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Brilliant mare Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) scored one of her most memorable wins in her star studded career when she put her harness racing rivals to the sword in taking out the Group 1 2026 $300,000 Rising Sun for three and four year olds. And in doing so she has earned a start in the $1 […]
Champion Queensland harness racing trainer Grant Dixon cannot believe star Kiwi filly Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) was overlooked for a start in Saturday night’s $300,000 Group 1 Rising Sun at Albion Park. Instead, her Kiwi trainer Nathan Williamson will come across to drive her as a hot favourite from barrier in a consolation of the Rising […]
Last night’s win by Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) has raised the possibility of the talented filly starting in the $300,000 The Rising Sun at Albion Park this Saturday. “Grant was talking about having a crack at The Rising Sun if she gained a start. It’s very much up in the air at the moment because the […]
Two more of Australia’s top harness racing pacers have been confirmed for the Group 1 RacingandSports.com.au The Rising Sun. Earlier today, it was announced that Group 1 champions Captains Knock (Captaintreacherous) and Lux Aeterna (Captaintreacherous) will line up in the $355,000 race at Albion Park on July 13, as part of the Queensland Constellations. They […]
A trio of Australasia’s top harness racing pacers have been confirmed for the $355,000 Group 1 AQWA Constructions The Rising Sun. Group 1 champions The Lost Storm (Captaintreacherous) and Merlin (Art Major) (Its Merlin when racing in Australia) will be joined by rising star Sooner The Bettor at Albion Park on July 13, joining Chariots […]
QBRED harness racing star Frankie Ferocious (Captaintreacherous) has a lofty hit list for 2024. The Queensland-owned and bred speedster already ticked off the Group 1 Chariots Of Fire on Saturday evening at Menangle. The next target is Saturday’s Grand Circuit Miracle Mile at Menangle. The 2024 The Rising Sun during the Queensland Constellations later this […]
Emerging champion Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) will need to produce another top class harness racing performance if he is to win The Rising Sun at Albion Park on Saturday night (Jul. 8). The Grant Dixon-trained pacer came up with the outside front row gate of seven at last night’s barrier draw, but is still […]
What a joy it has been having a front row seat to the rise and rise of harness racing’s Ladies In Red (Mach Three). It was almost a year ago I started to think she was the best filly (or mare) Australia had seen since Tailamade Lombo 20 years ago. Just the way she continued […]
Innovation is certainly a buzz word when it comes to racing, sport or even modern business for that matter. In the harness racing world, it may be the single most important thing. In many ways, harness racing has been standing still, somewhat tied so passionately to tradition, while other sports have been creatively innovative. That […]
Top Menangle harness racing conditioner Jason Grimson has a strong raid aimed at Queensland’s feature meeting at Albion Park on Saturday night (Jul. 9). The Group 1-winning horseman has five of his pacers nominated across the card including Ideal Dan (American Ideal) in the $305,000 Rising Sun. Grimson also has a three-pronged attack in the […]
While young Queensland harness racing trainer Gemma Hewitt has the utmost respect for freakish three-year-old pacer Ripp (Somebeachsomewhere) trained by her father Bernie and to be driven by brother Doug, she’s more than ready to go to battle for Group One family bragging rights. Gemma, who trains at Logan Village, also has a smart one […]
Just as the late Alan Tubbs did for her all those years ago, Queensland harness racing trainer Shannon Price is throwing open her doors to a visiting barn for the carnival of 2022. The 48-year-old Price recalls travelling her pacers and trotters down to race in the southern states and her team was always aided […]
Harness racing’s young gun Jack Callaghan has snared the prized pick-up drive on Beyond Delight (Bettors Delight) in Saturday night’s (Jun. 2) $305,000 Group 1 Rising Sun (2138m) at Albion Park. Trainers Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin had to find a new driver with Beyond Delight’s regular partner, Greg Sugars, committed to his own horse, […]
Group 1 star Better Eclipse is the latest horse to secure his spot in harness racing’s $305,000 AQWA Constructions The Rising Sun. Earlier this week, connections confirmed the Victorian pacer would accept an invitation into the Southern Hemisphere’s richest race for three and four-year-old pacers, which plays a key role in the TAB Queensland Constellations. […]
It is rare to see anything cheerful about COVID-19 in the news however harness racing changed that tonight at Albion Park. In a twist of fate, the global pandemic forced legendary reinsman Mark Purdon out of ‘holiday mode’ and back into the sulky to win tonight’s inaugural $250,000 Rising Sun with the aptly named Amazing […]
Harness racing’s new headline event The Rising Sun was nowhere on the radar for NSW trainer Gemma Hewitt when she headed north in April for a winter campaign in the Sunshine State. Hewitt was keen to campaign her emerging three-year-old Kashed Up (For a Reason – Laughing Lilly (Mach Three) in the Queensland Constellations Carnival, […]
Champion driver Luke McCarthy thinks Expensive Ego might already be as good as his stablemate and Australia’s best pacer King Of Swing. Given the depth of talent, Expensive Ego, trained by McCarthy’s wife Belinda, may need to be every bit as good as McCarthy rates him to win the inaugural $250,000 Group 1 The Rising […]
