Following the change of the racing season to a calendar year, Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) has taken the decision to move the Need for Speed three-year-old trotters’ series from February to later in the year. The heats will take place on Thursday August 25, 2022, at Maryborough with the Finals and Consolations taking place on […]
Former European Grand Circuit star Quaker Jet is leaving some smart young trotters from his first crops in Victoria. With his oldest stock racing as four-year-olds, Quaker Jet has left 13 winners from 24 foals including the very promising Quake Proof, who posted his third success at Cranbourne on Sunday (September 26). Revelstoke, a two-year-old […]
Tornado Valley could be back at the trials next week as connections plot one last campaign with the champion squaregaiter. The nine-year-old has so far fallen short in his bid to become just the ninth Australasian-bred trotter to reach the $1 million prizemoney mark, being beaten in his last three trips to the races. This […]
The resurgence of square-gaiters in New South Wales has made many of the leading stables go in search of a trotter or two, to get a slice of the harness racing action. And no stable has done it better than Lucky Lodge, where KerryAnn Morris and her husband Rob operate one of the most successful […]
The comparisons to Pink Galahs are inevitable and there’s starting to be a really good spruik around for stablemate Aldebaran Tess. Mattie Craven’s rangy mare has won all three races as a four-year-old, including Saturday night’s Alamora Tarneit Now Selling Trot at Kilmore. The victory, in a slick 1:58.8 mile rate over the 2180m trip, […]
Friday night’s return could well be a stepping stone to stars and stripes for Always Ready, with Yabby Dam Farms revealing ambitious plans for their talented trotter. Co-trainer Anton Golino told SEN Track today the stable hoped the five-year-old’s tilt at a star-studded John Slack Memorial Trotters Cup at Ballarat could get the ball rolling […]