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Victorian hobby trainer James Warnock was bitten by the harness racing bug when, in the late 1970s, he watched the construction of the state-of-the-art Beckley Park, at Geelong. The Scottish native was a keen soccer player in his early years, but said he was lured to harness racing after knee surgery in his late 20s. […]
Michelle Phillips proved she is a good judge as well as a talented young reinswoman after she partnered Harrywho (Sportswriter) to an all the way harness racing victory in the Boort Pacing Cup. When asked about her chances in the Cup in a pre-race interview Phillips replied “He can win.” Harrywho speared across from his […]
Queensland has proved a happy hunting ground for Michelle Phillips in the past and the young Victorian reinswoman will be based there throughout the current winter harness racing carnival. The 25-year-old won the Group 1 Redcliffe Gold Cup with Sebs Choice (Bettor’s Delight) last year and recently took out the Australian Female Drivers Championship at […]
Arty party set to keep on, keeping on: Former champion Aussie pacer Lochinvar Art (Modern Art) will be awfully hard to hold out this morning (10.20 am AEST time – Australian coverage on Sky1) as he attempts to keep his unbeaten US streak intact. Prepared at Pine Bush by in-form trainer Shane Tritton, the eight-year-old harness […]
Astute Victorian harness racing trainer John ‘Bulldog’ Nicholson and foreman Michelle Phillips have made the trip to the Sunshine State to campaign a team of three horses in the Queensland winter carnival. Last-start winners Sebs Choice (Bettors Delight) and Its Back In The Day (Washington VC) will tackle the Pelican Waters Resort Discretionary Handicap at […]
John Nicholson would have been a happy man when he turned on his phone and discovered two of his stable stars had combined for a double at Victorian harness racing headquarters. The Mt Cottrell trainer was in transit to Thailand during the Tabcorp Park Melton meeting on Saturday night and missed being on track for […]
There are plenty of “emotional victories” in harness racing – but for Michelle Phillips and her rising star “best mate” Sebs Choice’s, their cup win at Warragul today was a pretty big moment. It was the first pacing cup success in Phillips’ career – emotional in itself, but by her own admission “anything to do […]
Harness racing driver Michelle Phillips is a little battered and bruised but bouncing back after a Thursday fall, and hopes to be back in the sulky next Tuesday. The reinswoman was driving Crockrock in Thursday’s Momentum Gaining Pace at Kilmore on Thursday night when the four-year-old gelding fell while leading, and Phillips joined SEN Track […]
