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The thrilling last stride harness racing win of Adelaide Red in the $60,000 Breeders Crown Final for two-year-old trotting fillies at Melton last Saturday has added further lustre to the siring record of the exciting North American import Pastor Stephen. Adelaide Red, who upstaged a top field to capture the Group 1 classic, is one […]
Llowalong Farms principal Dr Kath McIntosh is excited about the prospects for this year’s Nutrien Equine Melbourne Yearling Sale and the draft they have assembled from the property that first came into existence in 2009 as the Northern Rivers Equine Veterinary Clinic. The Llowalong Farms’ prepared entry of 14 quality yearlings – six colts and […]
There have been plenty of twists in the tale of four-year-old trotter Twist Tee (Down Under Muscles) – but giving his owner-breeder Sally McPherson her first win as a harness racing trainer was undoubtedly one of the best. “It’s been a long time coming! To get that first win ticked off for both him and […]
A strapping bay filly by the three-time Miracle Mile and Horse of the Year winner King Of Swing, and one of his first crop, brought the top price of $82,500 at the Australian Pacing Gold Melbourne yearling sale at Oaklands Junction on Sunday. Consigned by Bill and Anne Anderson’s Lauriston Bloodstock, the filly was bought […]
New Zealander Paxton Conder knew little about harness racing’s Llowalong Farms stud prior to being introduced to its owner, Kath McIntosh, by Ken Breckon from Breckon Farms. Based in the Waikato, Conder recently launched her own marketing business and is being contracted by Llowalong Farms to promote the New Zealand side of their business. “I […]
The Christian Cullen horse Raging Bull, who stands at Kath McIntosh’s Llowalong Farms in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley, is making his mark as a harness racing sire and broodmare sire. Celestine, a three-year-old filly, completed back-to-back successes at Albion Park earlier this month in 1:56.1 and 1:56.3, while the two-year-old Waikaka Magic notched his first win […]
When Swayzee won his second New Zealand Cup on Tuesday it made his two New Zealand harness racing owners very proud. Lester Drake and his good friend Neville Jackson who live in the Hawkes Bay largely fly under the radar, with trainer Jason Grimson, major owner Mick Boots and driver Cam Hart sharing the limelight. […]
As the sire of one of the leading pacers in Western Australia today in Wildwest, winner of the WA Pacing Cup and $612,738, and Our Bare Knuckle (1:51.5), who won the time-honoured NSW Raith Memorial, Raging Bull, who is again standing at Llowalong Farms, Kyabram (Vic.), is one of the quiet achievers among the ranks […]
The Cantab Hall sireline, one of the most dominant in North America of the modern era, has been established in Australia in no uncertain manner through the deeds of his mighty son Volstead. With only two crops racing, Volstead has set fresh siring records for progeny earnings with his two and three-year-olds and he looks […]
Tall Dark Stranger is a son of Bettors Delight and there are expectations that the former harness racing USTA 2yo Colt Pacer of the Year will become his sire’s most successful siring son. His first American yearlings were offered in the back half of 2023 and he had 23 yearlings reach the magical $100,000 mark […]
It may have started as a veterinary clinic, BUT now have a look at this draft of harness racing yearlings. Dr Kath McIntosh began work as a veterinarian in 2009 under the banner of Northern Rivers Veterinary Clinic and in 2017, after the growth of the clinic, the stud component of the business was birthed […]
At first glimpse Poster Boy and Soho Tribeca are very different individuals and their harness racing careers suggest that also, but if you dig a little deeper you will soon see quite a few similarities. Poster Boy blasted his way onto the racetrack winning 7 of his first 8 starts, going on to have a […]
One of Victoria’s most progressive standardbred studs will unveil its super-impressive lineup of 2023 stallions at what is becoming a must-do event on the harness racing breeders’ calendar on Sunday fortnight, September 10. Llowalong Farms at Kyabram is emerging as a lead player in Australian breeding, and with a record 10 sires – and some […]
No, not the recently crowned King Charles III, but someone far more critical to the harness racing world and Trotting breeders in Australasia. The Award-winning and exciting son of Walner in King Of The North will be boarding a flight in the USA in July heading to Llowalong Farms in northern Victoria. King Of The […]
They were born fours years apart and have different dad’s but they are both handsome individuals and have a mum who is by the greatest sire of broodmares in the history of harness racing. Yankee Rockstar and Poster Boy are their given names, consigned to them by their breeders Bill and Anne Anderson who trade […]
A strapping bay colt by Mach Three from the Real Desire mare, Beachy Girl was foaled at harness racing’s Century Farms in the south west region of Ontario, Canada on March 28, 2016. Sanford and Jan Zimmerman, the owners of Century Farms name all their foals with the Century moniker and in that year 2016, […]
The handsome stallion Raging Bull is unique in that his pedigree combines the best of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. So now the 2008 son of Christian Cullen and the Artsplace mare San Sophia is heading across the Tasman to Llowalong Farms to take up residence for the forthcoming Breeding season. The lure of […]
Most champion athletes , whether two or four legged, always look like they are born to run. The harness racing USTA Two Year Old Trotting Colt of the Year Pastor Stephen is no exception. His handsome good looks , his breeding and his impressive racetrack performances are striking a chord with many astute Breeders of […]
Most champion athletes , whether two or four legged , nearly always look like they are born to run. The now 13 year old harness racing trotting stallion Pastor Stephen is no exception. His handsome good looks, his breeding and his impressive racetrack performances are striking a chord with many astute breeders of the Trotting […]
Woodlands Stud’s own globetrotting square gaiter Speeding Spur will join the impressive and deep stallion roster at Victoria’s Llowalong Farms formerly known as Northern Rivers Equine for the 2021/22 season. Speeding Spur brings an extraordinary race career across four countries and two hemispheres including Group 1 wins in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. […]
