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AUSTRALIAN harness racing giant Kevin Seymour has called for the industry to “wake up quickly” and support the future of the $2.1mil TAB Eureka. Seymour slammed speculation the future of the world’s richest harness race could be under threat and said quashing it would be a step towards relegating harness racing to just a “hobby” […]
Leviathan harness racing owner Kevin Seymour still strongly wants Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) to defend his Inter Dominion crown. Just when all seemed lost, the champion pacer has enjoyed a good week back home at harness racing trainer Grant Dixon’s property. Dixon, who has been in Christchurch all week with wife Trista and pacer […]
LEVIATHAN owner Kevin Seymour is breaking a promise to himself so his harness racing champion pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) can race at Melton on Saturday night. Leap To Fame, a winner of 42 of his 53 starts and over $3.2 million, will have the first of two Melton starts in the $50,000 Smoken […]
Australasia’s pin-up pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor;s Delight) is heading to New Zealand. Despite recent speculation the harness racing megastar five-year-old could go to a slot race in Perth instead, his owner Kevin Seymour confirmed the $1m Race By Grins at Cambridge on April 12 was the target. “You can say he’s going to Cambridge, […]
To say Kevin Seymour has a good eye for a horse is a massive understatement. Seymour has been involved in harness racing for 55 years and has raced some of the best pacers ever to grace Australian tracks. He bought reigning Interdominion champion Leap to Fame (Bettor’s Delight) for $47,500 at the 2020 APG Sydney […]
Connections have swung a surprise change of plans with brilliant Victoria Derby harness racing hero Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight). The Grant Dixon-trained superstar will miss some of Australia’s top three and four-year-old races to focus longer term on the world’s richest race, the $2.1 million TAB Eureka. It is a seismic change given the […]
Following some travel concerns star Bettor’s Delight colt Leap To Fame will make his way south for heats of harness racing’s Victoria Derby this Saturday night (Oct. 1). Trainer Grant Dixon confirmed that a flight from Queensland has been arranged for the $298,812 earner. “It’s all good now, there was an issue with getting a […]
A burning desire to win Australia’s three major Derbys is set to see Queensland harness racing star Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) raid Victoria in coming months. Leviathan owner Kevin Seymour and trainer-driver Grant Dixon are yet to finalise plans, but Seymour gave the strongest indication yet that Victorians will get to see Leap To […]
How a billionaire and Harness Racing Australia jointly conceived a Stallion Tax and now risk the future viability of the entire Australian Harness Racing Industry. The idea of a slot-based major harness racing event attracted the majority support of the Australian industry until it became well known that one segment, the breeders, without professional consultation […]
Egmont Park Stud, on behalf of Kay and Kevin Seymour, have issued the following statement to the harness racing industry: After 55 years in the sport of harness racing, Kay & I have decided to discontinue the commercial stud side of our business. We have owned or co-owned Egmont Park Stud for 48 years and […]
