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The brilliant but unreliable Watts Up Partytime (Majestic Sun) was on his best behaviour when he took out the Skyfall Standardbreds Trotters Mile at Newcastle on Friday evening. The race saw a return to trotters races for Newcastle and they attracted a small but quality field. All eyes were on the French import Krystal Josselyn […]
Mercurial pacer Bulletproof Boy (Art Official) continued his habit of beating the big guns when he flew home to take out the Group 1 AVT Technologies Newcastle Mile on Friday evening. Bulletproof Boy has a habit of defeating the very best in the land and in recent times he’s defeated the likes of Leap To […]
The New South Wales Robson harness racing stable couldn’t have scripted it any better. Based at Gulgong in the central west, Ty and Kayla Robson split forces last Friday night (February 20) – and returned home with a flawless result. Kayla floated three-year-old filly Summer Delight (Bettors Delight) the one-and-a-half hours to Dubbo, while Ty […]
The Newcastle Harness Racing Club staged two keenly contested heats of the Tommy Reay Memorial Sapling Stakes on Friday evening. First starter Micks Cruza (Mcwicked) drew first blood when he led all the way for a narrow by deserved win in the opening heat. In a race characterised by a number of runners galloping and […]
The recent injury to New South Wales’ best trotter The Locomotive is a body blow to harness racing fans and he won’t be able to return until about June this year. However there is reason for optimism for trotters in general in New South Wales. Apart from a small core area harness racing’s events for […]
Local gelding Applied (Sweet Lou) patiently driven by Blake Hughes let his harness racing rivals run too hard early to be the fresh horse on the scene in winning the Coca Cola Pace at Newcastle on Saturday night. In a keen betting race, Applied’s stable mate Illawong Danny was sent out favourite having won his […]
Powerhouse pacer Captains Knock (Captaintreacherous) yet again demonstrated his prowess with an effortless all the way harness racing win in the $60,000 Listed Steel City Cup at Newcastle on Friday evening. Facing what looked to be a weakened race, Captains Knock was installed a prohibitive favourite and from the outside of the front row driver […]
A patient harness racing drive by Robert Morris was the key factor in Grosso Nasso’s (Bettors Delight) win in an exciting $75,000 TAB Regional Championship Final at Newcastle last night. The event alongside the Cup was regarded as the showpiece for the meeting. Having his first drive in the event for trainer Antony Missen, Morris […]
Local three year old Walter Warlock (McWicked) upset his more fancied rivals when he led all the way to win the Nutrien Equine New South Wales Breeders Challenge Heat at Newcastle on Friday evening. Driven hard early by Will Rixon Walter Warlock found the early lead from Half Holiday running his first quarter in 27.4 […]
Smart filly Peace Out (Bettors Delight) was rewarded for her consistency with an all the way win in the Nutrien Equine New South Wales Breeders Challenge Heat for three year old fillies at Newcastle on Friday evening. In doing so she continued the winning steak of the McDowell training stable. Ideally drawn in barrier 2, […]
Young reinswoman Chloe Formosa completed a big night when outsider Rockin Miss Regina (Bettors Delight) scored a surprise last gasp harness racing win in the Nutrine Equine New South Wales Breeders Challenge at Newcastle on Friday evening. Despite winning last week at Newcastle Rockin Miss Regina was friendless in the betting. My Ultimate Lexi who […]
The highlight of Newcastle’s harness racing meeting on Friday night was the $15,300 Bill and Glenn Tomlin Memorial and the event now in its 24th year did not disappoint. Maitland trainer Darren Elder had four runners engaged including his favoured candidate Flare Up (Warrawee Needy). Punters judgement was spot on as the six year old […]
Penrith based trainer driver Seaton Grima had one of his best evenings in harness racing when he scored a winning treble and two seconds at Newcastle on Friday night. Grima might have been disappointed when Ocean Avenue went down by half a neck in the opening race behind Longwindingroad (Alwaysavirgin). However in the next event […]
Harness Racing New South Wales (HRNSW) has announced another Statewide consultation process with its industry stakeholders beginning next month. The sessions will put the microscope on issues including the National Rating (NR) system/matrix, raceday programming and handicapping. HRNSW Chief Executive Officer, Peter Buckman, said the initiative is in line with the organisation’s Strategic Plan. “Race […]
FOR the second year in succession Hunter Valley harness racing fans will be treated to watching Australia’s reigning horse of the year Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) strut his stuff when he contests tonight’s Group 2 $150,000 AVE Technologies Newcastle Mile. Following the same path that led to him taking out the 2024 Garrards Miracle […]
The Bettor’s Delight double millionaire Tiger Tara, who is standing at Medowie Lodge stud, near Newcastle (NSW), sired a winning double at the Christmas harness racing meeting at Newcastle. The Tiger Tara Tiger Prince (1:56.3) and Tiger’s Invasion quinellaed the two-year-old race, while King Tiger earned a new speed badge of 1:52.2 in capturing his […]
For most 16-year-olds a typical Friday night would be spent out socialising with friends or participating in a team sport. But that is certainly not the case for Morisset-based junior reinsman Tom Callaghan who is making a name for himself in harness racing. It will be Callaghan’s busiest race meeting to date when he competes […]
It has been five years since former Queenslander Jamie Donovan made a huge lifestyle decision to relocate to Tamworth. The full-time Accountant trains a small team of harness racing horses alongside wife Rachel in the country music capital and the move south has paid dividends for the couple as already, after just six months of […]
Newcastle Harness Racing Club pays tribute to its former CEO Ross Gigg tonight (Jun. 30) with the annual feature race named in his honour and sponsored by the Wests Group. The former NRL player was a member of the Penrith Panthers team back in the 1970s and 8Os and as a centre played 110 games […]
Nulkaba trainer Clayton Harmey is a dominant force in the Hunter Valley training ranks, preparing countless winners during the past three harness racing seasons, including a career-best 158 in 2019-20. Last Friday night at Newcastle, Harmey was to the fore again, training the winners of two heats of the Hunter Region TAB Regional Championships with […]
Feature harness racing returns to the Hunter Valley tonight (Mar. 31) when the Bill and Glenn Tomlin Memorial will be run. The Tomlin Memorial is a special race on the Newcastle Harness Racing Club’s calendar, acknowledging the contribution the family has made to the sport. Three heats of the series were conducted last Friday night […]
Last Friday night’s (Feb. 17) feature meeting concluded a highly successful Febfest carnival for the Newcastle Harness Racing Club, highlighted by the running of the Group 2 AVE Technologies Newcastle Mile. Held over three weeks, the Carnival attracted healthy crowds and was just reward for the hard work that Chairman, Daryl Rodgers, his committee, and […]
There are few harness racing horsemen in New South Wales that drive the Newcastle International Paceway better than Robbie Morris. The Menangle Park based reinsman has an impressive strike rate there and has built a strong rapport with many owners and trainers in the Hunter region which has resulted in his services in the gig […]
It has been a busy period for the Newcastle Harness Racing Club leading into next month’s Febfest and this afternoon they are on a quick back-up from Friday night with a seven race program. Leading trainer Clayton Harmey is hoping that he can beat the handicapper, backing up two of his pacers that were successful […]
