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Some of Victoria’s finest reinsmen and women will converge on Horsham next Monday (October 5) for a harness racing tradition stretching back more than three decades. The Noel Smith Memorial Horsham Invitational Drivers Championship returns for its 35th edition, bringing together 10 leading Victorian drivers for a six-heat battle at the Horsham track. And while […]
Classy entire Fox Dan (Art Major) showed improvement with a decisive harness racing win in the APG Vic Bred Final for four year olds at Melton on Saturday night. Fox Dan was one of Emma Stewart’s five runners in the race and he was given a great chance early on by driver Ryan Sanderson as […]
Pacing for Pink celebrates a bumper result, Bendigo’s redevelopment is nearing completion and two Victorian young guns have earned a trans-Tasman call-up. Pacing for Pink powers to $140,500 Harness racing’s generosity has again shone through, with Pacing for Pink raising a remarkable $140,500 this year for McGrath Foundation Breast Care Nurses. Organisers described the result […]
The favourites in the first two QBRED Trotting Finals decimated their opposition with massive margins of victory, while the third may have demolished them if luck had been on his side. It started with the Grant Dixon-trained and driven Fredidrivsamercury (Muscle M Up) who settled at the tail of the field early before surging three-wide […]
The promising but at times difficult to follow The Priestess (Father Patrick) showed her class with a strong win in the Prydes Easifeed Trot at Melton on Friday evening. Not the most reliable of trotters, The Priestess was nonetheless confidently backed into firm favouritism. Driver Lochie Cook was caught three wide early but was more […]
“I am pretty lucky to be driving him. I’ve had a good run with him and it’s exciting to have the opportunity to try to get another feature win with him.” That’s the view of driver Ryan Sanderson ahead of Tuesday night’s (April 7) CA Fitness Mildura Pacing Cup heats, where boom four-year-old Fox Dan […]
A return to familiar territory proved especially sweet for Victorian harness racing trainer Shane Sanderson and his son Ryan, who celebrated a winning double on a recent visit back to Charlton – highlighted by a poignant victory in memory of a respected former colleague. “I did pick out the Vale Greg Norman VicBred Maiden Pace […]
The surname Sanderson appears again and again throughout the racebook for Shepparton Gold Cup night, and for good reason. The Sanderson family will be front and centre this Saturday, with Shane Sanderson preparing two harness racing runners, son Ryan booked for five drives across the program and daughter Abby set to take the reins behind […]
Melton put on the heats of the APG Vic Bred Super Series for the three year olds on Friday and racing was keenly contested. The first heat for the fillies was taken out by the unfancied Lets Go Lorna (Always B Miki) who upset her more favoured harness racing rivals. LETS GO LORNA NOV 7 […]
Star three year old Sao Paolo Simba (American Ideal) continued his good form of late when he gave a sparkling all the way win in his heat of the APG Vic Bred Super Series for the three year olds at Melton on Friday evening. His trainer driver Michael Stanley who is now based at Menangle […]
Young driver Ryan Sanderson landed his first Group 1 harness racing success on Fox Dan (Art Major) when the colt finished brilliantly to win the $200,000 Group 1 Woodlands Stud Victoria Pacers Derby Final at Melton on Saturday evening. A top class pacer throughout his junior career Fox Dan was a prohibitive favourite having drawn […]
Ryan Sanderson has experienced some incredible highs during his short time in harness racing, but remains desperate to feel what it’s like to achieve the ultimate success. And that’s driving a Group 1 winner. The 22-year-old reinsman moved from Queensland to Victoria with his trots-mad family in 2021, and has won big country features, a […]
There are just three more sleeps until the biggest night of top young driver Ryan Sanderson’s harness racing career. Not only will he drive in his first Victoria Cup – the Cox Plate of harness racing – on Bay Of Biscay (Somebeachsomewhere), but Sanderson also has a stunning set of feature drives outside of that. […]
Last night’s Heats of the Victoria Derby at Melton put together an even set of harness racing Heats with worthy representatives from Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. In the opening heat Fox Dan (Art Major) could not have been more impressive when he ground down Our Ultimate Barney to a narrow but courageous win. […]
Classy three year old Fox Dan (Art Major) boosted his chances of gaining a place in next week’s Eureka with a solid all the way harness racing win in the Hip Pocket Castlemaine Pace at Melton on Saturday evening. A short priced favourite Fox Dan was made to work early before heading off Surfingmakesense before […]
Harness racing might have come to Leon Fanning and Andrea O’Gorman by chance, but the Charlton couple now sit at the centre of one of the most passionate country racing communities in Victoria. Fanning had no background in the sport before a group of mates turned “footy and pub talk” into reality more than 30 […]
Young Victorian reinsman Ryan Sanderson continues to rack up career milestones, with his first Melton Saturday night (August16) metropolitan treble highlighting an already impressive harness racing season. The 22-year-old, who sits just shy of 500 career victories (currently 477), partnered three winners for the all-conquering Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin stable. Sanderson, who made his […]
Eighty-year-old Elmore trainer Frank Barac has produced plenty of pickles and preserves over the years – but at Shepparton last week, it was a harness racing home-grown that put a smile on his face. Barac’s mare Madam Reactor (Auckland Reactor NZ) delivered a well-earned win in the Neatline Homes Pace, driven to perfection by local […]
Top class pacer Cantfindabettorman (Sweet Lou) on the comeback trail could not have been more impressive when he led all the way in the Logical Staffing Solutions Pace at Melton on Saturday night. Despite resuming since running 5th in the Cranbourne Cup last February Cantfindabettorman was confidently supported into favouritism. And showing dazzling speed Cantfindabettorman […]
Ghostly grey gelding Frugal Fare (Changeover) brought back memories of his dam’s sire the mighty Lombo Pocket Watch when he showed great resilience with a tough harness racing win in the Belaldo Coffee Pace at Melton on Saturday night. Solidly supported into favourite despite his awkward draw Frugal Fare was eased back early by driver […]
Young harness racing reinsman Ryan Sanderson is set to make the voyage to Sweden to learn from one of the best trainers in the world. The 20-year-old linked up with Swedish horseman Jörgen Westholm during his adventure of a lifetime in France last year and will visit him in Europe later this month. “I met a […]
One of Victoria’s bright young stars of harness racing, Ryan Sanderson, is resting at home after escaping serious injuries in a road accident. Sanderson, 20, was driving on the Nagambie to Heathcote road on Tuesday (Mar 19), when his vehicle skidded in wet conditions and hit a tree. “He was very lucky to walk away,” […]
Victorian harness racing young gun Ryan Sanderson isn’t daunted that he’s regarded a longshot at his international harness racing debut in the Prix Des Rencontres Internationales at Vincennes, France, on Saturday morning (Dec 2, Australian time). Twenty-year-old Sanderson, who has driven 287 winners in his career, was selected to represent Australia in the under-26 event, […]
Victorian harness racing young gun Ryan Sanderson, 21, is still pinching himself at being selected to represent Australia in an invitational junior race in France in a few weeks. “It’s going to be such a big thrill. The whole thing took me by surprise that’s for sure and I’m so really looking forward to it,” […]
