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There have been contrasting fortunes for the Australians in today’s harness racing barrier draw for the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and the $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot. The draws for the two 3200 metre features next Tuesday were conducted this afternoon at a special function at Addington Raceway . In the Dominion Trot […]
As far as harness racing contests go, tonight’s inaugural $600,000 TAB Trot Slot bared semblance to that of a Bledisloe Cup clash with a trans-Tasman showdown for the ages. The four Victorian square gaiters, spearheaded by a phenomenal victory by Just Believe (Orlando Vici) and Greg Sugars, gave it to their New Zealand counterparts with […]
Champion trotter Just Believe will (Orlando Vici) “give the others a chance” and bypass the next and third leg of Australia’s Trotting Masters’ series. The globetrotting hero reasserted his dominance with an almost unbelievable win in the second leg of the series, last Saturday night’s $75,000 Group 1 Australian Trotting Grand Prix at Melton. It […]
Superstar trotter Just Believe (Orlando Vici) has bounced out of a rare and brave harness racing defeat and is raring to go again. Trainer Jess Tubbs, who justifiably oozed pride in his fighting second to exciting European import Callmethebreeze in last Saturday night’s Great Southern Star, confirmed a rematch was on the cards in the […]
To have a Maori’s Idol, a Lyell Creek or Sundons Gift is a prospect few ‘trots lifers’ could dare to dream, but it’s a realisation dawning on harness racing trainer Jess Tubbs and reinsman Greg Sugars. The Larajay Farms pair have had an extraordinary 18 months with Just Believe (Orlando Vici) and, on the cusp […]
