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Tasmanian bred but Victorian trained and driven Okanui Beach (Downbytheseaside) proved to be a worthy winner of this years LAFM $100,000 Beautide at Launceston on Saturday evening. Trained by Craig Turnbull and driven by his daughter Abby, Okanui Beach was considered a prospect in what was one of the most open editions of the Beautide. […]
Barely two weeks since the epic Inter Dominion Final, and it hasn’t taken long for the Australian racing scene to click back into action. There’s some keen racing over the weekend and it all kicks off at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the veteran marvel Magnificent Storm resumes in the Swan Draughts Free For […]
Former New South Wales pacer Gordons Bay (Captaintreacherous) scored his biggest win in Tasmania when he flashed through with an inside run to take out an exciting $75,000 Ladbrokes Easter Cup at Launceston on Saturday evening. In the process he gave his local trainer driver Charlie Castles one of his biggest successes. In yet another […]
The Launceston Pacing Club staged their major juvenile races and the three year old events brought together competitive fields for both the fillies and the colts and geldings. The $75,000 6TY Bandbox for Tasmanian bred three year old fillies was taken in out in fine style by favourite Barbary Tales (For A Reason) who defeated […]
Victorian trainer Tayla Fellows is hoping her first harness racing campaign across Bass Strait will turn into a career milestone, as she prepares promising pacer Do It (Always Be Miki) for Sunday’s (July 20) $60,000 Gr3 Tasfreight Raider Stakes Final at Launceston. Fellows and her partner Dylan Marshall, of Bendigo, have taken a four-horse team […]
Tasmania’s most improved pacer Triedtotellya (Well Said) scored his most important harness racing win to date when he scored an effortless win in the Group 3 $75,000 Easter Cup at Launceston on Saturday night. In doing so he became the shortest priced favourite to take out the time honoured event as Eureka Jo was the […]
Classy pacer Magnetic Terror (Terror to Love) overcome his 20 metre back mark to edge out Star Major in the action packed $40,000 Hardings Group Devonport Cup the main harness racing feature last night at Launceston. The race was marred with an incident shortly after the start when Jimmy the Irishman shifted out caused interference. […]
South Australian trained mare Im Themightylucy (Sweet Lou) will be chasing her second win in Tasmania for the week when she lines up in the Stacey Lear Photography Pace (2200m) in Launceston on Friday night. The mare won last week’s $14,000 Leigh Plunkett in Launceston, which followed a Port Pirie win early in the month. The […]
After coming from last to win last year’s Golden Mile, the Troy Hillier-trained and driven Huli Nien (Rock N Roll Heaven) will be looking to claim the Launceston Pacing Club’s other premier harness racing sprint race, the Ladbrokes Launceston Mile (1680m), on Sunday night. The gelding is resuming from a spell in the $20,000 event. “When […]
Beaconsfield trainer Brent “Buckets” Parish celebrated his 50th training win when former Victorian harness racing pacer Colby Art (Betterthancheddar) ($6.50) scored in the Chartley Estate Stakes (1680m) in Launceston on Friday night. The seven-year-old gelded son of Betterthancheddar settled in the one-one from his second-row draw before driver Rohan Hillier produced the pacer into clear […]
The Launceston Pacing Club (L.P.C) once again remembers the contribution to harness racing of the late Doug and Shirley Martin in Launceston on Sunday night. Doug and Shirley resurrected the Danbury Park Cup back onto the feature race calendar in a big way several decades ago, even supplying trophies for the winning owners, trainers, drivers […]
A mechanical breakdown en-route to Launceston’s harness racing meeting on Sunday night almost cost trainer Geoff Smith a winning double. Luckily, he secured another vehicle to get to the track in time for the first race, which not only saw Laid Back Kenny (Mister Big) give the Northdown-based trainer the quinella in the first race […]
The Rohan Hadley-trained De Goey (Captaintreacherous) will continue preparing for next Saturday night’s (Aug. 6) Beautide when he lines up in the seventh race in Launceston on Sunday night. De Goey has won two of three harness racing starts this campaign, with his only defeat being a second placing in a 3YO Prelude for the […]
After plenty of time and perseverance, five-year-old Sunshine Beach gelding Cedric Seymour broke his maiden harness racing status in the North Launceston Bowls Club Pace in Launceston on Friday night. The pacer started in June 2020 and again in November of that year, before a long break that didn’t see him return to the track […]
Leading trainer Ben Yole made up for a rare winless weekend when he trained six of the nine harness racing winners in Launceston on Friday night. One of his most impressive winners came the way of Kiavino Stride, who led all the way to score by 11.8m in a race that driver Nathan Ford made a […]
Eight-year-old harness racing mare Soulwriter (Sportswriter) will be looking to keep her unbeaten record in Tasmania intact when she lines up in the Vizpix Broadcast Services Pace in Launceston on Friday night. The well-travelled mare was purchased by clients of the Heath Szczypka stable from Queensland in April and has impressed with two Launceston wins […]
January 1996 was the last meeting held at Ulverstone in Tasmania’s north-west. On Sunday night, the once popular harness racing town will be remembered with the 2023 Goracing Ulverstone Cup being held in Launceston. The race was transferred and run annually by the Devonport Harness Racing Club following Ulverstone’s forced closure before finding a temporary home in […]
Talented two-year-old Hazewillrev (Art Major) kept his unbeaten harness racing record intact when he led all the way to score at his second race track appearance when scoring in the Crown Lager Two Year Old in Launceston on Friday night. Backed in from $2.30 to start the $1.80 favourite, trainer-driver Craig Hayes took Hazewillrev straight […]
Carrick harness racing trainer Brian Mackrill is hopeful that Artyboy Glenwood (Modern Art) can continue his consistent form when he lines up in the Bevan Lee’s Butchery Pace in Launceston on Friday night. The Modern Art gelding was out of form for several starts but has been racing consistently of late, being placed in three of […]
Longford harness racing trainer-driver Todd Rattray had a night out in Launceston on Sunday night, driving four winners, with three of those coming on horses he trains. Part of his winning night included the CUB Devonport City Of Quality feature with top pacer Harjeet (Rocknroll Hanover). The race was a random barrier draw, which saw […]
Many Devonport Harness Racing Club feature races headline Sunday’s (May 28) 10-race Launceston card. The CUB Devonport City Of Quality, Ladbrokes Sheffield Cup, and Lucas Hotel Latrobe Cup all look set to be thrilling contests, as does the Alabar Leigh Plunkett for the four-year-old and older mares rated up to 69. Beauty Point-based trainer Rohan Hillier will be represented […]
Heston Blue Chip mare Kens Chips broke into the harness racing winner’s list for the first time this season when recording a 3.5m win in the Tasmanian Horse Transport Stakes in Launceston on Sunday night. Driver Adrian Collins positioned the $15 chance on the back of the well-supported favourite Our Ruby Rose, who shifted out […]
Sunny Sanz (Sportswriter) returned to winning form to claim Saturday night’s $75,000 Ladbrokes Easter Cup in Launceston. The seven-year-old Sportswriter harness racing gelding claimed the Devonport Cup earlier this season and had been placed in three of six starts since, but after finishing down the track in the two heats of the race and a […]
Talented harness racing comeback kid, Corey Bell has kick-started his Tasmanian gig in the best possible way—with a winner at his first drive. Bell, 31, who has landed more than 200 wins, scored on Brian Who (Courage Under Fire) for powerhouse trainer Ben Yole at Friday night’s Launceston meeting. “Yes, it was pretty good to […]
