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We were thrilled to welcome over 200 guests to our Stallion Open Day on Saturday at Wai Eyre Farm. Held in partnership with Yabby Dam Farms, the stallion parade meant breeders were able to view many of our stallions for the first time in the flesh, and in perfect weather conditions. All stallions were presented […]
Quality trotting mare Eurostyle (Orlando Vici) has been retired. “We’re gutted. I brought her into her box one morning and her hind joint was swollen and she couldn’t put her leg on the ground. It’s turned out that she’s torn some ligaments. She’s sound now and at the stud, but she could easily damage it […]
Duke of Bourbon (Face Time Bourbon) cost $240,000 and although he had one win under his belt has cost punters a bit of money to prior to winning tonight’s Addington feature. But on a big track, racing left handed for the first time and having to endure a false start, the colt gave some back […]
Kumeu trainer Roydon Downey loves his trotters and all twenty of his winners have been in that gait. It’s extra special to Downey that they are all from the Sanchiola bloodline which was developed by his late father Errol. “It’s a pretty good breed. The grandmother (Sanchiola) was a good mare and won fifteen in […]
In Range Tr 3, 1:51.8 ($793,037), a brilliant Stakes-winning grandson of Muscle Hill whose frozen semen is available to Australasian breeders for the first time this season from Yabby Dam Farms, Ballarat, had a red-letter day at The Meadowlands, New Jersey on Saturday night (August 1). The young stallion left the fastest winner of the […]
Despite uncertain times, Paul Howlett, Canterbury blacksmith, breeder and owner, remains positive about harness racing’s future. “I leave it to the people that get paid well. I just worry about putting shoes on horses and getting young people into the game. I just love going to the races with my mates and having a few […]
Most harness racing horses buddy up with dozens of stablemates during their racing careers – but not Victorian square gaiters Against The Bridle and At The Distance. The two six-year-old geldings have been lifelong companions, sharing the same paddock almost every day since they were born just 11 days apart in October 2019. If one […]
After finishing fifth in the Lyell Creek Stakes in Auckland in March, the trainers of Bet N Win (What The Hill) decided something was not quite right with their star trotter, so he was unable to defend is Rowe Cup title. Remaining up north, he was sent to the Matamata Vet Clinic where he underwent […]
A win by harness racing debutant La Venture would cap off quite the few days for New Zealand-based sire On A Streak at Addington on Wednesday. The Michael Purdon-trained filly will line up in Race 6, the Bond Racing/The Southern Connection 2YO Mobile Trot (7.35pm) following a trial win at Rangiora last week. Against just […]
Victorian Breeder of the Year Michael “Mick” Harvey has made a bold statement at the 2026 Nutrien Yearling Sale, securing a blueblood trotting filly for a record-breaking $250,000, the highest price ever paid for a trotting filly at auction in Australasia. The filly, a daughter of global trotting sensation Walner (USA), boasts one of the […]
Famous as a leader in global breeding, the Nagambie-based nursery Aldebaran Park, which is conducted by Melbourne breeder-owner Duncan McPherson OAM, has been a cornerstone of Australian trotting breeding since 2004. Over the years the farm has bred and raised countless winners at the diagonal gait. The list includes the Breeders Crown champions Aldebaran Zeus […]
The trotters took a fair share of the limelight at today’s NZB Standardbred Sales in Christchurch. The Walner – Egee Money filly presented by Yabby Dam Farms and prepared by Laura Smith topped the Sale and was purchased by Stonewall Stud for $290,000. “NZB have done a great job and Laura Smith has prepared her […]
Most young people would run a mile if they were asked to prepare eighteen high end yearlings for next month’s NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales at Karaka, but not twenty four year old Jamie Bartlett. “I was lucky enough to work at Alabar which gave me a lot of confidence. I’ve learned from a young age, […]
Yabby Dam Farms has bred the first New Zealand winner for Elitloppet winner Timoko Fra. Tetrick saluted at Oamaru on Wednesday, January 21. The 4yo started his career in Queensland, where he had one win before crossing the Tasman to NZ. Timoko has had only four Australian-bred starters, with three being winners. While there’s a […]
Some of the biggest names among the trotting stallion ranks in Europe and North America have strong representation in the catalogue for next month’s NZB Yearling Sales at Karaka and Christchurch. The list includes global hot properties such as Walner, Ready Cash, Face Time Bourbon and Orlando Vici, emerging young sires in On A Streak […]
The Bathurst Harness Racing Club has announced the Bathurst Gold Coronet for three-year-old trotters will have an elevated purse of $60,000 and Group 1 status for the next three years. The 300 per cent prizemoney hike is a collaboration between Victorian-based nursery Yabby Dam Farms, Harness Racing NSW and the Bathurst Harness Racing Club. The […]
The Bathurst Harness Racing Club has announced the Bathurst Gold Coronet for three-year-old trotters will have an elevated purse of $60,000 and Group 1 status for the next three years. The 300 percent prizemoney hike is a collaboration between Victorian-based nursery Yabby Dam Farms, Harness Racing NSW and the Bathurst Harness Racing Club. The $60,000 […]
A breeding program based on careful planning when selecting broodmares and suitable stallions, good diet and good pastures reached a crescendo for Ballarat breeder Pat Driscoll at Melton on Saturday night. Driscoll’s Yabby Dam Farms bred an amazing four harness racing winners on the night including three of the four Nutrien Equine Classic Trotting series […]
As the 2025/2026 stud season approaches, we are pleased to share some exciting updates regarding our two stallions standing at Wai Eyre Farm in New Zealand – On A Streak and All Cashed Up. Pat Driscoll, of Yabby Dam Farms / Haras des Trotteurs, and Daryl Brown, of Wai Eyre Farm, have entered into a new partnership aimed at […]
Obtaining the best possible international and local trotting genetics has been the Haras Des Trotteurs/Yabby Dam Farms’ mantra since being founded by Ballarat trotting breeder Pat Driscoll in 2014. In the upcoming breeding season the stud is offering seven chilled stallions and five frozen semen stallions. These stallions combined with YDF consistently breeding 40 to […]
Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America brought to you by Yabby Dam Farms & Racing! Yabby Dam Racing, principal Pat Driscoll’s dream to breed and race world class trotters was born after seeing a billboard on the Champs Elysees in Paris advertising the famous trotting […]
Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America brought to you by Yabby Dam Farms & Racing! Yabby Dam Racing, principal Pat Driscoll’s dream to breed and race world class trotters was born after seeing a billboard on the Champs Elysees in Paris advertising the famous trotting […]
Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America brought to you by Yabby Dam Farms & Racing! Yabby Dam Racing, principal Pat Driscoll’s dream to breed and race world class trotters was born after seeing a billboard on the Champs Elysees in Paris advertising the famous trotting […]
Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America brought to you by Yabby Dam Farms & Racing! Yabby Dam Racing, principal Pat Driscoll’s dream to breed and race world class trotters was born after seeing a billboard on the Champs Elysees in Paris advertising the famous trotting […]
