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The Goulburn club staged their annual Tom and Angela Memorial Day and despite only a six event harness racing program the racing was keenly contested with the Trotters Cup another highlight of the day. A good crowd was in attendance for the Sunday afternoon fixture. Evergreen local trotter Jungle Eyes (Peak Dnk) returned to winning […]
The recent injury to New South Wales’ best trotter The Locomotive is a body blow to harness racing fans and he won’t be able to return until about June this year. However there is reason for optimism for trotters in general in New South Wales. Apart from a small core area harness racing’s events for […]
Iron pacer Swayzee (Rock n Roll Heaven) made a welcome return to the harness racing winning circle when he outstayed Don Hugo to take out the $40,000 Goulburn Soldiers Club Frank and Edna Day Goulburn Pacing Cup on Friday evening. The race was robbed of interest with the scratching of Captains Knock with a vet […]
Seventeen-year-old reinsman Matthew Atkinson is the latest fresh face to join the harness racing winners’ list, landing his first victory in the sulky at Goulburn on Tuesday (September 2). Atkinson, who works full-time alongside his father Dean at the family’s Bungonia property near Goulburn, produced a perfectly judged drive to score on the consistent Flying […]
Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) has announced another Statewide consultation process with its industry stakeholders beginning next month. The sessions will put the microscope on issues including the National Rating (NR) system/matrix, raceday programming and handicapping. HRNSW Chief Executive Officer, Peter Buckman, said the initiative is in line with the organisation’s Strategic Plan. “Race […]
Energetic New South Wales reinswoman Haylee Day has an impressive equine industry CV – and she’s just ticked off a major harness racing achievement. Based at Goulburn, in the NSW Southern Tablelands, Day landed her first driving winner last Friday (Mar 21) when successful with Guilty Party (Village Jolt) in the $9762 Dachshund Dash 19th April […]
It is shaping as a busy week for Goulburn Harness Racing Club when it hosts feature race meetings both this afternoon (Apr. 23) and again next Sunday. Regarded as one of the best 1000m tracks in New South Wales, this afternoon’s meeting has attracted horses from far and wide, with connections chasing the healthy prizemoney […]
