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Brilliant four year old Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) became the first harness racing mare to win the Group 1 $250,000 SEN Victoria Cup at Melton on Saturday night. As expected Captains Mistress went to the lead but momentarily gave away the front when Nyack charged around the field to take up the running. But as Nyack […]
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. […]
This weekend marks a hectic weekend of racing right around the national scene. Highlighting schedule is Saturday night’s showpiece Victoria Cup meeting at Melton where five Group 1s will be staged. The main event is the Group 1 SEN $250,000 Victoria Pacers Cup. And despite drawing a quality field the race looks Captains Mistress to […]
WONDER mare Captains Mistress is poised to create history from a perfect barrier draw in Saturday night’s Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton. No mare has won the Victoria Cup, dubbed the Cox Plate of harness racing, since its inception in 1974. But such has been Captains Mistress’ splash into the big league, she is […]
Inter Dominion champion Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) headlines nominations for the SEN Victoria Cup, with the $250,000 Group 1 feature set to take place at Melton on Saturday, October 17. The star mare, who claimed this year’s Inter Dominion crown, is among 18 horses nominated for one of Victoria’s premier pacing features. Trainer Jason Grimson has […]
COULD we see a late change of plans and Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) head to Melbourne for the Group 1 Victoria Cup on October 17? Connections had ruled out the race dubbed the Cox Plate of harness racing, but a stunning first-up win at Albion Park last Saturday night will surely have them thinking […]
Harness Racing Victoria’s efforts at promoting last Saturday Victoria Cup appear to have paid off following release of statistics from the evening. Such was the calibre of the top class field that betting turnover on the event was up 67 per cent on the previous year making this year’s edition as Victoria’s second-highest turnover harness […]
Kingman’s (Always B Miki) win in the $250,000 Group One Victoria Cup on Saturday night at Melton served to highlight a great breed that’s resurfaced at the highest level. Kingman was bred in New Zealand by the horse’s owner Australian Mick Harvey and is out of Dali mare Gotta Go Dali Queen, the winner of […]
Outstanding four year old Kingman (Always B Miki) showed that he is now in the big time when he upset Leap To Fame in the $250,000 Group 1 Sportsbet Victoria Cup at Melton on Saturday evening. His win was not without drama as not long after the start, Kingman galloped but fortunately was able to […]
There are just three more sleeps until the biggest night of top young driver Ryan Sanderson’s harness racing career. Not only will he drive in his first Victoria Cup – the Cox Plate of harness racing – on Bay Of Biscay (Somebeachsomewhere), but Sanderson also has a stunning set of feature drives outside of that. […]
TOP young harness racing driver Cam Hart said the barrier draw shaped his choice of drives in Saturday night’s $250,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton. With defending champion Swayzee out of the race, most expected Hart to reunite with young Victorian star Bay Of Biscay, who he drove to win the world’s richest harness […]
Superstar jockey Blake Shinn will go from riding great horses during the day to cheering one home on Saturday night. Key contender Caulfield Cup contender Vauban for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott headlines Shinn’s rides on Saturday before he heads home to watch champion pacer Leap To Fame try to add the Group 1 Victoria Cup […]
There has always been an aura about Harness Racing Victoria’s second biggest open class feature for the season, the $250,000 Victoria Cup, referred to by many as the ‘Cox Plate’ of harness racing. Field selection and barrier draws have made the race an intriguing event over the years, with champions from all over the country […]
The search is on. With defending champion Swayzee locked in for another tilt at the $250,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup, the drive on recently crowned TAB Eureka winner Bay Of Biscay is up for grabs. There’s no doubt Cam Hart will continue his long and amazing partnership with Swayzee, especially with a tilt at a […]
An untimely virus has ruined champion pacer Leap To Fame’s quest to complete harness racing’s “Grand Slam” in tomorrow night’s $300,000 Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton. Trainer-driver Grant Dixon said $3.2 million-earner “didn’t seem himself” early today, prompting him to call the vet. “It’s nothing bad, but the vet said he’s about 80 per cent and […]
The stars are set for the 2024 Sportsbet Victoria Cup and just one more piece of the harness racing puzzle remains before the running of the Grand Circuit classic this Saturday night at Melton Entertainment Park. Harness Racing Victoria handicappers settled the field of 12 on Monday afternoon, with defending champion Act Now joined by […]
This Victoria Cup has all the makings of the best race Australian harness racing has seen this year. The Hunter Cup was good, the Miracle Mile even better and the Blacks A Fake epic display of dominance from Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight). But the sheer depth of quality and the coming together of so many […]
Winning a Victoria Cup might be a great night, but winning a Victoria Cup and a Victoria Oaks on a stacked harness racing card from Melton might just be a thing of dreams. But that scenario became a reality for owner-breeders Bruce and Vicki Edward, who snared the Cup with Act Now (Somebeachsomewhere) and the […]
Five year old harness racing pacer Act Now (Somebeachsomewhere), ignored in betting at 80/1, got the job done in an action-packed and dramatic Group One Prydes Easifeed Victoria Cup at Melton (Oct 14). The feisty brown stallion kicked out in the stabling area before the race and scraped a hind leg, having to pass a […]
Rock N Roll Doo (Rock N Roll Heaven) will be out to cement his harness racing greatness by going back-to-back in Saturday night’s Pryde’s EasiFeed Victoria Cup. Trainer-driver Michael Stanley’s gelding has drawn gate three for his shot at defending the crown he won in emphatic style last October. The son of Rock N Roll […]
Scott Ewen’s grand old harness racing campaigner Bulletproof Boy (Art Official) has been granted a start in the Pryde’s EasiFeed Victoria Cup after trainer Emma Stewart withdrew Honolua Bay from the great race this morning. Stewart cited veterinary reasons for the scratching of this year’s A. G. Hunter Cup champion, who was set to be […]
Harness Racing Victoria’s second richest open class pacing feature the Pryde’s EasiFeed Victoria Cup, referred to by many as the Cox Plate of harness racing, has thrown a variety of results over the years, some roughies and some short-priced favourites. Such was the case at Moonee Valley in December 2003 when veteran NSW trainer/driver Harry Martin’s […]
Nathan Jack has only had two sits behind the brilliant Captain Ravishing (Captaintreacherous), but has already found similarities between him and champion harness racing pacer Im Themightyquinn. Jack partnered the triple Inter Dominion victor and winner of 58 races to placings in the A. G. Hunter Cup, Popular Alm Free For All and Cranbourne Cup […]
Star Queenslander Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) has retained TAB favouritsm for the Pryde’s EasiFeed Victoria Cup following this morning’s harness racing barrier draw. Grant Dixon’s colt currently sits as a $1.90 chance for the Grand Circuit classic after coming up with gate five (emergency Bulletproof Boy has three) and occupies the top line of […]
