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Seasider (Downbytheseaside) confirmed his potential with a last to first harness racing success in the Listed $75,000 Western Regional Championship Final at Bathurst on Friday evening. The race was a wide open affair with Nathan Turnbull preparing two runners and Amanda Turnbull three including Seasider. She elected to drive the inform She The Devil. However […]
Bonnie mare Brooklyns Best (Rock N Roll Heaven) is a well-travelled racehorse, a mum, a foster mum – and has now given well-known NSW horseman David Druitt the biggest win of his harness racing career. Brooklyns Best is back where it all began at the Druitt stable, and scored a blowout win in Listed Classic, […]
Five years ago former Queenslander Isobel Ross decided it was time for a change, so she seized the opportunity to take up a position with the strong Amanda Turnbull harness racing stable at The Lagoon on Bathurst’s outskirts. The talented reinswoman knew fully well that she was placing herself amongst stiff opposition with the Bathurst […]
Cheers from the Riverina harness racing fraternity were loud when Roll With Joe gelding Defiant caused a massive boilover in tonight’s (May 28) $100,000 Regional Championships State Final at Menangle. The pure elation could be seen on reinsman Peter McRae as he crossed the line first with the $31 chance in a moment that delivered […]
Driving for luck has worked out reasonably well so far, so why change tactics? That’s the theory from harness racing trainer Keith Kenna ahead of Saturday night’s Regional Championships State Final at Club Menangle. Kenna will represented in the Group One by consistent pacer, Barrett (Bettors Delight), which earned his position in the field with […]
Harness racing’s TAB Regional Championships draw to a close tomorrow night when the State Final and Consolation will be run at Tabcorp Park Menangle. The popular series was conducted throughout the state at Wagga, Bathurst, Newcastle and Menangle where heats and four $100,000 finals provided owners and trainers the opportunity to race for high stakes. […]
Riverina harness racing reinsman Jackson Painting has had 11 days he will never forget. From welcoming his daughter Millie into the world on May 9, the 35-year-old backed up over a week later and drove his first Group 1 winner. That was with Rocknroll Runa in Friday afternoon’s $100,000 TAB Regional Championships Riverina Final at […]
Where to start with Far Out Bro’s more than impressive victory in tonight’s harness feature, the $100,000 TAB Regional Championships Hunter Final at Newcastle? The Mach Three horse demolished his rivals to win by 17m. It gave trainer Adam Ruggari his first Group 1 success and driver Jack Callaghan yet another win at that level […]
Passed in at a harness racing yearling sale to winning a Group 1 – that is the story of Bathurst pacer Lyrical Genius. The Amanda Turnbull-trained son of Somebeachsomewhere has had a chequered path to the racetrack but all that was put behind him when the gelding won Wednesday night’s $100,000 Group 1 Regional Championships […]
The $100,000 TAB Regional Championships – Hunter Final at Newcastle tonight (Friday May 20) has drawn together the most evenly graded field of the four harness racing finals being conducted throughout the state this week. On paper, it appears that there are several realistic winning chances in the field and despite drawing poorly on the […]
Prominent Sydney harness racing reinsman Robbie Morris will complete a busy week at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Saturday (May 21) when he partners Little Bliss in the Group 1 TAB Regional Championships – Metropolitan Final for his good mate Troy Williams. The mare grabbed the last spot in the $100,000 feature when she finished an […]
It is a far cry living and training horses on the far north coast at Sleepy Hollow from the halcyon days of Sydney’s historic Harold Park, where Vic Frost became a harness racing icon. During the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Frost was a household name in the sport, winning many premierships and feature races. Of […]
Sawyers Gully harness racing trainer Adam Ruggari has a strong hand leading into the opening round of the Hunter TAB Regional Championships at Newcastle tonight. Ruggari has a runner in each of the three qualifying heats and is confident his trio can all perform well with Far Out Bro shaping as the top seed for […]
Until Tuesday afternoon 16-year-old Llandilo harness racing reinsman Bryson Grima had recorded just three winning drives from limited opportunities. Bryson, who is in his first year of race driving, shares his time between working with the horses and completing his apprenticeship as a metal fabricator. On Tuesday at Tabcorp Park Menangle, Grima brought up his […]
Group 1 glory will be up for grabs across New South Wales when harness racing’s TAB Regional Championships return in May 2022. It will be the third year of the Regional Championships format, again culminating in a blockbuster state Grand Final at the iconic Tabcorp Park Menangle track on Saturday, 28 May. Following on from […]
