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Popular Charlton harness racing horseman Zac Steenhuis might have landed a surprise winner at his home track last week – but the victory is coming with plenty of good-natured “feedback” from his mates. Steenhuis dusted off the driving colours for the first time in more than 18 months and guided No Shenaniganz (Pastor Stephen) to […]
Gallant veteran Jilliby Nitro (Bettors Delight) fresh from his recent cup successes at Geelong and Terang added yet another feature with a barnstorming finish to take out the Listed $40,000 CA Fitness Mildura Pacing Cup at the Victorian country venue on Saturday night. In an action packed event favourite Captain Perfect copped a severe chat […]
“I am pretty lucky to be driving him. I’ve had a good run with him and it’s exciting to have the opportunity to try to get another feature win with him.” That’s the view of driver Ryan Sanderson ahead of Tuesday night’s (April 7) CA Fitness Mildura Pacing Cup heats, where boom four-year-old Fox Dan […]
Outback New South Wales concession reinswoman Elley-May Adams scored the sweetest of harness racing maiden wins aboard Super Dry (Ultimate Art) at “bolters odds” at Mildura on Friday night (July 4). “It was pretty special. I actually had a cry after the race when I realised that I’d just held on – but they were […]
The Mildura Harness Racing Club is paying tribute to one of its most passionate advocates – the late Max Thorburn – with a race series in his honour beginning tomorrow afternoon (June 27). The Max Thorburn Memorial is a fitting tribute to a man whose voice, spirit and character were synonymous with the trots in […]
Victorian concession driver Ryan Backhouse is putting in the hard yards in pursuit of his harness racing goals — and his standout performance at Mildura last Friday (May 2) was another big step forward. The 19-year-old freelance reinsman drove five winners at the meeting, repeating a career highlight he first achieved at the same track […]
Most nights of the week, Ashleigh Camilleri can be found with all the lights on down at the Broken Hill harness racing stables she shares with her father Tony in far western New South Wales. But her attention to the details is bringing the rewards, including most recently with a 100/1 shot winner at faraway […]
Highly talented Wimmera pacer Dee Roe (Art Major) looks set to be a key player in tonight’s (Apr 4) $30,000 Barry Bottams Mildura Harness Racing Club Pacing Cup, and the horse’s connections often share a laugh as to how it all come about. Trainer-driver Aaron Dunn gives his other part-owner Helen Friend all the credit […]
It was a case of a formality and a boilover in tonight’s harness racing heats of the Barry Bottams Mildura Pacing Cup (April 1), with the favorite delivering as expected in the first heat, and a shock result unfolding in the second. Horsham trainer-driver Aaron Dunn turned in a superb drive to ensure four-year-old entire […]
A lightly raced pacer with four wins from just eight lifetime starts could steal the limelight in the heats of the 2024 Barry Bottams Mildura Pacing Cup at tonight’s (April 1) opening meeting of the Mildura Harness Racing Club cup carnival. Three-year-old gelding Catchafire (Delight Bettors) has drawn the three alley in the first of […]
Eighteen-year-old Elley-May Adams is pumped and ready to go at tomorrow night’s (April 1) Mildura harness racing meeting. “I’m really excited and looking forward to it,” Adams, of Broken Hill, said. The teenager will partner five-year-old gelding Super Dry (Ultimate Art) in race two and six-year-old gelding Village Lover (Village Jolt) in race four competing […]
Terry French hopes start 27 can finally be the magical number that his gelding, Illtellyousumthing (Art Major), breaks through for a maiden victory when he scores up in the Mildura Bowls Carnival Maiden Pace on Wednesday night. The 59-year-old has had the five-year-old for half of his 26 starts since taking over training duties from […]
Bernie Winkle (Rock N Roll Heaven) stepped out onto the harness racing racetrack for the 300th occasion at Mildura and duly saluted in the race named in his honour. The Congratulations Bernie Winkle 300th Race Pace was the highlight at the meeting and Victoria’s most durable pacer didn’t let his legion of fans down. Attempting […]
Alex Ashwood knows better than most how to navigate his way around the Sunraysia’s harness racing headquarters. The hard working Ashwood is a regular participant at Mildura meetings and makes the long trek north with his talented mare Tay Tay (Rock N Roll Heaven), who is one of the leading chances in this year’s Tasco […]
Leading Victorian harness racing driver James Herbertson was notching up the milestones, along with his usual miles, this week – but one big achievement still awaits. Herbertson’s 900-kilometre road trip to Mildura on Tuesday night (Nov 8) was rewarded not only with a driving treble, but his 200th win of the season, on Sahara Tiger […]
CHARLTON harness racing trainer Greg Norman and his loyal band of prominent owners Adam, Ben and Terry Cormack had plenty to cheer about recently. Speedy five-year-old mare Belladonna Girl (Hes Watching) kicked off her United States racing career with an impressive victory over the mile at the Yonkers Raceway in New York. Norman prepared Belladonna Girl […]
Being on a harness racing club committee is usually all about the work – but at Mildura, in far northwest Victoria, it was all about the wins at the club’s most recent meeting! Four committee members came up trumps as winning owners of four different horses at Friday’s meeting (Aug 12) – following on from […]
It took 254 starts, but cult figure pacer Bernie Winkle has written his name into the Victorian harness racing record books at the Mildura paceway he has made his own. The Bendigo-trained nine-year-old last night recorded a staggering 36th race victory at the far northwest Victorian track. It’s a feat notable not only for the […]
Young Shepparton harness racing driver Mark Pitt continued on his merry winning way last night at the opening meeting of the three-night Tasco Petroleum Mildura Pacing Cup carnival. Pitt, 28, took out the two qualifying heats with “armchair rides” behind class pacers in Our Millionaire and Phoenix Prince, trained near Ballarat by the powerful Emma […]
Melbourne harness racing trainer Vince Vallelonga says he can’t remember when he hasn’t put a circle on his calendar highlighting the annual Mildura Pacing Cup carnival dates. “I think there would be plenty of others in the sport who do likewise. There are so many ‘regulars’ who have been going up there for years,” Vallelonga, […]
A concept plan that would oust the Mildura Harness Racing Club from its historic base to make way for a new hospital is causing ripples in one of the industry’s most active Victorian clubs. The Victorian Health Building Authority is developing a master plan for a new hospital in Mildura and the city’s centrally located […]
In Victoria’s dry northwest, a little rain is always welcome 90 millimetres on a harness racing track on trots night, not so much! Last Wednesday’s deluge not only forced the last four races to be called off at the Mildura meeting but left washaways and gouges up to three inches deep right around the track, […]
Cult figure Bernie Winkle will edge ever-closer to rewriting a revered Victorian harness racing record when he steps out at his favorite circuit this afternoon. The eight-year-old Bendigo trained pacer last week ticked over the half-million-dollar mark in stakes – and today he attempts to win a staggering 34th race at Mildura, the track he’s […]
