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Keayang Zahara (Volstead) made it look so easy when she yet again outclassed her harness racing rivals to take out both heat and final of the Group 1 $250,000 Yabby Dam Farms Great Southern Final at Melton on Saturday evening. Earlier in the evening in the First Heat Keayang Zahara was given as easy a […]
Co-trainer Paddy Lee admits the unique format of the Great Southern Star is as big a danger as any rival for superstar trotting mare Keayang Zahara (Volstead) on Saturday night. The five-year-old boasts 23 wins from 24 starts, including 12 at Group 1 level, but will have to do something she’s never done before – […]
Harness Racing Victoria’s Summer of Glory culminates this Saturday evening at Melton and organisers could not have wished for a better program. When HRV last year announced the $1 million bonus for a pacer who could win three of the country cups and the AG Hunter there seemed little likelihood of one horse still in […]
Adam Rudd is confident Bennie And The Jets (Quaker Jet) can make an impact in the Group 1 Great Southern Star final, despite being an outsider in the odds and rankings ahead of Saturday night’s prestigious harness racing series. “Some people think I’m mad stepping him up this far, but I firmly believe that if […]
Keayang Chucky (Love You) will head to the Terang trials tonight in a last-ditch attempt to join the main draw of the Yabby Dam Farms Great Southern Star final on Saturday night. The squaregaiter galloped in the early stages of the V L Dullard Cup, but managed to regain composure to charge home to win […]
Hot favourite Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) will be relying on luck in the running in the 2025 Hunter Cup after harness racing barriers were drawn this morning. Leap To Fame drew barrier eight following out one of the the New Zealand hopes Republican Party who drew barrier one. The draws were also done for […]
Five years is a long time to wait for redemption. In racing entire careers start, blossom and end much quicker than that all the time. But on Febuary 1, five years after he last raced and finished unplaced in the Great Southern Star, Kiwi speed machine Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) is heading back to Melton […]
After a thrilling victory in the Yabby Dam Farms Great Southern Star, French trotter Callmethebreeze (Trixton) will soon add another stamp to his passport when he heads to New Zealand for April’s TAB Trot slot race. But before that, trainer Anton Golino plans to showcase his talented trotter to the Australian audience a couple more […]
When the barrier draw for the final of the Southern Star was being televised at Melton Entertainment Park last Saturday night (Feb 3), astute reinsman Nathan Jack raised more than a few eyebrows when he opted for barrier 10 on the outside of the back row. Even Anton Golino, trainer of Jack’s drive, the French […]
The Miracle Mile awaits for Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) after the Queensland harness racing superstar took out the Group 1 $500,000 A G Hunter Cup at Melton. Sent out a $1.40 favorite, Leap To Fame made a successful foray forward to wrest the lead off Catch A Wave with two laps to travel and […]
Brilliant heat wins from champion Just Believe (Orlando Vici) and star French trotter Callmethebreeze (Trixton) have set up a mouthwatering Great Southern Star Final later tonight at Melton. The Anton Golino trained Callmethebreeze made a statement in the first heat with a stunning all the way win after spearing to the lead from his mid-front […]
To have a Maori’s Idol, a Lyell Creek or Sundons Gift is a prospect few ‘trots lifers’ could dare to dream, but it’s a realisation dawning on harness racing trainer Jess Tubbs and reinsman Greg Sugars. The Larajay Farms pair have had an extraordinary 18 months with Just Believe (Orlando Vici) and, on the cusp […]
The Great Southern Star has been run just 11 times, and nobody has built its harness racing profile more than Andy and Kate Gath. The power couple have won 4 of the 11 runnings, including four of the past seven. It started with Glenferrie Typhoon in 2017, then champion Tornado Valley went back-to-back in 2020 […]
Cardigan harness racing trainer Anton Golino knows it takes a special horse to win the Group 1 $300,000 Woodlands Stud Great Southern Star. He has just that in star mare Im Ready Jet (Quaker Jet) and Golino is hoping luck will be on her side when she tackles the unique feature at Melton on Friday […]
Star trotter Majestuoso (Majestic Son) has been sandwiched in a tantalising front line for the first stage of his Woodlands Stud Great Southern Star harness racing title defence on Friday night (Feb. 3). The Andy Gath-trained squaregaiter will tackle the series first-up from a brief let-up and following treatment to his hocks after galloping in […]
Majestuoso and stablemates Vacation Hill and Havehorsewilltravel have undergone their final workout ahead of Friday night’s What The Hill Great Southern Star, with trainer Andy Gath giving a blow-by-blow account. Click here to view the fields for Melton on Friday night. In a video for the stable’s Twitter account, @GathRacing, the master trainer gave trots […]
Every time harness racing trainer Andy Gath gears up remarkable trotter Tornado Valley for race night nowadays the champion horseman admits to feeling a level of “anxiousness”. A 10-time Group 1-winning trotter, Tornado Valley is 10 years old. On Friday night at Melton, he lines up in the What The Hill Great Southern Star where […]
The best trotters in New Zealand’s North Island are getting an early Christmas present, but it is one that won’t last long into the new year. And it won’t be a gift extended to our Victorian friends. In this case it is John Dunn, driver of champion trotter Sundees Son, who is playing Santa Claus […]
