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A big weekend of harness racing is upon us and four Vicbred Super Series Finals for the 4YO pacers and trotters will be the highlight. Melton hosts two Group 1 and two Group 2 Vicbred Super Series Finals on Saturday night. The Mimosa Homes Free For All also looks an intriguing race on the program […]
A huge night of harness racing at Melton on Saturday with Vicbred Super Series night taking centre stage with more than $1 million in prizemoney up for grabs. Eight Group 1 feature races will be staged as the Vicbred Super Series Finals are run for the 2YO and 3YO pacers and trotters. Our focus will […]
Consistent pacer Most Exciting (Always B Miki) handled a treat by ace driver Kerryn Manning upset his more fancied stablemates when he outsprinted his rivals to take out the first semi final of the APG Vicbred Super Series for three year old colts and geldings at Melton on Saturday night. Drawn the pole Most Exciting […]
Verbici (Orlando Vici) continues his relentless march to the top with yet another polished harness racing performance to take out the first heat of the APG VicBred two year old trotters at Melton on Friday evening. Verbici had swept all before him in his previous five unbeaten starts and last night was no exception in […]
Howdy Mate (Elite Stride) is starting to reproduce the harness racing form of juvenile days as evidenced by his heat win in the APG VicBred Super Series for three year old trotters at Melton on Friday evening. Despite his good form, Howdy Mate was second favourite behind the highly rated Keayang Bazlenka who was resuming […]
Outstanding two year old filly Bumper Crop (On A Streak) extended her unbeaten record to four wins following a truly comprehensive harness racing win in the Second Heat of the APG VicBred Super Series Trotters fillies at Melton on Friday night. A false start did little to unsettle Bumper Crop and from the inside of […]
Gloucester Park hosts W Night with almost $1 million in prize money up for grabs. The Vicbred Super Series at Melton ramps up, while Menangle has star-studded horses competing. Read on for our harness racing best bets for the weekend. Two Group 1 and four Group 2 features headline Friday night’s W night with Westbred […]
The VicBred harness racing series is starting to hot up with heats and semi finals this Friday and Saturday night at Melton. On Friday night, it’s the Trotters turn with two heats of the two year old fillies. The first heat see’s Chris Svanosio’s promising filly Kyvalley Drifter up against the consistent Miss Muscle. Antii […]
Much improved filly La Cantatrice (Poster Boy) scored her third win on end and arguably her most impressive when she took out the first heat of the APG VicBred Super Series for two year old harness racing fillies at Melton on Friday evening. And her win was also due to a patient drive by Ewa […]
Prominent harness racing trainer Michael Stanley struck early with a double from the first three heats of the APG VicBred Series for three year old colts and geldings at Kilmore on Thursday night. Now based at Menangle the former Victorian Stanley won the second heat with Soho Trump (Captain Crunch) who once he found the […]
After last weekend’s exciting QBred Finals series at Albion Park, this weekend the attention turns on Victoria and their highly anticipated VicBred Series. Kilmore opens proceedings on Thursday evening with six heats for the colts and geldings and three heats for the fillies. It will make for interesting racing as there are no standouts so […]
The joys of what a Group 1 win can bring couldn’t be more evident than the smile that lit up 92-year-old majority owner Patsy Abrahams’ face after Rapid Return hit the line first in Saturday night’s Vicbred Super Series final for four-year-old harness racing trotting mares. The Goulburn Valley resident was forced to watch the […]
Perennial big race performer The Locomotive (Trixton) racked up the fifth Group 1 success of his harness racing career when he led all the way in the $100,000 Vicbred Super Series (4YO Trotting Entires & Geldings) Final at Melton. Sent out a prohibitive $1.15 favorite, The Locomotive had little trouble holding the lead from a […]
Talented harness racing reinswoman Jackie Barker scooped honours with a dashing drive to guide Iveseenheavenslight (Bettors Delight) to win the $100,000 Captain Crunch Two Year Old fillies final last night. It came just half an hour after Jackie had piloted Miki To Success (Always Be Miki) in the $100,000 Art Major Superbred for three year […]
Leading reinsman Greg Sugars added yet another Group 1 to his cap with outstanding colt Always Hot (Always B Miki) who powered to win the $100,000 Always B Miki Vicbred for two year old colts and geldings at Melton last night. Always On a well supported favourite maintained his unbeaten harness racing record now having […]
Outstanding young trotter Derek The Jet (Volstead) continued to build on his imposing picket fence form line in the Group 1 $100,000 Vicbred Super Series (3YO Trotting Colts & Geldings) harness racing Final at Melton. But he was made to earn it. Nathan Jack pressed forward from a wide draw and wrested the lead off […]
Unbeaten filly Keayang Zahara (Volstead) wowed racegoers with a stunning harness racing win in the Group 1 $100,000 Vicbred Super Series (3YO Trotting Fillies) Final at Melton. Keayang Zahara went head to head with another unbeaten Volstead filly Violet Stanford in what was billed as the highlight of the night. And the Margaret Lee trained […]
On a night when star harness racing performers strutted their stuff across 12 brilliant Group 1 Vicbred Super Series finals, perhaps the biggest and brightest of those to emerge was Keayang Zahara. The Margaret Lee-prepared squaregaiter kept her unbeaten record in tact with a simply stunning performance to win the $100,000 final for three-year-old trotting […]
There’s a saying in harness racing that one swallow doesn’t make a summer when it comes to a stallion-producing progeny who are success stories on the track. Fortunately for Swedish Group One winner, Volstead (Cantab Hall), despite producing small books from his limited early opportunities at stud, it hasn’t prevented him from stamping himself as […]
A new star was unearthed tonight (Sep. 16) at Melton after the Emma Stewart trained filly Susan Is Her Name (Sebastian K) scored a stunning win in the Group 1 Vicbred Super Series (3YO Trotting Fillies) Final. Sent out a $4 second elect, Susan Is Her Name galloped in the score up and gave her […]
Four-year-old harness racing mare Amore Vita (Art Major) has become just the second female pacer to complete a clean sweep of the Vicbred series after winning tonight’s $150,000 Rock N Roll Heaven Vicbred Super Series Final for 4YO Mares in the hands of driver Chris Alford. The New Zealand owned Amore Vita previously won the […]
They say good things come in threes and for champion harness racing trainer, Emma Stewart, her third Group One success on Vicbred Super Series Final’s night at Melton also happened to be her second consecutive trifecta. He’s Watching filly, Draw A Dream, justified her short priced favouritism with an arrogant performance in the $150,000 2YO […]
An astute recent purchase by Andy Gath provided him with a Group 1 harness racing win after Solesseo Matuca (A Rocknroll Dance) took out the Vicbred Super Series (4YO Entires & Geldings) Final at Melton tonight. Runner up in his semi-final after facing the breeze, Solesseo Matuca was given a cosy run by Kate Gath […]
Captaintreacherous colt Petracca made it nine wins from 12 starts tonight (Sep. 16) after he easily won the Group One Vincent $150,000 3YO Colts & Geldings Vicbred Super Series Final in the hands of harness racing driver Mark Pitt. A raging $1.10 favourite in the race, Petracca led from barrier one and controlled the race […]
