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There is certainly a delicious irony in Harness Racing Australia having chosen EUREKA as the name of their indulgent Slot Race! History tells us that back in 1854 miners of the Victorian Gold Fields of Ballarat entered into a prolonged period of ‘civil disobedience’ brought on by the Colonial Authority levying Miners’ Licences; and today […]
Harness Breeders NSW Opposition to Breeding Levy Your HBNSW Committee, as are all State Breeding Bodies, in total disbelief that HRA are intending to push ahead with this unjust and undemocratic nationally opposed tax on our struggling Breeding industry! The Committee of HBNSW have written to HRA on three separate occasions voicing our total opposition […]
Harness racing’s Auckland Trotting Club’s first ever AGM under Covid Level restrictions went very well on Wednesday 15 December 2021. Despite the various Covid requirements, all the attending members were able to gather in one place and hear the Board deal with a number of pressing issues for the membership. The evening took over 3.5 […]
The Auckland Trotting Club was in such dire financial strife it was secretly negotiating to sell its land on Green Lane Rd more than three months before it sought approval from its harness racing members. When the ATC’s board put a motion to the annual general meeting on October 21, 2020, authorising it and a […]
The Auckland Trotting Club will continue legal action to try to recover some of the $100 million lost in the building of its apartment complex. But when the harness racing club finally reveals details of its long-running dispute with construction company Canam at next Wednesday’s annual general meeting, president Rod Croon will be assuring members […]
A disturbing proposal put to Harness Racing Australia to charge a levy of 15% on all services sold for North American shuttle stallions and/or imported semen coming into Australia sent shockwaves throughout the breeding industry earlier this year. The whole concept was to inject $3.2 million into a couple of huge stake races for promoting […]
