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Bettor Beach (Bettors Delight) proved herself to be the best filly currently racing on the Eastern seaboard of Australia with yet another effortless win in the Group 1 $150,000 Prydes Easifeed Victoria Pacers Oaks Final at Melton on Saturday evening. Starting a prohibitive odds on favourite ahead of her stablemate Willows Girl, Bettor Beach was […]
Trainer Emma Stewart took out yet another success when Dynamite Dan (Somebeachsomewhere) stormed down the outside for an upset harness racing win in the Group 1 $150,000 Woodlands Stud Victoria Pacers Derby at Melton on Saturday evening. Stewart had the favoured pair of Brooklyn Dan and Enjoy Life while Dynamite Dan and Mount Barker Boy […]
Enjoy Life (Always B Miki – Perfect Life) has won 10 of his 11 harness racing starts, and on Saturday night he showed he can win the hard way too. The Emma Stewart-trained colt took out the first heat of the Woodlands Stud Victoria Derby at Melton by a half head, booking his place in […]
Outstanding gelding Palladium (Bettors Delight) looked most impressive when he took out the third heat of the Victoria Pacers Derby at Melton on Saturday night. Drawn the pole Palladium was beaten for speed early by Nymbal who had outsprinted him in the Carousel at Menangle a few weeks back. However Robert Morris on Nymbal grabbed […]
Two years ago, Ben Said sat behind a young pacer in trackwork for the first time and fell for him. Now The Last Trip (Poster Boy – Fususi) is one of the hottest names in Eureka betting, rated a $4.50 second favourite behind Loucasso for the $1.5 million TAB Eureka at Menangle on November 21. […]
The Riverina Paceway staged their intial round of heats for the New South Wales Breeders Challenge for two year olds on Friday afternoon and it was the Victorians who cleaned up in both the colts and geldings and fillies divisions. The colts and geldings event was taken out by Boystrous (Tall Dark Stranger) who […]
Classy entire Fox Dan (Art Major) showed improvement with a decisive harness racing win in the APG Vic Bred Final for four year olds at Melton on Saturday night. Fox Dan was one of Emma Stewart’s five runners in the race and he was given a great chance early on by driver Ryan Sanderson as […]
Outstanding mare The Art Of Success (Art Major) showed great courage in her most important to success to date when she took out the APG VicBred Mares Final for four year olds at Melton on Saturday night. The Art Of Success was sent out favourite but there was strong support for Wicked Confession with interest […]
Tasmanian Derby winner Enjoy Life (Always B Miki) made amends for his semi final loss when he outsprinted his harness racing rivals in the APG VicBred Super Series Final for three year old colts and geldings at Melton on Saturday evening. One of eight Group 1 races for the night it was a training triumph […]
A nasty accident proved to be Mark Pitt’s good luck to the opposite for Kerryn Manning after the running of the APG VicBred Super Series for two year old colts and geldings at Melton on Saturday. On the first take, Auston fell after trying to hold out the favourite Lake Como and much of the […]
It just feels right that Kerryn Manning will be a key part of Emma Stewart’s quest to continue her harness racing dominance of the rich Vicbred series at Melton on Saturday night. The pair go back 25 years to when Stewart worked for Manning’s father, Peter, at his hugely successful Great Western stables. “Then I […]
Consistent pacer Most Exciting (Always B Miki) handled a treat by ace driver Kerryn Manning upset his more fancied stablemates when he outsprinted his rivals to take out the first semi final of the APG Vicbred Super Series for three year old colts and geldings at Melton on Saturday night. Drawn the pole Most Exciting […]
Much improved filly La Cantatrice (Poster Boy) scored her third win on end and arguably her most impressive when she took out the first heat of the APG VicBred Super Series for two year old harness racing fillies at Melton on Friday evening. And her win was also due to a patient drive by Ewa […]
Hot favourite Smack Bang Bart (Rock N Roll Heaven) proved far too strong for his harness racing opponents in the opening heat of the APG VicBred Super Series for two year old colts and geldings at Melton on Friday evening. It was a very strange run affair with four different leaders at various stages of […]
The three heats of the APG Vicbred Series for three year old harness racing fillies produced mixed results for favourite backers. Bettor Beach (Bettors Delight) showed her complete dominance with an effortless win in the first heat of APG Vicbred Super series at Kilmore on Thursday evening. It was always going to be a case […]
Punters had plenty of anxious moments before solidly backed favourite Le Cardinal (Captaintreacherous) scored in a heart stopping finish in the fourth heat of the Vic Bred series for three year old colts and geldings. Showing not much early speed from the pole Le Cardinal ended three back on the rails. Major Blitz who returned […]
Prominent harness racing trainer Michael Stanley struck early with a double from the first three heats of the APG VicBred Series for three year old colts and geldings at Kilmore on Thursday night. Now based at Menangle the former Victorian Stanley won the second heat with Soho Trump (Captain Crunch) who once he found the […]
The Victorian raiders made a clean sweep of the Tasmania Derby and Oaks run at Hobart on Sunday afternoon and leading reinswoman Kerryn Manning was the star of the show driving both classic winners as well as two other harness racing winners on the card. Victorian colt Enjoy Life (Always B Miki) maintained his unbeaten […]
Top colt Cardigan Sniper (Ultimate Sniper) added yet another classic to his record with a stirring win In the Benstud Standardbreds Youthful Stakes for colts and geldings at Melton on Saturday night. Just two months ago Cardigan Sniper had won the $100,000 APG Final at Melton and this was his first run back since then. […]
Up and coming mare The Art of Success (Art Major) passed her biggest test with flying colours when led all the way win in the Hertz Melton Free For All at Victorian headquarters on Saturday evening. The attractive four year old mare drew the pole and driver Mark Pitt had no trouble holding the early […]
Smart pacer Some American (American Ideal) gave his harness racing driver Mark Pitt and trainer Emma Stewart an early double when he led all the way to take out the Vale Brian Markovic Free For All at Melton on Saturday evening. The speedy entire was ideally drawn in barrier 2 and subsequently was sent out […]
Top colt Brooklyn Dan (Captain Crunch) threw out a strong challenge for next week’s Queensland Derby when he scored a courageous harness racing win in the $20,000 Queensland Derby Trial at Albion Park on Friday evening. One of three runners for prominent trainer Emma Stewart Brooklyn Dan was heavily supported into a firm favourite. However […]
CHAMPION Victoria harness racing trainer Emma Stewart has three strong chances to add to her fantastic record in the short but exciting history of Australasia’s richest juvenile race. Stewart and co-trainer Clayton Tonkin had two runners in the inaugural $500,000 Group 1 Benstud Protostar in 2024 with The Highlight Reel beaten a whisker by Fate […]
Victorian pacer Bay Of Biscay (Somebeachsomewhere) drew first blood with a typically tough harness racing performance in winning the First Heat of this year’s Pacer’s Inter Dominion at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Drawn ideally in two, Bay of Biscay was installed a hot favourite while evergreen pacer Max Delight from the pole was expected […]
