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Tough pacer Ata Rangi (Art Major) served notice of better things to come with a dogged harness racing performance to take out this years $20,000 Ararat Advocate Pacing Cup on Friday evening at the western Victorian track. The race was robbed of interest with some key scratchings which resulted in Meteor Moth being backed into […]
While former Tasmanian, Victorian-based driver Jack Laugher gets to the end of his Tasmanian stay, he again claimed multiple wins on a Tasmanian program, with a winning treble in Launceston on Sunday night. Three-year-old Still Hungry gelding, Coniston ($1.55 fav), completed a winning hat-trick, when claiming the Clifford James Pace (1680m), taking his tally to six wins […]
Victorian reinsman Jack Laugher is putting the runs on the board in a harness racing campaign in his former home state of Tasmania. The 26-year-old, who is closing in on 1000 driving wins, left Tasmania eight years ago to pursue his driving career, but is temporarily back home with a 10-horse team. “It’s been nice […]
Jack Laugher admits he was fighting it out for second prizemoney on Clear Left (Art Major) as the harness racing field turned for home in the Catanach’s Jewellers Pace at Melton Entertainment Park on Saturday night. Jackie Barker’s daring tactics looked like being successful when Layden dashed from midfield in the back straight to straightening […]
An early move by harness racing driver Jack Laugher to find the lead paved the way for Our Vincent Can Gogh to launch his open class career in grand fashion taking out the Moama Bowling Club Echuca Pacing Cup on New Year’s Day Night. Laugher set the four-year-old alight from mid-field to wrest the lead […]
An aggressive drive by Victorian reinsman Jack Laugher was the ticket to Magic Mike NZ (A Rocknroll Dance) claiming harness racing victory in the opening event, the Allied Express Pace, at Melton Entertainment Park tonight (Nov 11). The former Kiwi pacer overcame an inauspicious barrier 10 draw thanks to Laugher’s perfectly-timed run. Rueslan (Craig Demmler) […]
Horsham plays host to the 33rd Decron Horse Care Noel Smith Memorial Invitation Drivers Championship on Monday afternoon, highlight of an eight-race card of harness racing action at the Racing Centre. Bendigo based reinsman Jack Laugher returns to defend the crown he won in the March ’22 edition of the time-honoured series. We caught up […]
Jack Laugher produced a stunning drive with his old mate Torrid Saint (Shadow Play) to win harness racing’s United Petroleum Yarra Valley Pacing Cup (2650m) o Thursday (Nov. 3). Laugher weaved some magic in the cart to help the Julie Douglas-prepared six-year-old score a deserved success in the $35,000 event – his first Cup and second […]
Jack Laugher headed on to the track quietly confident Torrid Saint (Shadow Play) could claim the biggest scalp of his harness racing career in the My Lightning Blue Free For All at Melton on Saturday night (Aug. 20). Punters deemed the Julie Douglas-trained pacer the horse most likely to thwart a successful return to the […]
Lochinvar Art had a torrid time on his race track return but would have lost few admirers from his brave second behind a blistering Julie Douglas runner at harness racing’s Melton track on Saturday night (Aug. 20). Torrid Saint (Shadow Play) was relentless at the head of affairs to have the poorly drawn Grand Circuit […]
Talented Victorian reinsman Jack Laugher hasn’t missed a beat after a short stint on the harness racing sidelines, grabbing a “super seven” wins and writing his name into the record books. Laugher steered his bag of winners at Friday night’s Mildura meeting – falling short of the national record of nine set by Mark Pitt […]
Promising two-year-old Mister Hunter gave his connections the ultimate harness racing dream at Melton on Saturday night. The son of Huntsville took out the $150,000 Australian Pacing Gold Bullion Final for the boys giving both trainer Vince Dicocco and driver Jack Laugher their first Group 1 success. “It’s quite unreal really,” said Dicocco who had […]
A 60 – 1 boilover win secured the Horsham Harness Racing Club’s popular annual Noel Smith Memorial Invitation Driver’s Championship yesterday for young Victorian reinsman Jack Laugher. Consistency was the name of the game for Laugher, securing just the one win (on the locally-trained Muckinbar Diva (Shadow Play – Muckinbar Lady (Fully Loaded), but racking […]
“She is absolutely going to bolt in!” That is what racecaller Dan Mielicki broadcasted as quality trotting mare Im Ready Jet cruised to a 23m victory in the Group 2 Breeders Crown Championship at Melton on Friday night. She won the Breeders Crown finals as a two and three-year-old and the daughter of Quaker Jet […]
Get ready for a Group 1 splurge from the powerhouse Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin barn. Banglez’s Group 1 victory at Kilmore on Saturday night, is set to kick-start a romp for Stewart and Tonkin with dozens of their best horses just weeks away from returning to the races for the plethora of Victorian major races […]
The future of harness racing is in safe hands. Right around Australia, fresh faces are making their presence felt on the racetrack and subsequently premiership standings. In Queensland, seven of the top 10 drivers on the state-wide premiership are under the age of 30, with Pete McMullen on target to go back-to-back come season’s end. […]
Well-travelled Victorian young gun Jack Laugher has cracked the ton for the first time in his relatively short driving career – and sits second on the State Metropolitan Drivers’ Premiership to boot. Bendigo-based Laugher also now finds himself up in the top half dozen on the national premiership table, rubbing shoulders with some elite company. […]
