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Saturday evening’s AG Hunter Cup meeting firmly entrenched the date as one of Australia’s premier harness racing venues with a great spectacle of quality racing attracting the best around. The evening was characterised by the return to Swayzee (Rock N Roll Heaven) to successfully defend his AG Hunter title in a gripping finish while the […]
Iron pacer Swayzee (Rock n roll Heaven) gave yet another fantastic staying performance in a thrilling Group 1 $250,000 Sportsbet AG Hunter Cup at Melton on Saturday evening. Before a capacity crowd to witness one of the best Hunter Cup fields the barrier draw proved to be the main factor with Swayzee taking advantage of […]
The Hunter Cup and Great Southern Star are the main attractions for Saturday’s harness racing action at Melton. One of the biggest harness races of the year is here with the Group 1 AG Hunter Cup over 2760m. Last year’s winner Swayzee is back, and the placegetters from that, Leap To Fame and Republican Party, […]
Harness racing’s two biggest stars are chasing record-breaking paydays at the best A. G. Hunter Cup meeting in more than a decade. Champion pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) and freakish trotting mare Keayang Zahara (Volstead) are favourites to bank new bonuses of $1 million and $500,000 respectively if they are victorious on Saturday night. […]
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 […]
Hawkes Bay mates Lester Drake (82) and Neville Jackson (80) who own a ten percent share in gun pacer Swayzee, (Rock N Roll Heaven) are considering being on course at Melton for this weekend’s Hunter Cup. “There’s every possibility we’ll go,” Drake said. Since hearing the gelding has drawn gate two in the $250,000 Group […]
The field for the 2026 Sportsbet A. G. Hunter Cup has been released, with an outstanding line-up assembled for Saturday night’s $250,000 Group 1 classic at Melton Entertainment Park. All eyes will be on 2024 champion Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight), who looms as the standout as he chases the lucrative $1 million bonus after […]
How many times do we say the barrier draw is crucial in big races? Of course there will be winners and losers when the marbles drop tomorrow (Tuesday) morning for this Hunter Cup, but the beauty of the line-up in this race is the multitude of scenarios, shaped by the strength and versatility of the […]
The last piece of the Hunter Cup jigsaw has arrived in Victoria. Freshly-crowned New Zealand Horse of the Year and last year’s Hunter Cup placegetter Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) is here. Co-trainer Cran Dalgety confirmed he would “tune-up” for the $250,000 Group 1 Hunter Cup in this Saturday’s $150,000 Group 1 Kilmore Cup. Republican Party, […]
KIWI trainer Nathan Purdon’s confidence varies between his stable harness racing stars Don’t Stop Dreaming (Bettor’s Delight) and Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) heading into the stellar Hunter Cup meeting. Purdon admits there is a genuine query as to whether Dont Stop Dreaming is as good as when he ran a slashing second to Leap To […]
Kiwi harness racing greats Anthony Butt and Cran Dalgety know how to win a Hunter Cup. They also fully understand the importance of good barriers in modern-day racing, which is why their confidence has grown going into Victoria’s biggest race at Melton on Saturday night. Dalgety, who won the 2014 Hunter Cup with Christen Me, […]
Harness Racing’s golden marvel Bulletproof Boy (Art Official) has a wider draw than trainer Scott Ewen would have liked, but will acquire the services of Australia’s leading driver, James Herbertson for Saturday night’s Group 1 Sportsbet A.G. Hunter Cup. “He has drawn a little bit wide, but there is nothing to worry about, looking at […]
CHAMPION pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) faces his biggest challenge yet from a nightmare harness racing draw in Saturday night’s Group 1 Hunter Cup at Melton. The defending champion drifted from $1.40 to $2.20 after drawing inside the back row (gate eight), meaning luck as much his enormous talent will play a huge role. […]
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 […]
An amazing harness racing field has been assembled for Saturday night’s Sportsbet A. G. Hunter Cup. Harness Racing Victoria handicappers mulled over the nominations across the weekend and into Monday before declaring the line-up of 12 and one emergency that will tackle the Grand Circuit classic this Saturday night at Melton Entertainment Park. In all, […]
Dual New Zealand Cup winner Swayzee (Rock N Roll Heaven) is set to be a shock late addition to the already strong Hunter Cup harness racing field. IN an exciting twist, trainer Jason Grimson nominated Swayzee for Victoria’s biggest harness race this morning (Friday). Swayzee’s presence at Melton tomorrow week would take the talented-crammed Hunter […]
Millionaire harness racing pacer Catch A Wave (Captaintreacherous) is still a strong chance of contesting the Hunter Cup despite being scratched from tomorrow night’s Casey Classic at Melton. Trainer Andy Gath said the six-year-old bumped a leg and had some swelling, which prompted him to scratch Catch A Wave as a precautionary move. “It’s already […]
The A.G. Hunter Cup – Victoria’s feature open class race for the season is almost upon us to be held at Melton Entertainment Park on Saturday, February 1. The Grand circuit classic should attract the best harness racing horses available including the latest Inter Dominion winner Don Hugo and hopefully duel Inter Dominion victor Queensland […]
A second consecutive Inter Dominion Pacers Consolation harness racing win for talented five-year-old Cantfindabettorman (Sweet Lou) might have the Isabel Walsh-trained gelding feeling like the bridesmaid and never the bride. The Chris Alford driven son by Sweet Lou just missed the $500,000 final after winning the first heat at Newcastle before disappointing seventh and ninth place […]
Forgotten harness racing star Honolua Bay (Somebeachsomewhere) is on the verge of an unlikely comeback. The injury-plagued pacer was the toast of Aussie harness when he brilliantly won the Hunter Cup almost 16 months ago. He followed that with victory in the Group 2 Allied Sprint at Menangle – a Miracle Mile qualifier – before […]
The first merging of the SENTrack A G Hunter Cup with a heats-into-final Yabby Dam Farms Great Southern Star has been hailed a success after trots fans and punters savoured the night’s thrilling harness racing. Attendants recorded 7693 race goers who flocked to Melton for the Group 1 double-header, while thousands more enjoyed the coverage […]
Harness racing has its rockstar setting or Hollywood moment. Just as David Bowie and Queen came together to record Under Pressure or, visually, the combined genius of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino made The Godfather II arguably the best movie of all-time, the brightest stars of harness racing strut their stuff at Melton tonight. […]
Harness racing’s home of the stunning sunsets may be witnessing another one on Saturday night, but this time on the track. Unless you have been to the circuit on the outskirts of Melbourne you probably can’t appreciate just how wonderous a show Mother Nature puts on at Melton, with the sky often a postcard-like canopy […]
Top race caller Dan Mielicki rates Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) as potentially one of the greatest harness racing pacers he has seen heading into his 29th call of the Group 1 Hunter Cup. Mielicki, who has also called 14 Melbourne Cups, said the combination of Leap To Fame and champion trotter Just Believe placed […]
