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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – On a night just for the ladies, it was Meadowlands regular Lauren Tritton who stood in front of the class, driving the winners of both dashes that featured fields comprised of female drivers as The Big M celebrated International Women’s Day on a foggy Saturday night. In the first ladies’ race, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Meadowlands has been around for a half-century, so one would think that just about everything that can happen at a racetrack already has. But last Saturday (Aug. 23), something special took place when Lauren Tritton became the first female driver in the history of the mile oval to win three […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Sometimes, everything falls into place marvelously with some keen driving, and that’s exactly how things went for Madrid A (Bling It On-Lillylane) in the featured conditioned harness racing pace for fillies and mares at The Meadowlands Friday night. Pilot Lauren Tritton did everything right with Madrid A, as the 6-year-old scored […]
Awesome Cullect (Gotta Go Cullect) or “Smarty” was bred and trained in Australia by the Mallia family. After an impressive harness racing career, he was retrained under saddle by Lauren Tritton, who, together with her husband Shane, runs Tritton Harness Racing Team. As a show horse, he has won several championship titles at the Sydney […]
Just hours after trainer Jena Antonucci became the first female in history to capture the Belmont Stakes with her Thoroughbred charge Arcangelo, driver Lauren Tritton became the first female driver in harness racing history to not only start in the $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park, but also the first to win it—steering […]
Ashwood sets sights on Mildura Cup Mildura, in the far north-west corner of Victoria, has been a happy hunting ground for Bendigo harness racing horseman Alex (Alby) Ashwood for a good few years now. But come tomorrow night (April 22), Ashwood will have his eyes on the biggest prize yet—the $60,000 G3 Tasco Petroleum Mildura […]
On Sunday (March 26), the top harness racing champion trotter from Ireland named Harry Knows (IR for Ireland) (Amstrong Jet), goes for his fourth straight win in the USA at Pocono Downs. The six-year-old gelding was the 2021 and 2022 Trotter of the Year in Ireland before coming to the USA to compete in 2023. […]
Lochinvar Art A (Modern Art), Hellabalou (Sweet Lou), Leonidas A (Mach Three), and Idealsomemagic A (American Ideal) emerged victorious from the four $50,000 harness racing divisions of the opening round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series for free-for-allers on Monday night (March 20) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Ex-Aussie champion Lochinvar Art has kept his impressive unbeaten […]
Just how good is Australian millionaire harness racing champion Lochinvar Art (Modern Art)? That question may be partially answered over the next five weeks as the rich MGM Borgata series kicks off tomorrow Melbourne time 10.40 am (Mar. 21) in New York. When the star pacer was sent to race in North America by Newcastle […]
Harry Knows IR (Amstrong Jet) notched his third straight win in the USA as the Irish-bred six-year-old harness racing gelding romped in winning the $14,500 trot Saturday (March 18) afternoon at Pocono Downs. It was his first start ever on a five-eighths mile track. The 6th race saw Grapple Hanover (Jim Pantaleano) scoot out to […]
Ireland invader Harry Knows IR (Armstrong Jet) and harness racing driver Lauren Tritton scored another big victory in capturing the 5th race $15,500 trot Saturday, March 10, at The Meadowlands. Wily Wally (Jason Bartlett) was first on the lead and then from the outside came both Frank The Elder (Yannick Gingras) and then the 2/5 […]
Former Aussie champion pacer Lochinvar Art (Modern Art) has continued his undefeated run in the US for harness racing husband and wife team, Shane and Lauren Tritton. And “Arty” looks primed for his next target in two weeks’ time, when heats of the rich Borgata Series kick off at the Yonkers Paceway. Lauren Tritton, who […]
Former Aussie champion harness racing driver Lauren Tritton has every reason to be smiling with what’s ahead on her program in the US over the next four or five days. While part of it obviously involves super star pacer Lochinvar Art (Modern Art), now prepared by husband Shane, she’s also very much excited to be […]
Australasian superstar pacer Lochinvar Art (Modern Art) appeared tuned and bang on track for his harness racing return after an emphatic and seemingly effortless qualifier trial win at the Meadowlands today (Jan. 22). “Arty” has been at the Pine Bush NY stable of Shane and Lauren Tritton since October and has been progressed quietly through […]
From 15,000 kilometres away, it’s easy to underestimate the significance of former expat Australian harness racing star Lauren Tritton’s four winners at Tioga Downs, New York, on Sunday. Tritton has, after all, driven four wins on a card 21 times in Australia and has bagged five race wins on nine occasions. At Tioga Downs Lauren […]
It was a leap of faith for Aussie duo Shane and Lauren Tritton to up stumps to the USA in 2020 and test their harness racing skills at international level. And while there are plenty of measures that demonstrate their extraordinary success (in less than two years they’ve ticked off 120 plus winners and last […]
Successful harness racing husband and wife team, Shane and Lauren Tritton, who have been based in the US for nearly two years, are still pinching themselves about their latest stable acquisition. Brilliant pacer Muscle Factory (Roll With Joe-Malena (Jeremes Jet), the first three-year-old in the Southern Hemisphere to break 1.50, has been sent over to […]
They already lay claim to one of the best-known monikers in Australasian harness racing, but enthusiastic Newcastle businessman Kevin Gordon and his wife Leonie are now taking the “Lochinvar” name to the northern hemisphere. The couple paid $29,000 for superstar millionaire pacer Lochinvar Art as a yearling, but they had to go a fair bit […]
