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The sun shone brightly, the community turned out in force and veteran pacer Crime Writer (Sportswriter) posted one of the toughest harness racing performances of his career to snatch the Gregg’s Electrical Ouyen Pacing Cup on Sunday (May 10). In front of a big crowd enjoying the festive Mothers’ Day atmosphere, trainer-driver Matthew Craven guided […]
There is a distinct Dennis Denuto ‘vibe’ floating around the harness racing stable of Matthew Craven and Amy Day. The Ecklin South-duo will be hoping that Dance Away (A Rocknroll Dance) can soak up some of that energy and emotion brought to the stable by Palamino Phenomenon, White Lion ahead of Sunday night’s Matthews Petroleum […]
Promising four-year-old Young Bluey (Betting Line) showed his harness racing rivals a clean set of heels when he led all the way for a hollow win in the Ranvet Pace at Melton last night. Heavily backed into a hot favourite, Young Bluey justified the faith that punters had in him by being taken straight to […]
Prominent horseman Matthew Craven launched Saturday night’s Melton meeting in style, notching his 1000th harness racing win in the sulky when he scored behind Heza Son Of Agun (Art Major) in the Allied Express Pace. A Group 1 winner as a two and three-year-old, Heza Son Of Agun ($51) turned back the clock when he […]
Western District horseman Mattie Craven’s “first winner in town in a while” was extra special – bringing up his milestone 1000th harness racing win as a driver last night at Melton (May 4). Craven showed fine touch, piloting Heza Son of Agun (Art Major) to a last-stride victory in the fast-class event, the Allied Express Pace, […]
The faith of the Fides (Rock N Roll Heaven) connections was rewarded when the Matt Craven trained pacer overpowered his harness racing rivals in the Hamilton Pacing Cup at Hamilton on Sunday (Jan. 14). Fides, the $2.20 favorite, settled towards the rear of the field before Craven pulled out three wide at the bell and […]
The TAB FastTrack 1200 again drew increased wagering and interest, and surplus nominations ensured strong harness racing fields will front for Wednesday’s series finale. Among the contenders will be Matt Craven’s pair Bolramski (Art Major) and Oorah (Art Major), with the former hoping to sweep the series with a victory on each night and the […]
Mattie Craven has labelled Bettor Isolate (Bettors Delight) one of the more exciting horses ever to set foot in his stables and is looking ahead to big feature harness racing goals with the explosive five-year-old pacer. The son of Bettors Delight perhaps turned more heads in defeat than winner Hurricane Harley did with victory on […]
The mighty little mare Pink Galahs (Skyvalley) has run her last race, with time called on a glittering harness racing career that captured five Group 1s and more than $300,000 in prizemoney. Trainer-driver Matthew Craven confirmed this week that the daughter of Skyvalley had been retired following a third placing in the Hamilton Trotters Cup […]
Former New South Wales harness racing trainer-driver Amy Day and her partner Matthew Craven swapped States at the weekend and with considerable success. Day made the move in December to Craven’s property at Ecklin South, near Terang, and scored her first training win at Geelong on Friday night (Feb. 10) with Irvine (Sporstwriter), driven by […]
Matthew Craven’s training heroics were lauded at Tabcorp Park Melton on Friday night (Nov. 18) when Fides (Rock N Roll Heaven) was produced for a breathtaking harness racing victory more than 950 days after he last stepped onto a racetrack. The forgotten speed machine quickly reminded us all of his blistering turn of foot with […]
Australian harness racing’s Group racing system is set for a major overhaul. In 2023, there will much be much tighter guidelines around race classifications to ensure only our best races and open races are given Group status. The updated guidelines, which were approved by the Harness Racing Australia (HRA) Executive this month, will see the […]
Shadow Sax has run his last race, with connections calling time on the two-time Group 1 winner’s career. The eight-year-old ran a disappointing sixth on Saturday night at Kilmore – his first start back from cardiac arrhythmia – with part-owner Pam Hockham making the call to retire him on Monday. She said the horse’s ongoing […]
The comparisons to Pink Galahs are inevitable and there’s starting to be a really good spruik around for stablemate Aldebaran Tess. Mattie Craven’s rangy mare has won all three races as a four-year-old, including Saturday night’s Alamora Tarneit Now Selling Trot at Kilmore. The victory, in a slick 1:58.8 mile rate over the 2180m trip, […]
Matthew Craven isn’t rushing to get star four-year-old Kowalski Analysis back to the races, with a slow and steady approach to some of Victoria harness racing’s big features the likely way forward. The son of Roll With Joe is back home after a two-start Queensland campaign, which saw him gallop out of contention in the […]
