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The Port Pirie venue was South Australia’s showpiece on Saturday night with the running of both the Trotters Cup and Pacers Cup each carrying an attractive $26,000 in stake money. The Listed Hazell Bros Port Pirie Trotters Cup was taken out in grand style by Stockman Peter (Used To Me) who came off 20 metres. […]
The Listed Sibelia Stakes at Menangle headlines Saturday’s harness racing action in Australia. In addition to Menangle, Bendigo has some quality harness racing with resuming trotter Tracy The Jet. Emma Stewart is rolling out some Oaks-bound talent with Arrhythmia and Willows Girl lining up in separate events. We will also look at some Saturday harness […]
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 […]
Champion South Australian reinswoman Dani Hill is back in the harness racing winner’s circle after making a remarkable recovery from life-changing back surgery 12 months ago. Ongoing pain from back injuries forced Hill onto the sidelines and into surgery in June last year, with a complex procedure to place a spacer, screws, rods and bone […]
For Reeves Plains trainer-driver, Ryan Hryhorec, all’s well that ends well in the case of talented harness racing pacer Lord Zarias (Changeover). After a roller coaster week of emotions, Hryhorec drove Lord Zarias ($4.60) to a one metre victory in the $25,000 Port Pirie Regional Council Pacing Cup (2530m) on Saturday. In winning, he outsprinted […]
Nine-year-old gelding Uncle Louis (Majestic Son), who had been out of the winner’s list since claiming the Kapunda Trotting Cup back in March 2023, outstayed his harness racing rivals to take the $20,000 Aldebaran Park Port Pirie Trotting Cup at Pheonix Park Paceway on Saturday Night. Bred in New Zealand, Uncle Louis was initially purchased […]
Sabotage has been identified as the cause of the lighting failure that forced the abandonment of one of regional South Australia’s premier harness racing events on Saturday night. The Port Pirie Harness Racing Club and Harness Racing South Australia confirmed today (Oct 9) that an inspection of the club facilities had revealed deliberate damage to […]
You don’t normally expect to see an Inter Dominion harness racing contender going around at Port Pirie . . . even on a Saturday night. Yet that may be part of the plans for handy six-year-old Powderkeg (Muscle Hill), who’ll need to be on his best behaviour tonight if connections intend to push on with […]
