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Some of Victoria’s finest reinsmen and women will converge on Horsham next Monday (October 5) for a harness racing tradition stretching back more than three decades. The Noel Smith Memorial Horsham Invitational Drivers Championship returns for its 35th edition, bringing together 10 leading Victorian drivers for a six-heat battle at the Horsham track. And while […]
Verbici (Orlando Vici) continues his relentless march to the top with yet another polished harness racing performance to take out the first heat of the APG VicBred two year old trotters at Melton on Friday evening. Verbici had swept all before him in his previous five unbeaten starts and last night was no exception in […]
Popular Ararat harness racing horseman Michael Bellman is trying not to get too far ahead of himself. But as exciting trotter Mecarno (Tactical Landing) prepares to return to racing at Melton this Saturday night (June 6), Bellman admits it is becoming increasingly difficult not to dream about a shot at some of the country’s richest […]
Likeable Victorian horseman Shane Taylor reckons he’ll be on harness racing’s Cloud Nine for quite a while to come. Based at Ballan, near Ballarat, Taylor landed his first ever race-driving win at Maryborough last week with five-year-old trotting mare Magic Law (Lawman) – at what was his 99th steer. “It’s taken a long time to […]
Exciting three year old trotter Mecarno (Tactical Landing) continues to rise in the ranks and scored what may well have been his best win to date when he outstayed his rivals in the Group 1 $60,000 APG Vicbred Super Series Final for three year old colts and geldings at Melton on Saturday evening. Drawn the […]
Prolific winning reinsman Michael Bellman earned his first Group 1 success when his talented trotter Mecarno (Tactical Landing) outstayed his harness racing rivals to win the Group 1 $60,000 Victoria Trotters Derby Final at Maryborough on Sunday afternoon. It was a thoroughly deserved win as Mecarno had to work hard for his success but he […]
Victorian hobby trainer Peter Wallis has broken a 28-year drought from the winner’s circle, preparing five-year-old gelding Orch (Lincoln Royal) to a victory at the Melton harness racing meeting on Friday night (Sept 26). To be fair, in most of those 28 years Wallis has had only a handful of starters – but that didn’t […]
Three year old trotter Mecarno (Tactical Landing) having only his sixth harness racing start made it two on end when he finished powerfully to take out the Need for Speed Noms on Harnessweb Trot at Melton on Saturday night. The solidly packed gelding was allowed plenty of time to settle down by driver Michael Bellman […]
Much-travelled Victorian horseman Michael Bellman, still on a high from two recent successful whirlwind trips to South Australia, now faces a harness racing dilemma. The Ararat-based freelance driver acknowledges he loves to target country Victoria features, but his in-form square-gaiter Jazspur (Pegasus Spur) will almost certainly be exclusively city bound for a bit now. “I […]
Kari Males would love to give reinsman Michael Bellman his maiden Group 1 harness racing triumph in Saturday night’s Art Major Vicbred Super Series for three-year-old colts and geldings final. The reinsman will partner the Kari Males-prepared Sergeant Lou (Sweet Lou) for the $150,000 event. “It would be good if he could win it (a […]
Michael Bellman is one of the most familiar faces at Victorian racetracks, with more than 26 years and 20,000 harness racing drives worth of experience in the sport he loves. But despite some major highs amongst 1899 career wins, one burning ambition still remains. And that’s a maiden Group 1 triumph. Bellman has somehow been […]
Prominent freelance harness racing reinsman Michael Bellman is hoping emerging three-year-old Sergeant Lou (Sweet Lou) could be the horse to provide him with his first Group 1 success after that pacer resumed with an impressive win in the Graham Head Memorial 3YO Pace on Shepparton Cup night. Sent out a $1.60 favorite, Sergeant Lou bounded […]
He’s had more than 50 wins as an owner and trainer, but neither John Kennedy nor his pacer Notsokool (The Wrath Of Pan) had visited the winner’s circle in quite a while before making the long trek to the Horsham harness racing meeting (Apr 24). But the pair from Pyramid Hill, north of Bendigo, are […]
His starting odds may have been $61 but harness racing driver Michael Bellman was always confident in Sundons Courage heading into Friday night’s Breeders Crown Graduate Trotters Free-For-All at Melton. The son of Sundon showed explosive finishing speed to claim the $35,000 Group 2 feature and cause the massive upset. “I’ve driven a couple of […]
