable races seen for some time, Captain Hammerhead (Captaintreacherous) held off a gallant Swayzee to take out the $60,000 SS&A Club of Murray Albury Pacing Cup last night. Captain Hammerhead and trainer-driver David Moran (Club Menangle photograph)A capacity crowd of over 7,000 saw a thrilling tactical race which saw an […]
Racegoers who braved the chilly weather at Melton savored the harness racing win of champion race mare Ladies In Red (Mach Three) in the Cinderella Stakes. David Moran let Ladies In Red amble around to wrest the lead off stable mate Soho Historia with a lap to travel and the six-year-old daughter of Mach Three […]
David Moran anticipates champion harness racing mare Ladies In Red will produce a forward showing first-up in the Cordina Group Sprint at Menangle on Saturday night. He also expects the six-year-old to derive plenty of benefit from the run, which should hold her in good stead should she gain a berth in the Group 1 […]
Harness racing driver David Moran made a clean sweep of Cup Day at Cobram steering home the winners of both the Pacing and Trotters Cups. Remarkably, Moran was having his first drive on both Invitation Only (Bettor’s Delight) who took out the Pacing Cup and Kyvalley Hotspot (Muscle Hill) who prevailed in the Trotters Cup. […]
David Moran has plenty of special memories with the progeny of sire Modern Art and he looks set to make many more if the early-season harness racing form of gun juvenile Timmy Rictor (Modern Art) is anything to go by. Moran trained and drove another son of Modern Art, the great Lochinvar Art, during a […]
It looks as though we can rule out Honolua Bay (Somebeachsomewhere) from the early speed battle as top harness racing reinsman David Moran suggests his best chance at claiming a second Del-Re National A. G. Hunter Cup is to save his charge for one run at the end of Saturday night’s 2760m journey. Moran, who […]
David Moran is driven by disappointment to win this Inter Dominion harness racing pacing final aboard Honolua Bay (Somebeachsomewhere). Few have endured a past 12 months quite like Moran, starting with driving this week last year when he “won” the Inter Dominion pacing final on Expensive Ego, just to lose it on protest less than […]
If there is such a thing as good karma, then David Moran deserves to win harness racing’s Inter Dominion pacing final. Moran, who drives favourite Honolua Bay (Somebeachsomewhere) in the final, is coming off a year he’d love to throw in the bin. Wind the clock back 12 months when he snared the late pick-up […]
One of the many great angles of this Inter Dominion pacing final is the collective stories of the harness racing drivers on the three favourites. Jodi Quinlan (Act Now), David Moran (Honolua Bay) and Mark Pitt (Mach Dan) all bring fascinating long and/or short term yarns into the sport’s most iconic race. Winning an Inter […]
Somebeachsomewhere gelding Honolua Bay is the only horse to go through harness racing’s Inter Dominion Pacing Championship this year undefeated. The five-year-old won his second heat within three days at Shepparton on Saturday night (Nov. 29). Doing a power of work posted three-wide, Honolua Bay toughed it out in a blanket finish to beat Bundoran […]
Before his Inter Dominion heat at Ballarat tonight (Nov. 26) harness racing reinswoman Jodi Quinlan knew her drive Act Now (Somebeachsomewhere) was ready to race. “He has the devil in him tonight, he tried to kick me out for a lap in the warm up,” Quinlan grinned pre-race. Fortunately for connections, Act Now’s antics paid […]
It was business as usual for harness racing’s wonder mare Ladies In Red (Mach Three) as she tuned up for her highly-anticipated return to racing with a professional trial performance at Tabcorp Park Melton on Tuesday afternoon (Sep. 27). Emma Stewart’s star pacer was the headline runner at Victorian harness racing headquarters and she didn’t […]
Australian harness racing’s one time pin-up pacer Lochinvar Art (Modern Art) has run his last race Down Under. Owner Kevin Gordon said the former Hunter and Victoria Cup hero would either be retired or be sent to North America to continue his career. The shock decision came after Lochinvar Art had a minor bleed and […]
There was a lot to like about rockstar pacer Lochinvar Art’s performance at the Melton trials yesterday afternoon, and champion NSW horseman Luke McCarthy was one of the first to check in. Luke and Belinda McCarthy played a major role in the pacer’s comeback from injury when they agreed to oversee “Artie’s” rehabilitation program while […]
Having been absent from the track in almost a year top class pacer Lochinvar Art had his first trial back at Melton today since an injury-enforced spell. In the official hit-out, New Zealand import Tango Tara led and Lochinvar Art chased him to the line to finish second in a mile rate of 1:56.9 and […]
Trainer David Moran says he would love to get a slot in The Race with forgotten Aussie super pacer Lochinvar Art. And while he has some big targets at home to get through first, Moran says bringing a top horse to New Zealand is something he has always dreamed of. Lochinvar Art (Modern Art) returns […]
It might only be a three or four horse trial, but all eyes will be on multiple group one winning superstar and first season sire Lochinvar Art at Melton again tomorrow night. It’s just a little under 12 months since “Artie” and his driver David Moran were given a rockstar reception at Victorian headquarters the […]
Ladies In Red’s reputation as a generational freak was further ensconced with a stunning, fighting victory in Friday night’s Vicbred Super Series final. The Emma Stewart-trained Mach Three three-year-old improved her record to 17 wins and three seconds from 20 outings and powered past full-brother Our Little General’s Australian stakes watermark of $522,000 with another […]
