Captains Mistress looks poised to capture the Victoria Cup as Melton takes centre stage with the Victoria Derby and Oaks finals. Here are our harness racing best bets for the weekend’s action. Barrier three will see Captains Mistress set to find the front and lead them a merry dance in the Group 1 Victoria Cup. […]
A busy weekend with heats of the Victoria Derby and Victoria Oaks, along with the Need For Speed finals at Melton. Read on for our harness racing best bets for the weekend’s action. Melton has an excellent card of racing that starts with the Smoken Up Sprint. It also boasts the Group 1 Need For […]
A trip north has proved fruitful for Riverina trainer-driver Jackson Painting as his colt Im El Arquero (Bling It On) captured the Group 1 QBRED Triad Final for 2YO Colts & Geldings at Albion Park on Saturday night. Beginning from the inside of the second row, Im El Arquero booted through to trail the leader […]
Both 4YO QBRED Triad Finals fell the way of prominent owners Kevin and Kay Seymour as they landed back-to-back winners. Talented gelding French Fries (Captaintreacherous) proved too tough in the first of eight Group races on the harness racing program, as he captured the Group 2 QBRED Triad Final for 4YO Entires & Geldings at Albion […]
The Inter Dominion Championship Finals will be held at Albion Park on Saturday night. Here is our Albion Park preview, covering all 10 races on the card. A total of five Group 1 events will be staged on the final night of the Queensland Constellations. Leap To Fame clashes with Captains Mistress in the pacing […]
Gloucester Park hosts 10 races on Friday night, headlined by the Botra Cup Discretionary Handicap. A standing start event that features a capacity field of 12 runners. The lone backmarker in the race is Luvbite off a 40m handicap. It is $6 the field, such is the open nature of this event. Race seven will […]
The Inter Dominion Championship continues with the second round of heats at Albion Park on Saturday night. Here is our race-by-race preview for all 10 races. Defending champion Leap To Fame won his first-round heat and looks set to dominate the second round. Dangerous got the perfect draw to earn maximum points and qualify for […]
Gloucester Park hosts a 10-race card on Friday night and there are competitive fields throughout the meeting. No standout feature event this week, but the action is sure to be entertaining with plenty of open races, ensuring many horses have winning claims. Wagga will also see superstar three-year-old Hollywood Strip race. We will preview that […]
Four Group 1 races will be run and won at Menangle on Saturday night, including the Queen Elizabeth II Mile and NSW Oaks. Superstars Captains Mistress and Eye Keep Smiling contest the $200,000 Queen Elizabeth II Mile, although it is expected to be a one-sided race according to the market. A stacked NSW Oaks carries […]
Gloucester Park hosts nine races on Friday night with the Group 1 Fremantle Cup the headline act. There will be $300,000 in prizemoney up for grabs in the Fremantle Cup as most of The Nullarbor field collides again, including the winner of that race in Max Delight for trainer David Aiken. The Group 3 3YO […]
The Listed Sibelia Stakes at Menangle headlines Saturday’s harness racing action in Australia. In addition to Menangle, Bendigo has some quality harness racing with resuming trotter Tracy The Jet. Emma Stewart is rolling out some Oaks-bound talent with Arrhythmia and Willows Girl lining up in separate events. We will also look at some Saturday harness […]
Please note that Races 5 and 6 at Wagga were first published in HarnessLink’s The Insider newsletter. From early May, these will be exclusive to The Insider. Sign up for free to view exclusive news, race previews and analysis. Wagga is the focus on Saturday night with two $100,000 Riverina Championships Finals to be run at […]
Cranbourne Gold Cup Night takes centre stage for Saturday’s harness racing best bets preview. The Group 1 Cranbourne Gold Cup features a trio of superstars as Kingman, Leap To Fame and Swayzee collide. In the Group 1 Cranbourne Trotters Cup, Keayang Zahara will look to add more silverware to her remarkable resume. Supporting the two […]
Gloucester Park will have a nine-race card for Friday night, headlined by the Trotters Cup. A capacity field of trotters will compete in the Group 2 Trotters Cup, which is race six on the program. Majestic Ga Ga is chasing four-straight wins and she will need to overcome a 50m handicap. The main support race […]
Round four between Kingman and Leap To Fame highlights a massive Saturday harness racing preview for us at Harnesslink. The Ballarat Pacing Cup will see Grand Circuit stars Leap To Fame and Kingman compete against the defending champion Bulletproof Boy. Trotting megastar Keayang Zahara contests the Ballarat Trotters Cup, stablemate Jilliby Ballerini lines up in […]
Gloucester Park hosts a nine-race card and the sparks are set to fly in the Nights of Thunder Final over the sprint distance. A field of nine contests the $48,500 Nights of Thunder Final (1730m) and it should be a great spectacle to watch. In addition to the race-by-race Gloucester Park preview, we will be […]
Saturday harness racing features a match race between champion Leap To Fame and rising superstar Kingman in the Group 3 Shepparton Gold Cup (2690m). The Group 3 Shepparton Trotters Cup (2690m) features star trotter Arcee Phoenix competing against Im Bobby and Gotfeelingsyouknow. The free for all looks a competitive race and the 3YO event on […]
A full 10-race card returns to Gloucester Park on Friday night with heats of the Nights of Thunder and the Group 3 Trotters Sprint highlighting the program. Here is our race-by-race Gloucester Park harness racing preview for Friday, January 16. Race 1 We kick off the opening race with a mares event named in honour […]
Harness racing heats up on Saturday night with Bendigo (now being run at Melton) taking centre stage as the Bendigo Pacing Cup and Maori Mile boast some of the sport’s biggest names. The Group 2 Bendigo Pacing Cup will be run over 1720m this year and features New Zealand Trotting Cup winner Kingman, Sunshine Sprint […]
Eight races will be run and won at Gloucester Park on Friday night, as we see the return of Hugotastic in the free for all event. We bring you our race-by-race guide, including our best harness racing tips for Gloucester Park’s January 9 meeting. Race 1 ALTA ALLURE (6) is one of the class […]
Saturday night harness racing will be run at four venues, headlined by Leap To Fame contesting the FFA at Albion Park. Along with Queensland’s Albion Park meeting, Victoria will see pacing and trotting action at Cranbourne, New South Wales has a meeting at Newcastle, and Albany is the venue in Western Australia. Here are our […]
Gloucester Park will host nine races on Friday night’s metro card, and we have completed the form for every race. Here is our race-by-race Gloucester Park harness racing preview for Friday, January 2. Race 1 HEAVENLY WAGE (2) comes up with a good draw which will give driver Abbey Vidovich options. There is […]
Harness racing will be run at six venues on Saturday night with Albion Park, Melton and Menangle hosting their regular metropolitan meetings. Globe Derby in South Australia will stage finals of the Southern Cross series as part of a massive 11-race program. Here are our Saturday best bets for harness racing across the country. […]
Gloucester Park has a 10-race card on Friday night, headlined by the Christmas Belles and Christmas Gift. Both feature races are worth $50,000 in prize money – the Christmas Gift will be race five on the program and the Listed Christmas Belles for the mares will be the sixth race. Here is our race-by-race Gloucester […]