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Veteran marvel Bulletproof Boy (Art Official) defied his eleven year old status when he scored an unprecedented fourth harness racing success in the Listed Smoken Up sprint at Melton on Saturday evening. The Smoken Up Sprint is run a week before the Victoria Cup and this obviously suits Bulletproof Boy who had previously won the […]
Some of Victoria’s finest reinsmen and women will converge on Horsham next Monday (October 5) for a harness racing tradition stretching back more than three decades. The Noel Smith Memorial Horsham Invitational Drivers Championship returns for its 35th edition, bringing together 10 leading Victorian drivers for a six-heat battle at the Horsham track. And while […]
The old marvel Bulletproof Boy (Art Official) surprised his younger harness racing rivals with a superbly timed run to take out the $75,000 Group 2 Garrards Horse and Hound Bendigo Pacing Cup at Melton on Saturday evening for the second year running. Despite his great recent form Bulletproof Boy was not expected to trouble the […]
Top trotter Im Bobby (Majestic Son) proved his ability with a strong harness racing win coming off 30 metres to win the Aldebaran Park Trotters handicap at Melton on Saturday evening. A brilliant beginner, Im Bobby was up ahead of half the field early with second favourite Ollivici also off the 30 metre mark moving […]
Melton put on the heats of the APG Vic Bred Super Series for the three year olds on Friday and racing was keenly contested. The first heat for the fillies was taken out by the unfancied Lets Go Lorna (Always B Miki) who upset her more favoured harness racing rivals. LETS GO LORNA NOV 7 […]
Prominent New South Wales driver Will Rixon made the right decision with a quick raid at Bendigo on Wednesday when his tough filly Miss Ohana (Art Major) led all the way to take out the First heat of the Nutrien Equine Classic race series for three year old trotters. An easing favourite Miss Ohana strode […]
Classy colt Commodus (Father Patrick) served notice that he will take beating in the future classics when he led all the way to take out the Wagon Apollo Three Year Old Trotters Mile at Bendigo on Wednesday evening. After a short early battle with Sam Nien, Commodus was able to find the front by Chris […]
Grand veteran Nephew of Sonoko (Danny Bouchea) caused a shock when he outsprinted his harness racing rivals to take out the Haras Des Trotteurs Trot at Melton on Saturday evening. The nine year old was unfancied in the betting despite being steered by inform driver James Herbertson. Gotfeelingsyouknow had looked very impressive winning at Melton […]
Australia’s leading driver James Herbertson is finding his feet as the latest Down Under harness racing reinsman to test the waters in the United States. Herbertson made his first appearances at Harrah’s Philadelphia and the Meadowlands in New Jersey and was in good company with expat Aussies Todd and Luke McCarthy and Brad Chisholm, along […]
Country Victoria’s Zac Steenhuis has always been a bundle of enthusiasm – but his new levels of endeavour account for his latest harness racing winner, super impressive four-year-old mare Tap To Pay (Sportswriter). “It’s tough going in this sport at the moment with low stakemoney and bonus cuts in Victoria, so I decided to get […]
Evergreen harness racing pacer Bulletproof Boy (Art Official) caused somewhat of an upset when took out the $75,000 Group 2 Bendigo Pacing Cup at Bendigo last night. His win also continued the incredible success of young driver James Herbertson who is set for another bumper season of winners. The ten year old gelding was having […]
Australia’s harness racing ‘whizz kid’ James Herbertson has taken his exceptional form overseas to France. The 24-year-old from Lexton near Ballarat, in Victoria, represented Australia in the second running of the Prix des Rencontres Internationales (International Prize) at Vincennes early this morning. Herbertson is Australia’s leading reinsman and his stellar form this season has given […]
Mornings added to her perfect record at Beckley Park while giving trainer Damien Burns the biggest win of his career on Saturday night. The five-year-old mare backed up her metro victory in Geelong from mid-July with a commanding triumph in the Alabar Vicbred Platinum Pace (2100m), where she beat a top field of mares for […]
