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This Sunday Marburg harness racing club will have stage their annual trotters day and following last year’s intro, the club is hoping for another bumper meeting. The main event is the Goldbet Graham Harriott Memorial which honours the memory of Graham who was instrumental in getting the trotters back to Queensland. He was also club […]
When Jayson and Alyce Finnis made their move from Mount Gambier to Queensland just before last Christmas they carried dreams of a new chapter in their harness racing life. And so far all is going well for the couple and their three young children. Currently they are enjoying success with their smart pacer Always Dancing […]
Australia’s leading pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) had little more than a working jog in disposing of his harness racing rivals in the Outkast National Design and Construction Pace at Albion Park on Saturday night. Having his last start before he tackles the Cambridge Slot race in a fortnight connections elected to give the […]
Veteran Hot and Treacherous (Captaintreacherous) who has had a colourful and varied career finally broke through for a well deserved harness racing win in the Leading Edge Security Junior Free For All at Albion Park on Saturday night. Drawn favourably in two, Hot And Treacherous quickly found the lead to hold out Hector. Showing a […]
Australia’s leading pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) completed his preparation for an assault on the Victorian country cups with an easy harness racing win in the Ladbrokes Popular SRM Open Pace at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Pitted against only four rivals Leap To Fame went past pole marker Darin to take up the […]
Former outstanding juvenile filly Lux Aeterna (Captaintreacherous) showed a return to her very best harness racing form when she burst through to win the Group 3 Prydes Easifeed Forever Gold Mares at Albion Park on Saturday evening. Confidently driven by Nathan Dawson Lux Aeterna was drawn on the inside of the second row but was […]
Classy three year old filly Arrive (Captaintreacherous) made easy work of her harness racing rivals when she led all the way to take out the $50,000 Group 3 QBred Classic three year old fillies final at Albion Park on Saturday night. Arrive was most impressive winning her heat and as a result of her pole […]
Outstanding harness racing colt Fight For Victory (Bettors Delight) showed why he is currently regarded as Queensland’s best two year old with a electrifying burst to take out the $50,000 Group 3 QBred Breeders Classic Final for 2YO colts and geldings at Albion Park on Saturday night. Fight For Victory raised eyebrows with a brilliant […]
Australia’s premier pacer Leap to Fame (Bettors Delight) showed he is back with a vengeance with a narrow but decisive harness racing win in the Somerset Farms Avonnova Pace at Albion Park on Saturday night. Resuming from his successful stint in New Zealand where he defeated the best that the Shaky Isles could offer Leap […]
Southland harness racing trainer Nathan Williamson is still buzzing after he won two Group races at Alexandra Park on Saturday night. Duchess Maria (Father Patrick) took out the Group Three IRT Two Year Old Young Guns Final for trotters by three lengths, while Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) was just as impressive in winning the Group One […]
While other fillies were staking their claims to be top of the tree in the three year old fillies ranks, Southland trainer Nathan Williamson was biding his time, waiting to stake his claim with his star filly Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous). After winning the New Zealand Two Year Old Filly Title of the Year, Williamson maintained […]
Branxholme harness racing trainer Nathan Williamson has decided Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) will skip the Northern Oaks and run in the Nevele R/ Macca Lodge Southern Oaks on Diamonds Day at Ascot Park in a fortnight. The three year old filly resumed on Friday night at Addington, running second to General Jen. “Luck wasn’t on our […]
Innovation is certainly a buzz word when it comes to racing, sport or even modern business for that matter. In the harness racing world, it may be the single most important thing. In many ways, harness racing has been standing still, somewhat tied so passionately to tradition, while other sports have been creatively innovative. That […]
Queensland horseman Al Barnes is a noted “Mr Fixit” of problem horses, but even he agrees he had his work cut out with a former Kiwi pacer. “It’s been a bit of a journey – a very slow process over a lot of time. I’d just fix one thing and then something else would bob […]
Recent retiree Whiskey Blaze will always hold a special place in the hearts of young Queensland harness racing couple Ben and Tamara Battle. “He was the first horse I’d ever owned, and he’s certainly been a big part of our lives,” Ben said. “Some of his stakes that he earnt paid for the float and […]
A Queensland harness racing driver and trainer has been cleared of lying to a corruption probe into industry race-fixing and found not guilty of perjury. Mathew Peter Neilson, 38, was called before coercive hearings held by the Crime and Corruption Commission for the racing integrity probe into “irregularities” in harness racing. “He was there because […]
