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A trip north has proved fruitful for Riverina trainer-driver Jackson Painting as his colt Im El Arquero (Bling It On) captured the Group 1 QBRED Triad Final for 2YO Colts & Geldings at Albion Park on Saturday night. Beginning from the inside of the second row, Im El Arquero booted through to trail the leader […]
Talented Riverina filly Seaside Boulevard (Downbytheseaside) surprised her more fancied harness racing rivals when she outstayed the field in a gripping Group 3 $52,000 Redcliffe Oaks on Saturday evening. In a scrappy start, local filly Stripes easily won the start while Sunset Boulevard’s driver Jackson Painting took a trail behind the leader with Bernie Hewitt’s […]
Newly turned four year old Catchafire (Bettor’s Delight) lived up to his three year old form with a strong staying harness racing performance to win the Yanco Producers Leeton Pacing Cup on Thursday evening. Showing great early speed Catchafire was urged on early by driver Jackson Painting who used some energy to take up the […]
Club Menangle staged their highly successful Kari C J Caffyn Plate on Saturday night and the event didn’t disappoint harness racing fans who gathered to see the spectacle. This penalty free event is unique in that it is the only known harness racing event in Australia run annually that is restricted to indigenous drivers. Riverina […]
Narrandera trainer Jackson Painting continued his great run of recent success when his talented pacer Thalassophobia (Fear The Dragon) finished with a powerful burst to take out the $75,000 TAB Regional Championship Final at Wagga on Friday evening. Thalassophobia was driven by Brad Hewitt who picked up a stand by drive. In a furious pace […]
Riverina harness racing trainer driver Jackson Painting has been in rare form of late and this was evidenced by his remarkable feat of four winners at last Friday’s Wagga meeting. Three year old gelding La Cavalletta (Vincent) started the ball rolling with a convincing all the way win in the TAB App pace. Working his […]
Riverina colt Bogdanavic (Fear The Dragon) came with a well timed burst to snatch harness racing victory in a thrilling $100,000 Group 2 Cobbity Equine New South Wales Breeders Challenge Blue for two year old colts and geldings at Menangle on Saturday evening. Perfectly driven by his trainer Jackson Painting Bogdanavic couldn’t muster enough speed […]
It’s well know that the minor country tracks all over the nation provide a vital back up to the better known venues and there is no better example of this than Coolamon which sits at the heart of the Riverina region of New South Wales. Few people would know that the club is one of […]
A lightly raced pacer with four wins from just eight lifetime starts could steal the limelight in the heats of the 2024 Barry Bottams Mildura Pacing Cup at tonight’s (April 1) opening meeting of the Mildura Harness Racing Club cup carnival. Three-year-old gelding Catchafire (Delight Bettors) has drawn the three alley in the first of […]
Riverina harness racing colt Business in Heaven (Rock N Roll Heaven) proved himself to be above average when he stormed down the outside to snatch the Graham Head Memorial 3YO Pace at Shepparton last night. The race put together a small but talented group of three year olds of which some will be serious Derby […]
Riverina harness racing reinsman Jackson Painting is amongst the best in New South Wales and has excelled in recent years as the stable driver for prominent Colleambally trainer David Kennedy. So, it was no surprise that Jack brought up his 700th winner in Wagga on Friday afternoon, fittingly aboard Classic Mix Up (American Ideal), trained […]
Personal milestones in harness racing throughout New South Wales have come thick and fast during the past few months. Obviously the most significant one was that achieved by Bathurst’s champion trainer, Steve Turnbull who brought up his 4000th winner when he won a race at Parkes last month. Last season’s Riverina premier reinsman Jack Painting […]
Riverina harness racing reinsman Jackson Painting has had 11 days he will never forget. From welcoming his daughter Millie into the world on May 9, the 35-year-old backed up over a week later and drove his first Group 1 winner. That was with Rocknroll Runa in Friday afternoon’s $100,000 TAB Regional Championships Riverina Final at […]
During the past decade there has been many successful harness racing trainer and driver combinations domiciled in the Riverina. But during the past two years it has been the Narrandera duo of David Kennedy and Jackson Painting who have been dominant in harness racing throughout the south-west of the state. So often this pair has […]
A double at Riverina Paceway last week saw one of the region’s leading drivers Blake Jones reach a century of wins for the season. The result gave Jones 101 winners for the term, the fourth time he has driven more than 100 winners in a season. Only seven other drivers in New South Wales have […]
Narrandera harness racing trainer David Kennedy and his driver Jackson Painting are looking forward to a busy weekend after qualifying two three-years-olds for the $150,000 New South Wales Breeders Challenge Finals at Tabcorp Park Menangle. On Friday afternoon they are a bit closer to home at West Wyalong where their main mission is with talented […]
It hasn’t taken New South Wales Riverina district trainer Dennis Schmetzer long to hit his straps after taking a 20 year break from harness racing. Schmetzer hails from Yenda, near Griffith, which would be a very well-known location as far as wine buffs go-being home to Casella Wines, makers of the famous Yellow Tail label. […]
