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Andy Gath who is a member of one of the nation’s most famous harness racing families has been rewarded for his efforts by being inducted into the Victorian Hall of Fame following a ceremony at Melton on Saturday evening. He was inducted along with well known breeding identity John Coffey and the training combination of […]
The amazing stallion Art Major continues to raise the bar on his long , long list of achievements. He has headed his competition on eight occasions to win the Australian 2 Year Old Sires Premiership. On Saturday night at Albion Park he achieved something which almost certainly no other stallion in the 89 history of […]
The 17th September 1994 and 4th April 2025 are two important dates in the life of the greatest mare to grace a Harness Racing track in Australia for the past 40 to 50 years. Tailamade Lombo was born on 17th September 1994 and sadly her life came to an end last Friday , 4th April […]
Art Major, who has now commenced his twentieth Stud season in the Southern Hemisphere, never fails to sire an outstanding harness racing juvenile year after year. For A Reason 1.49.4 and Renaissance Man 1.53.1 appeared from his first downunder crop. Now from his sixteenth crop emerges a powerful looking 2 year old gelding with a […]
The Late Alan Galloway Snr and then Alan Jnr have been breeding quality Standardbreds for at least the past 50 years. It all started out in the Adelaide hills but for the past 45 years Alabar Bloodstock has been based at Echuca in Northern Victoria. There is a lovely selection of 7 fillies heading south […]
Alabar Bloodstock, which has been consigning yearlings to Sales for the past 50 years, has a draft of 18 beautifully grown and prepared yearlings heading to the Nutrien Melbourne sale on 14th April. The draft will feature 7 yearlings by the debut Stallions Ride High [3] and Elite Stride [4]. In their brief racetrack careers […]
The Standardbred in the Southern Hemisphere has developed speed over the past 20 years at a frightening rate. Who would have thought at the turn of this Century we would see a horse with a 1.46 and change record in either Australia or New Zealand. One stallion that has been largely responsible for the speed […]
Astute buyers looking for best value at this weekend’s Nutrien Melbourne Yearling Sale will be doing well to put asterisks in the catalogue beside VicBred Pure-eligible harness racing youngsters. There are approximately 200 pacing yearlings going under the hammer on Sunday and Monday (Apr 2 and 3). Of that number, 40 (20 percent) are Vicbred […]
March 21, 2021was a life-changer for four people from the Central Tablelands of NSW and a young guy from Port MacDonnell in South Australia. It was the day of the annual Bathurst Gold Crown Yearling Sale and from 91 Lots catalogued, both the 2023 NSW Derby and Oaks harness racing winners have emerged. Lot 13 […]
Most champion athletes , whether two or four legged, always look like they are born to run. The harness racing USTA Two Year Old Trotting Colt of the Year Pastor Stephen is no exception. His handsome good looks , his breeding and his impressive racetrack performances are striking a chord with many astute Breeders of […]
Most champion athletes , whether two or four legged , nearly always look like they are born to run. The now 13 year old harness racing trotting stallion Pastor Stephen is no exception. His handsome good looks, his breeding and his impressive racetrack performances are striking a chord with many astute breeders of the Trotting […]
