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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 […]
Two qualifying heats of Victorian harness racing’s iconic country cup, the CA Fitness Mildura Pacing Cup, delivered their trademark twist tonight (April 7). Local hope My Ultimate Jimmy (Downbytheseaside) stole the show, turning the form on its head and setting up a wider-open and less predictable final than anyone expected this Saturday night (April 11). […]
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 […]
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 […]
One of the most even lineups in many years is assembled for Victoria’s prestigious Tasco Petroleum Mildura Pacing Cup with qualifying heats to be contested tonight (Apr 2). The $50,000 Group 3 harness racing feature is the only edition of the State’s country cup series to be run over the heat-and-final format, and tonight’s two […]
Teenage Victorian reinsman Ryan Sanderson scored the biggest win of his harness racing career last night (April 22) when he claimed the G3 $60,000 Tasco Petroleum Mildura Pacing Cup. Sanderson turned in one of his finest drives to win on 125/1 shot, Sahara Tiger (Art Major), trained by his father Shane. Sanderson, 19, was quick […]
