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Terang trainer landed a double at Melton on Saturday evening through his pair of Love Ya Brother (Love You) and All Blazing Guns (Sweet Lou) who caused a boilover against a strong harness racing field. Love Ya Brother was not highly fancied against an average trotters field which saw Dhoni Trouble take the lead with […]
Southwest Victorian harness racing trainer Matt Craven is heading home tonight (May 11) with the Gregg’s Electrical Ouyen Pacing Cup in his keeping – but certainly not courtesy of the horse that most expected! The Craven-trained $12 chance, Crime Writer (Sportswriter) was too good in the $12,000 feature, scoring by four and a half metres […]
Victorian harness racing trainer-driver Mattie Craven spent 18 hours on the road this week on a mission to win the Mildura Pacing Cup – but it was his superb drive on the track that saw him capture the time-honored feature tonight (April 4). Craven, based at Ecklin South near Terang, penciled in the Mildura Cup […]
Lucky Matty Craven is a patient man. For the abundance of talent pacer Fides (Rock N Roll Heaven) has, he would have gotten to the bottom of most harness racing trainers. But Craven, with the support of the passionate Lewis clan, who owns much of Fides, refused to give up. Now the eight-year-old gelding is […]
Mattie Craven will have one eye on the harness racing action at Melton as he tackles a string of feature races at Menangle on Saturday night (Feb. 11). It’s that time of year where Menangle takes centre stages and several Victorian trainers, including Craven, split their focus and teams between Melton and Menangle on a […]
A striking yearling believed to be the world’s only registered pacing-bred Palomino is going along beautifully as he begins his pathway to a what a new group of connections hope will be a successful harness racing career. The colt, known as “Milky” was bred by Tourello Standardbreds in Tasmania, and attracted plenty of interest earlier […]
Gallant Victorian mare Pink Galahs only needs to stay out of trouble at Newcastle on Sunday night to earn enough points to make it into the TAB Inter Dominion Trotting Championship Grand Final. The plucky daughter of Skyvalley has tasted defeat in both her heats so far, finishing third to Timothy Red at Menangle and […]
Harness racing trainer Mattie Craven wishes he could be in two places at once on Saturday night. Craven launches his NSW Inter Dominion assault with trotters Pink Galahs and Lotamuscle, but his most fascinating runner is one-time budding superstar Demon Delight at Tabcorp Park Melton. Demon Delight boasts 11 wins and six seconds from just […]
Since Monday night’s draw placed them in gates one, two and three anticipation’s been at fever pitch about the early showdown between Australia’s most brilliant trotters. At 10.06pm on Saturday night at Bendigo we will find out which of Pink Galahs, Im Ready Jet and Majestuoso can get the early ascendancy when the gates open for the […]
With all she’s achieved in a relatively short time in the sport, Swedish-born Victorian harness racing driver Sofia Arvidsson was nonetheless relieved to chalk up a milestone 50th career win last week – even if it was something of a surprise. “It wasn’t all that long ago that I was looking up some novice drivers […]
Superstar trotting mare Pink Galahs steps out for the first time tonight (Friday) after going so close to a clean sweep in her Queensland campaign in July. The four-year-old, trained at Ecklin, near Terang by Mattie Craven, is one of the top fancies in the $25,000 Group Three Saddleword Shepparton Trotters Cup. “She had a […]
