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If there’s ever a question about the strength of square gaiting’s resurgence in Victorian harness racing, one glance at this weekend’s Redwood Carnival dispels any doubts. The square-gaiting showcase starts with a nine-race opening day tomorrow (Oct. 28) at Maryborough, followed by an 11-race card, featuring two Group 1s, on the Sunday with more than […]
Maryborough harness racing trainer Colin Phillis hasn’t got a horse engaged in this weekend’s cracker Redwood trotting day on Sunday – but it’s still shaping up to be the highlight of his year. The Maryborough Club President’s feet have barely touched the ground for a month with all that’s entailed with running the biggest event […]
For all the trophies in the Peter and Kerryn Manning households, the one showing success in Maryborough’s famed feature for the two-year-old squaregaiters is nowhere to be seen. But the Aldebaran Park Redwood Classic, possibly one of the hardest events to win on the Victorian harness racing calendar, suddenly looks within reach for the Great […]
The influence of French sire Love You in Australia this season has been awesome. He has had more two-year-old winners this season than any other trotting stallion in Australia after dominating in New Zealand for multiple years. The Haras de Trotteurs stallion is also the number one sire of three-year-olds. Love You’s prominence will be […]
Twenty-five years ago, plans for a single harness racing meeting in country Victoria based purely on the splendor and speed of the square gaiter were perhaps most kindly described as an exercise of wishful thinking. Square gaiting was a dying sport, the critics said, and the Maryborough Harness Racing Club would be lucky if the […]
