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The barrier draw will be everything when the Group 1 $200,000 is run on 30 October after last night’s Western Gateway at Gloucester Park last night. Star three year old Im Stealthy (Downbytheseaside) did everything right having the perfect one out and one back trail. However there were some surprises. Stablemate D Mac from the […]
Captains Mistress looks poised to capture the Victoria Cup as Melton takes centre stage with the Victoria Derby and Oaks finals. Here are our harness racing best bets for the weekend’s action. Barrier three will see Captains Mistress set to find the front and lead them a merry dance in the Group 1 Victoria Cup. […]
Star four year old Runkle Crunch (Captain Crunch) justified the confidence that his trainer driver Aiden De Campo had in him when he showed too much zip in leading all the way in the Group 3 4YO Championship Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. Prior to the event De Campo felt that he was […]
A busy weekend with heats of the Victoria Derby and Victoria Oaks, along with the Need For Speed finals at Melton. Read on for our harness racing best bets for the weekend’s action. Melton has an excellent card of racing that starts with the Smoken Up Sprint. It also boasts the Group 1 Need For […]
One of the nation’s most beloved pacers Minstrel is being set again for the Western Australia Pacing Cup on 11 December which should delight all harness racing supporters. Co trainer Greg Bond who prepares Minstrel with his wife Skye is hopeful that the rising ten year old is ready for another crack at the West’s […]
New Zealand bred filly Skinny Dippin (Downbytheseaside) justified the faith of her new owners when she scored a decisive all the way win in this years edition of the Group 1 Tabtouch West Australia Oaks at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was an intriguing race with the balance firmly going Skinny Dippin’s way after […]
Leap To Fame, Captains Mistress and the WA Oaks highlight the weekend’s harness racing action. Read on for our harness racing best bets for Friday and Saturday. Starting on Friday night, the best three-year-old fillies in Western Australia contest the Group 1 WA Oaks at Gloucester Park. Skinny Dippin and Miss Leopatra are the headline […]
Outstanding juvenile Hez The Boss (Poster Boy) proved himself the best performed two year old in the West with a sterling harness racing performance to take out this year’s Group 1 $150,000 Golden Slipper Stakes at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. Facing the toughest task of his star studded career Hez The Boss was drawn […]
A busy weekend of harness racing is highlighted by the Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park and Leap To Fame returning at Albion Park. Here are our harness racing best bets for Friday and Saturday. The Group 1 Golden Slipper for two-year-olds is the feature event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. $150,000 is up for […]
Twenty year old Liam Elliott scored his first Group 1 as well as a Group 2 in a superb driving display at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. His Group 1 success came the way of gallant filly Seaside Seranade (Downbytheseaside) who led all the way to take out the $215,000 Allwood Stud Farm Westbred […]
Brilliant colt Hez The Boss (Poster Boy) gave a powerhouse display to take out the Group 1 Allwood Stud Farm Westbred Two year old colts and geldings final at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Drawn out in four the issue was whether Hez The Boss would have enough speed to cross Ignite The Furnace who […]
Gloucester Park hosts W Night with almost $1 million in prize money up for grabs. The Vicbred Super Series at Melton ramps up, while Menangle has star-studded horses competing. Read on for our harness racing best bets for the weekend. Two Group 1 and four Group 2 features headline Friday night’s W night with Westbred […]
The VicBred harness racing series is starting to hot up with heats and semi finals this Friday and Saturday night at Melton. On Friday night, it’s the Trotters turn with two heats of the two year old fillies. The first heat see’s Chris Svanosio’s promising filly Kyvalley Drifter up against the consistent Miss Muscle. Antii […]
A relatively quiet weekend of harness racing compared to recent weeks, but there are still plenty of key races to focus on. Here are our harness racing best bets for Friday and Saturday. On Friday night, one-time boom horse Never Ending will try to win for the first time since 2024 when he contests the […]
Queensland will be the focus for this weekend’s harness racing best bets as it is Qbred Triad Final night. Four Group 1 races will be held at Albion Park on Saturday night, as the 2YO and 3YO pacers battle it out for $150,000 in prizemoney for each feature event. The 4YOs will compete at Group […]
Resilient nine year old Magnificent Storm (American Ideal) continues to make records in his older years with a character stamping 50th harness racing success in taking out the Vale Roselyn MacKinnon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. Despite his veteran years, Magnificent Storm has shown he has lost none of that brilliant trademark early […]
One of the West’s leading harness racing two year olds of last season D Mac (Downbytheseaside) enhanced his prospects for this year’s West Australian Pacers Derby with a comfortable all the way win in the Ule Hoof Oil three year old at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $200,000 Group 1 feature will be staged […]
The Tasmanian Derby and Oaks will be held at Hobart on Sunday. Here is our harness racing best bets for the weekend’s most important races. We start off the weekend’s pacing action with Magnificent Storm in the FFA at Gloucester Park on Friday night, quickly followed by the Listed Marathon Handicap over 3309m. At Menangle […]
Gloucester Park harness racing preview with Ken Casellas Bonds Seek A Hat-Trick Champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond have decided to roll the dice and are looking for untried standing start pacer Captains Creek to win the $30,000 Westside Auto Marathon Handicap over the testing 3309m journey at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New […]
A gem of a drive by Dylan Egerton-Green was a major factor in a last gasp win for Nevele Arma (Huntsville) in her thrilling last gasp win in the Group 1 $250,000 Trotsynd Diamond Classic Final for two year old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. The race was expected to be a shoe […]
Classy colt Hez The Boss (Poster Boy) lived up to his reputation with a slashing harness racing win in the Group 1 $250,000 Hoist Torque Pearl Classic Final for two year old colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. A prohibitive odds on favourite on the strength of winning his last five starts […]
Two rich Group 1 two-year-old races highlight this weekend’s harness racing across the country. This is a look at our harness racing best bets for Friday and Saturday. The fifth race at Gloucester Park will be for two-year-old fillies and it is the Trotsynd Diamond Classic Final. Seaside Serenade is the dominant favourite from barrier […]
Gloucester Park harness racing review with Ken Casellas American Blaze Delivers The Goods It was as a young boy in Western Australia that Steve Levar developed a keen interest in horses, and as a 14-year-old he broadcast harness racing trials at Byford before calling meetings at the trots and gallops. Now in his 40s, he […]
Harness racing fans at Gloucester Park last night would have been wondering whether grand pacer Magnificent Storm (American Ideal) could return for another successful stint. And following his demolition of open class rivals in the Swan Draughts Free For All no one was left in any doubt that the nine year old is back seemingly […]
