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Country harness racing is always at its best on Cup nights and the Swan Hill Harness Racing Club is right up with them. The picturesque circuit is on the inside of the galloping track and Swan Hill is a known tourist destination on the Murray River. Sharing the complex with the gallopers has its advantages […]
Four years on from his last race start – and nearly a decade since his trainer last harnessed up a runner – Santa Casa Beach (Somebeachsomewhere) stormed back into the winner’s list at Horsham yesterday (Oct 6). The eight-year-old gelding, trained at Swan Hill by David Wills, was first-up since 2021 and produced a gritty […]
For an Australian Rules Football, harness racing, and racing tragic, northwest Victorian sports fanatic Noel Watson had a week that dreams are made of recently. Watson, of Swan Hill, is a dual-code owner and trainer and a die-hard St Kilda Football Club fan – and two Saturdays ago (July 26), his galloper Owl Witness won […]
Victorian horsewoman Emily Wombwell is the first to admit she had a bit of ground to make up with her dad Alan on the selection of harness racing bloodstock – but she appears to be righting the ledger with their latest prospect. Four-year-old gelding Sorriso De Praia (Sunshine Beach) has, by Emily’s admission, been “a […]
Vibrant country Victorian harness racing club Swan Hill couldn’t be happier with a bumper lineup for its biggest event of the year, the Swan Hill Pacing and Trotters Cups tonight (Nov 1). The Emma Stewart trained Like A Wildfire will undoubtedly be sent out a short-priced favorite in the $25,000 Swan Hill Pacing Cup on […]
There aren’t too many Victorian tracks trainer-driver Mark Hayes hasn’t tackled in his career, but he made his first visit to Swan Hill last week a memorable one. The Swan Hill Harness Racing Club programmed two races for square gaiters at its June 19 meeting and it had the desired result, luring some new stables […]
Emerging star Keayang Ignite (Angus Hall) established a track record in a brilliant all the way harness racing win in the Llowalong Farms Swan Hill Trotters Cup. Having only his eighth race start, Keayang Ignite ($1.85 fav) worked to the early lead from the front row while his main dangers One Over All and Mufasa […]
Good-humored Swan Hill “jack of all trades” Noel Watson won his hometown Pacing Cup when the new harness racing track opened 10 years ago—and now he’d love another one at tonight’s (Oct. 28) Halloween themed meeting. The real estate agent, apart from doing the President’s role with enthusiasm and energy, is also a breeder-owner-trainer and […]
