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Emerging trotter Worth Waiting (Volstead) continued her promising rise on Saturday night (Aug 2), delivering her second win from as many starts this season for Victorian harness racing trainer-driver Bec Bartley. The four-year-old mare showed grit and class to win at Melton, following a first-up success at Echuca on July 8. She previously raced in […]
New South Wales harness racing trainer Ellen Jones stood strong at Shepparton on Tuesday (March 18), adding the final touch to a rare family feat. Jones prepares her team at Narrandera with husband Blake, and joined sisters Beck, (Bartley), of Kialla, and Lisa (Pitt), of Girgarre, in each training winners on the nine-event program. “The […]
She has a Group One victory to her name, but there’s no way popular Victorian harness racing driver Bec Bartley was relying on reputation when she competed against her sisters on Saturday night (Feb 10). The Shepparton-based horsewoman took part in a memorial event for her late Pa John Bartley, at Broken Hill in outback […]
John Bartley could not possibly have imagined his love of horses as a hobby trainer in outback Australia would inspire three of his granddaughters to highly successful harness racing careers. And tomorrow night (Feb. 10) the three women, Bec Bartley, Lisa Pitt and Ellen Jones, will acknowledge their grandfather’s inspiration when they converge on the […]
Rebecca Bartley is hoping comeback kid Franco Norway (Art Major) will reach the heights of metropolitan harness racing after ending a mammoth hiatus with success late last month. Bartley and co-trainer Stephen O’Donoghue were in the spotlight when they produced the six-year-old pacer for victory at Shepparton on January 27 – some 822 days since his only […]
Calling time on the career of a stable favourite is never easy – so spare a thought for Victorian harness racing co-trainers Bec Bartley and Steve O’Donoghue. The pair last week made the tough decision to retire their “once in a lifetime” stable star San Carlo after 67 starts, 30 wins and more than $500,000 […]
Shepparton harness racing training combination Steve O’Donoghue and Rebecca Bartley have taken their time with first-up winner Carleno (Mach Three – Bridge Player (Classic Gary) – but they’ve had a handy template to follow. It’s more than six years since Carleno’s big brother San Carlo (aka “Murray”) had his first race start, and at Wedderburn […]
There’s major Group 1 plans afoot for Western Sonador and Rebecca Bartley’s little star proved he’s right on track to land a blow at the elite level with victory in Saturday night’s TAB Minuteman Free For All (2100m) at Geelong. Bartley, who trains in partnership with Stephen O’Donohue, produced a cool front-running drive with the […]
Uncertainty over COVID-19 and the changing landscape surrounding border rules has forced connections of Victorian rising star Western Sonador to shelve plans for a tilt at Queensland’s Group One riches. Queensland’s Constellations Carnival was clearly on the radar for co-trainers Steve O’Donoghue and Rebecca Bartley after the gelding’s impressive performances in Sydney earlier this year, […]
