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Former fencing contractor John Booth is 80 years old and has been breeding pacers for more than 25 years but he still gets a thrill when his youngsters go through the sales ring. Booth will offer two youngsters at the APG Sydney Yearling Sale on February – both are descendants of broodmare gem Baby Boomer, […]
The catalogue for the 2024 Bathurst Yearling Sale is being finalised and sent to the printers. As TV spy Maxwell Smart would have said – “Missed it by that much!!!” Last night’s Hobart meeting saw the Steve Lukac trained and Dylan Ford driven Lynryd Skynryd hold off the short-priced favourite Mickey Oh to take out […]
Lindsay and Mary Vagg, the faces behind the Victree Standardbreds banner, are one of the many success stories of the Australian Pacing Gold sales-race series in Brisbane. The couple, who live on a 530 acre property at Southbrook on the Darling Downs, have already produced two winners of the Group 1 Brisbane APG Sales Graduate […]
Prominent Standardbred harness racing owner Edward Donald James, 92, passed away peacefully on Oct. 29, 2023, in Aurora, Ont., his residence for 53 years. He was born in 1931 to Ed (Sr.) and Jamima James in Hamilton, Ont. Having never passed Grade 10 (after two attempts), Ed went on to become the national sales manager […]
The Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame announces the results of recent balloting to determine the 2023 inductees into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame. Museum members voted for the three horses they felt best exemplified greatness. Their choices are racemare Hannelore Hanover, racehorse McWicked and […]
Tickets are now available for the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Induction Gala to be held at the Mississauga Convention Center the evening of Wednesday, August 3, 2022, when the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021 Inductees will be officially enshrined as honoured members. Class of 2020 Inductees Amour Angus – Standardbred Female Horse Gary […]
The books are filling fast for new stallion Capt Midnight who has just touched down in the Southern Hemisphere. Standing his first season Down Under at Cobbitty Equine Farm, Capt Midnight is in quarantine and has already been popular according to the operation’s director Belinda McCarthy. He is the first son of former champion pacer, […]
