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Bold striding trotter Imperial Monarch (Imperial Count) completed a wonderful night for the Lee stable when he outstayed harness racing favourite Rockinwithattitude in the Geelong McNamara Trotters Cup on Saturday night. In doing so, the stable completed a double as in the Pacing Cup they were successful with Jilliby Nitro. Coming off 20 metres in […]
Veteran pacer Jilliby Nitro (Bettor’s Delight) came with a withering burst to upset his more fancied harness racing rivals in this years Apco Geelong Pacing Cup at the Beckley raceway on Saturday evening. The quality field was headed by the Jason Grimson trained pair of Swayzee and Minos who were both expected to be strongly […]
Evergreen pacer Jilliby Nitro (Bettors Delight) upset the more fancied candidates with a barnstorming finish to take out the $20,000 Apco Geelong Pacing Cup on Friday evening. A disappointing field of only six accepted for the event and Mach Dan who had previously won two Geelong Cups was installed favourite ahead of his stablemate Oliver […]
Mother Nature has been dishing up some unkind weather on the Victorian coast, but it hasn’t dampened the spirits of Portland harness racing owner-trainer Gloria Council. “It’s been horrible. Apart from the cold, it has just been so windy. I went out on Sunday morning to feed up and found we’d lost a horse shelter […]
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 […]
There is a case to suggest that the husband and wife co harness racing training team of Terry Gange and his wife Jacinta should embark on an overseas holiday more often. It’s good for the horses. The Ganges landed a winning double at Geelong when the favored pair Mister Jimaringle (Modern Art) and Bullapark Beno […]
South Australian trotter Aldebaran Dexta (Aldebaran Eagle) made a clean sweep The Lang Trot harness racing series when he led all the way in the Final at Geelong tonight (Oct. 21). The winner of the two heats conducted at Warragul and Geelong, Aldebaran Dexta stepped cleanly from his front row draw and driver Greg Sugar […]
Things haven’t quite gone right for the uber-talented Major Moth (Art Major) ever since he won a Vicbred Super Series semi-final in late 2022, but a gun inside draw has given the Emma Stewart-trained pacer every chance of making a winning harness racing return in Saturday night’s TMA Hire Geelong Pacing Cup. A float accident […]
It was a fitting result in harness racing’s inaugural The Lang Trot Final at Geelong on Saturday night (Oct. 22) as Rogue Gentleman (Majestic Son) smashed the Beckley Park track record with a brilliant front-running display. The performance secured a special success in the race for trainer-driver Chris Lang, the son and brother of the […]
The final pieces of the Breeders Challenge puzzle will fall into place on Saturday night at Menangle. Two semi-finals for the three-year-old fillies and two for the colts and geldings will take place, with the first five home in each guaranteeing their spots in next weekend’s Group 1 finals. The colts and geldings will have […]
