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Leading local harness racing driver Wayne Hill is looking forward to the National Drivers Championship at Globe Derby this Saturday evening. Along with his sister Danielle he will represent the hopes of South Australians. I’ve already won the series at Globe Derby six to seven years ago. It’s always great to represent the state. And […]
This Saturday night Globe Derby will be a focus of the national harness racing scene with the running of the Australian Drivers Championship. Its not often that South Australia is prominent so this will be a special evening for the sport. Chief Executive Office of Harness Racing South Australia Heath Pocock commented. We’re very happy […]
Well travelled stayer Dhaulagiri (American Ideal) is having a new lease of life as shown by his fighting harness racing win in the $20,000 Strathalbyn Harness Racing Club Pacing Cup at Globe Derby on Saturday night. Dhaulagiri had put the writing on the wall with a strong win in the Kapunda Cup two starts back, […]
A tearaway performance by Idealogy (Aldebaran Eagle) was the main factor in his decisive harness racing win in the 2025 South Australian Square Trotters Association Two Year Old Parker Classic at Globe Derby on Saturday evening. Idealogy who was arguably South Australia’s best juvenile trotter before he locked wheels in the Southern Cross Final a […]
Five year old mare Places You Dont (Shadow Play) through virtue of a patient harness racing drive by Lisa Ryan grabbed victory on the line in the $25,000 Kevin and Kay Seymour feature at Globe Derby on Saturday evening. The race put together an even group of promising pacers and helped by the generous sponsorship […]
South Australia’s Sandra Hutchinson, who passed away last week, will be remembered as a trailblazer for women in harness racing. Regarded as fiercely competitive, Hutchinson was the first female in her State to be granted a licence to compete in races against men – but only after fighting hard to be given the chance. “Sandra […]
Two Victorian harness racing drivers remain in hospital with complications from serious injuries sustained in a horror fall at the Bendigo trials over a week ago (Aug 12). Ellen Tormey and Tony Xiriha were hurt when Xiriha’s horse fell in front of Tormey’s, and she was then hit from behind by another runner. Xiriha sustained […]
The voice of South Australian harness racing, Jim Jacques, is set to call his final ever race at Globe Derby on Saturday night (December 10). Jacques, who started calling in 1997, joined us to reflect on the highs and lows of his career, including the time he got busted spraying a driver on air and […]
Harness Racing South Australia is thrilled to announce the recommencement of the Australian Drivers’ Championship, at Globe Derby Park. A spring date has been set for the championship, Saturday evening September 17. This will be the first running of the event since 2019, due to the pandemic. This is a great coup for the local […]
Times are tough in South Australian harness racing, but the emergence of a couple of young stars has certainly boosted morale. Last season, an SA-owned and bred filly, Encipher (Captaintreacherous), dazzled her way to being crowned Australian 2YO Filly of the Year. Encipher, owned and bred by Tyson Linke but trained in Victoria by Emma […]
It going to be a huge weekend for South Australian harness racing – Friday night (May 20) the participants get to glam up at the HRSA’s night of nights the Horse of the Year Awards. Then the action turns to the track at Globe Derby Saturday night (May 21) with the running of the SA […]
A long trip from Mount Gambier to Victor Harbor produced a pair of favourable results for popular harness racing horsewoman Alyce Finnis. Undertaking the 10-hour round trip for the club’s Derby, Finnis prepared the quinella in the 2160-metre feature. While the victory is enough to make for a satisfying journey, Ever Hoping’s success earned him […]
The debut harness racing victory by two-year-old Rupert Ross at Globe Derby Park on Saturday proved extremely emotional. While Rupert Ross (Huntsville) stamped himself as a potential star of the future, connections shed a tear over the passing of the horse’s breeder Mark Webster, from Angle Vale. In the first heat of the Kindergarten Stakes […]
Harness racing’s South Australia BOTRA 100 Year Cup was run and won by Just Chai who is raced, owned and bred by BOTRA Life member Jill Neilson and her mother Elma West. Just Chai, along with his older half-brother, Just Cappy, races in Elma’s colors which were carried by some of the best horses to […]
The South Australian racing community is mourning the loss of one of its horsemen, Mark Webster. After a lengthy battle with illness, Mark passed away on Wednesday aged 58. During his years in harness racing, Mark drove 969 winners, as electronic records have kept, and trained 447 winners since the mid 1980s’. He always “had […]
Things just clicked between young South Australian reinswoman Samantha Pascoe and seasoned campaigner Van Mara earlier this year – and Mount Gambier trainer Steven Fennell couldn’t have been happier with the result. Fennell claimed the well-travelled pacer in May and after a first-up second, junior concession driver Pascoe then took over, and Van” put together […]
When it comes to racing, Des Nolan is heading up an elite club – one of the few trainers in Australia ever to be registered with all three racing codes. Nolan grew up with harness racing in his blood, but a few years back sealed a lifetime interest in greyhound racing with a trainer’s ticket. […]
South Australian Police are investigating last Saturday night’s ‘horse swap’ situation at Globe Derby. Harness Racing South Australia stewards sought an independent investigation into potential breaches of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act. Meanwhile HRSA stewards have continued their investigation with further evidence taken from respective parties in an inquiry last Wednesday. The background is HRSA […]
