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Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) Stewards have concluded an Inquiry in relation to a report from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory (ARFL) that Levamisole was detected in both the pre-race blood and post-race urine samples taken from MANHATTAN NZ following its win in race 2, the CONDELL PARK PRODUCE BABY BLING STAKES (1609 metres) […]
Group One winning filly Our Shangri Lana (Art Major) is close to starting her three year old season and is due at the trails on Wednesday. “She had a minor throat operation and bounced back. I’m really really happy with her. She seems a million dollars,” trainer Steve Dolan said. Our Shangri Lana will have […]
Southland owned harness racing mare Braeview Kelly (Bettor’s Delight) has been retired after running sixth in the $200,000 Queen Elizabeth II Mile at Menangle last night. Bred by Katie Carville and owned by Southlanders Paul and Mandy Pierce, Braeview Kelly qualified for Gore trainer Tony Stratford and won on debut at Invercargill in June 2020 […]
Absolutely nothing went her way in the Group one Queen Elizabeth Mile at Menangle tonight (May 4) but Aardies Express (Always B Miki) stamped herself as the prospective heir apparent to million-dollar mare, Ladies in Red. As expected, Ladies in Red bounced to the front from barrier two, but from barrier nine Aardies Express found […]
Headlined by the phenomenal comeback performance of Aardies Express (Always B Miki) in the G3 $50,000 Sibelia Stakes at Menangle on Saturday night, Canadian harness racing enthusiast and horse owner, Mike Tanev, had a weekend to remember down under. The used car salesman they called ‘Aardie’ harking back to his days on the baseball diamond […]
With five wins from seven starts for the harness racing stable, Ardens Delight (Bettors Delight) has quickly become one of Jack Trainor’s favourite pacers. The former Kiwi mare, by boom sire Bettors Delight, will be out to add to that record again tonight at Tabcorp Park Menangle. And again, Trainor might find himself looking at […]
They’re the best of mates . . . but Jack Trainor and Jason Grimson will forget that bond when they take to the harness racing track at Menangle tonight. Trainor is among the first drivers Grimson turns to when he enters one of his stable stars in a race. And that will be the case […]
MULTIPLE Group 1 winning harness racing trainer & driver, Jack Trainor, has lodged an appeal against the three-month disqualification handed down yesterday by The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission. The penalty was the result of an inquiry into a brawl at Albion Park on the final night of the Brisbane Carnival on July 22. Dual Inter […]
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) on Wednesday advised that two New South Wales harness racing trainers have been disqualified from the industry, after a club house brawl at Albion Park Raceway Creek Bar last month. Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) stewards handed down the penalty to harness trainer driver Jason Grimson and trainer driver […]
Ace reinsman Jack Trainor is in such hot demand that even some of our other leading harness racing drivers are asking him to drive their horses. Trainor is taking a rare drive for one of our leading horsemen, Robbie Morris, at Tabcorp Park Menangle tonight and in his own words ‘has arrived’. The easy-going Trainor […]
Two of Sydney harness racing’s leading lights dominated racing on Saturday night at Tabcorp Park Menangle with former New Zealander Jack Trainor and premier reinsman Cam Hart each landing winning trebles in the gig. It was expected that Hart would be in Queensland for the Winter Carnival to drive in the feature races for Sydney […]
Brilliant three-year-old Naturally Gifted (Sweet Lou) has been sold to USA harness racing interests for a six-figure sum – but will continue to do his racing in Australia for the time being. Naturally Gifted continues the affinity of exuberant eastern States owner Richard Poillucci with Down Under bloodstock and has been transferred to the Jack […]
The Jacks are back in town at Menangle today (Apr., 18). Yet it’s the two-year-old pacers that will hold the harness racing spotlight with five heats of the rich APG Gold Bullion series. Jack Trainor returns to competition after a short holiday in the US, while Jack Callaghan is back from Perth, where he finished […]
One of harness racing’s up-and-coming stars, ex-pat kiwi Jack Trainor, has delivered another ex-pat New Zealand rising star his first winner in the Southern Hemisphere. Lazarus got on the board last night (Mar. 9) as a race-winning sire ‘down under’ when his daughter, Stylish Lazarus, was victorious in the sixth on the card at the […]
Without doubt, one of the best harness racing performances seen at Tabcorp Park Menangle throughout the Sky Racing Sydney Carnival was classy mare Braeview Kelly’s (Bettor’s Delight) effort in the Queen Elizabeth II Mile. The talented five-year-old was caught on a limb three-wide for the first half of the trip on Saturday night before her […]
He’s a laid-back Kiwi harness racing horseman. Yet mention the name of class New Zealand mare Stylish Memphis (Bettor’s Delight) and you can’t wipe the smile off trainer-drive Jack Trainor’s face. That grin was even broader than usual this week when Trainor learned that the two-time Ladyship Mile winner and NSW Oaks winner could be […]
He has been consistent all season and that paid off for Tintin In America gelding Mahomes at Sydney’s harness racing home, Menangle, on Saturday night (Nov. 12). Mahomes blitzed his rivals in the Breeders Challenge Blue Final – the first year the feature has been worth a record $100,000. The moment was not only special […]
SATURDAY night’s (Oct. 29) New South Wales Breeders Challenge finals night proved to be one of the most successful for Menangle harness racing reinsman Jack Trainor since he arrived from New Zealand to settle in Sydney. Trainor captured a Group 1 winning double, taking out the TAB Len Smith Mile with I Cast No Shadow […]
Former Kiwi harness racing horseman Jack Trainor is starting to get “the Stylish Memphis” feeling about his new stable star Braeview Kelly (Bettor’s Delight). And that’s why he is daring to try and beat Australia’s champion mare Ladies In Red on her own patch in Saturday night’s (Oct. 29) $100,000 Group 1 Queen Of The […]
Harness racing reinsman Jack Trainor certainly has a knack to winning fillies feature races. So, when trainer Jess Tubbs needed another driver after Blake Fitzpatrick became indisposed, who better to call on than Trainor? The 28-year-old driver had won six Group 1 races,prior to Saturday night (Aug.27), with all those victories in races for either […]
Harness racing’s Jason Grimson reckons he prefers to let his horses do the talking. One of his closest mates – fellow trainer and driver Jack Trainor – can’t remember Grimson completing a media commitment in the six years he has known him until this week. In some quarters, Grimson has been described as polarising, arrogant, […]
After a treble at Menangle on Tuesday (Jul. 12) Jack Trainor will continue his focus on driving at Queensland’s harness racing feature meeting at Albion Park this Saturday night. Trainor received the call up to drive the Jason Grimson-trained I Cast No Shadow (Shadow Play) in the Group 1 Sunshine Sprint. Trainor will also drive […]
They’re great mates but their rivalry has become one of the great attractions of harness racing at Menangle in recent months. So, Cameron Hart and Jack Trainor will go head-to-head again tonight as the pair looks to dominate the eight races. Premiership leader Hart will be aboard four favourites in the eight races as he […]
They might be out to crush each other ON the track but Australia’s ‘young gun’ harness racing drivers are happy to help each other out once the racing is over. Jack Trainor, for instance, is acting as ‘caretaker trainer’ for Majestic Cruiser before Cameron Hart arrives from Sydney to drive him in Thursday’s $NZ900,000 The […]
