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Three years ago, New Zealand trainer-driver Kyle Marshall and his partner Sophie Jefferies made the move to Victoria, and they have quickly made their mark on the state’s harness racing scene. Marshall has enjoyed plenty of success since making the move, including Country Cup victories and track records, but it is his special pacer Smoken […]
Tough pacer Ata Rangi (Art Major) served notice of better things to come with a dogged harness racing performance to take out this years $20,000 Ararat Advocate Pacing Cup on Friday evening at the western Victorian track. The race was robbed of interest with some key scratchings which resulted in Meteor Moth being backed into […]
Former Kiwi horseman Kyle Marshall is on the crest of a wave. His move from Cranbourne to a 30-acre property at Mount Wallace, not far from Ballarat, has been inspired. Despite a deliberately boutique harness racing team of just 10 horses, Marshall and his partner, Sophie Jefferies, have two of them – Smoken Ace and […]
It has been an interrupted 2025 for talented harness racing trainer-driver Kyle Marshall, who has spent several months on the sidelines due to injury. But the 31-year-old is back and ready to take on the Downtowner Warragul Pacing Cup this Monday with Can Be A Ruebe. Three heats were run to determine the field for […]
Respected horseman Kyle Marshall, who continually turns out his team looking an absolute picture, has moved his harness racing operations. Ex-Kiwi Marshall and his partner Sophie Jeffries have been based at the Cranbourne Harness Racing training Centre since moving to Australia early in 2023, but three days ago shifted to a 30-acre property at Ballan, […]
An impressive harness racing victory by Son of Mac (American Ideal) in the Renown Silverware Pace at Melton furthered the case for trainer Kyle Marshall to embark on a trip to Brisbane in the coming weeks. Sent out a $4 favorite, Son Of Mac settled parked out the leader Oxo Ah Lister before Marshall elected […]
Former New Zealand pacer Bach (Bettor’s Delight) enjoyed a successful debut into open class ranks when he scored a narrow harness racing win in the $24,000 Markovina Free For All at Melton. Driven by Anthony Butt, Bach makes it four wins in a row taking out the Tab Markovina Free For All for trainer Kyle […]
Bach (Bettor’s Delight) is quickly emerging as a top-end harness racing talent here in his new home of Victoria and plans are being made for a tilt at Queensland’s winter carnival through the middle of the year. The New Zealand import claimed his second victory from three starts on our shores when he overcame a […]
Kyle Marshall, one of Victoria’s exciting young harness racing trainers, admits it was a story of both relief and satisfaction for his stable at Melton on Saturday night (Mar 2). “It was so good to get that first one out of the way and he’s pulled up very well,” Marshall, who is based at the […]
Kyle Marshall and Bach (Bettor’s Delight) will be hoping for the perfect harness racing symphony in the Decron Cranbourne Gold Cup. Marshall, a local trainer at the Cranbourne facility, is expecting big things from the New Zealand gelding who has his first Australian start in Saturday night’s $100,000 feature. “His work has been good,” Marshall […]
Kyle Marshall unearthed another above average young pacer after Smoken Ace (Sportswriter) maintained his unbeaten harness racing career record in the Ferndale Confectionary 2YO Pace at Ballarat tonight (Jul. 29). Four-from-four for Kyle Marshall’s Smoken Ace as the two-year-old’s a comfortable winner of the Ferndale Confectionary 2YO Pace after lead rival and favourite Kingman broke […]
The connections of talented former New Zealand three-year-old Son Of Mac (American Ideal) recently paid the late entry fee to contest this year’s harness racing Breeders Crown Series. And it is shaping as a prudent investment after the son of American Ideal outclassed his older rivals in the The Big Screen Company Pace at Melton […]
Young Kiwi horseman Kyle Marshall should build on a fairytale start to his Aussie harness racing career at Melton on Friday night. Marshall, 29, moved across from NZ to train at Cranbourne three months ago and boasts a 60 per cent winning strike rate as both a trainer and driver in that time. His headline act […]
The Kyle Marshall Racing harness racing stable in Victoria, previously based at Cambridge in New Zealand, continues to thrive as Son Of Mac (American Ideal) secured their fourth win since making a move to Australia earlier in the year. Making an impressive Aussie debut, the three-year-old colt triumphed over a mile at Kilmore on Thursday, […]
The Cranbourne Harness Racing Club celebrated a significant milestone last Friday night when two-year-old pacer Smoken Ace (Sportswriter) became the 400th winner produced by its training centre. On debut for former New Zealander Kyle Marshall, Smoken Ace defied a significant betting drift to defeat odds-on favourite The Bigboss and bring up the milestone. “I couldn’t be […]
Young Kiwi harness racing horseman Kyle Marshall’s move to Australia just went to another level. Marshall’s stable star and one of the best of his age in New Zealand, Son Of Mac (American Ideal), arrived in Australia yesterday (Wednesday). The colt has raced just 11 times for three wins and three placings, but turned heads […]
Cambridge harness racing couple Kyle Marshall and Sophie Jefferies are hoping they can leave New Zealand on a high after racing this week. The couple will move across the Tasman to Cranbourne next Wednesday, but they have a couple of goals they want to achieve prior to their departure. On Thursday (Mar. 23) Marshall will […]
Kyle Marshall is eyeing the rich harness racing breeding bonuses available in Victoria ahead of his move to Cranbourne later this month. The 29-year-old New Zealander’s move across the Tasman coincides with the Nutrien Equine Yearling Sales in Melbourne at which he plans to be an active participant. “With the Vicbred bonuses, it’s just a […]
Kyle Marshall is gearing up for his move across the Tasman next month but before then he has got more pressing matters at home. The Cambridge harness racing horseman is moving his training operation to Cranbourne in Victoria. “We have got a couple of races here to focus on before getting them on a plane, […]
The biggest decision of Kyle Marshall’s harness racing career has been followed by a very mature decision about his best horse. And it paid instant dividends in a high-class three-year-old race at Cambridge on Thursday night. The Marshall-trained Son Of Mac (American Ideal) led throughout to win the 1700m pace in a 1:54.3 mile rate, […]
Kyle Marshall will soon call Cranbourne home after the New Zealand harness racing trainer/driver announced his intention to move across the Tasman. Marshall, 29, is one of harness racing’s rising stars. Since gaining his junior driver’s licence in 2011, Marshall has driven 273 winners, including 36 in Australia, and finished fourth in the 2016 Australasian […]
