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The world champion Warrawee Needy 1:46.8 ($1.2 million), who stands at Yirribee Pacing Stud, Wagga (NSW) where Cattlewash heads a select sire list, is heading for his best season on record. As at July 28, Warrawee Needy has left 42 individual winners this season including nine three-year-old winners and they have banked $590,508 in stakemoney. […]
The 2024 Canadian 3YO Colt of the Year and North America Cup champion Nijinsky 3, 1:47.6 ($1,486,907) has joined the stallion strength at Yirribee Pacing Stud, Wagga for the coming season. “We are extremely excited to be standing Nijinsky at Yirribee. He has outstanding credentials as a commercial stallion and will certainly meet the demand […]
A well-known harness racing family from central New South Wales has purchased the renowned Yirribee Pacing Stud, regarded for many years as one of the leaders of the Australian standardbred breeding industry. The Picker family, of Bigga, in the Southern Tablelands, about an hour from Goulburn, will take over the picturesque property on December 14. […]
Brilliant Tintin In America three-year-old Teddy Disco wrote himself into the harness racing history books when he scored a runaway success in the Group 2 $52,000 Redcliffe Yearling Sales Series 3YO Final last Friday night (June 17). Despite sitting parked throughout, Teddy Disco scored by 24 metres at a 1:56.8 rate for 2040 metres. Teddy […]
The Tintin In America gelding Chicago Gangster is proving a smart two-year-old – he has won two of his four starts to date – and could develop into one of the best his age this harness racing season. Chicago Gangster gave another sample of his class when he out-sprinted his rivals in the Group 3 […]
Harness racing’s North America Cup winner Fear The Dragon left five individual three-year-old winners in America this week. They included Odds On Capitalism, who won the $30,000 Nobleland Sam Final in 1:51.4, and Fear The Queen, winner of a heat of the Buckeye Stallion Series in 1:52.6 at Scioto Downs, Ohio. Other recent winners sired […]
When the Warrawee Needy four-year-old Uncle Shank emerged successful at Albion Park last Saturday (May 28) he took his earnings beyond the $100,000 plateau and hoisted a fresh lifetime mark of 1:51.8. A dual Group winner at three, Uncle Shank boasts the impressive harness racing record of 11 wins and a placing from 18 starts […]
The North America Cup winner Fear The Dragon, whose frozen semen is available from Yirribee Pacing Stud, was represented by his first Australian harness racing winner when the two-year-old Imperial Power emerged successful at Dubbo recently. Fear The Dragon also sired nine individual three-year-old winners in America and Canada this week and his first crop […]
The progeny of former superstar pacer Tintin In America are firing on all fours . . . on both sides of the Tasman. The Yirribee Pacing Stud flagship sired a winning double at the Menangle midweek meeting with the two-year-old Chicago Gangster (1:56.8) and the promising three-year-old Mahomes (1:53.1). Other Tintin winners were Middlepage (1:56.5), […]
Promising three-year-old harness racing filly Tigerlicious, one of the first small crop of the Inter Dominion hero and Horse of the Year Tiger Tara, who stands at Yirribee Pacing Stud, kept her unbeaten record in tact at Penrith. The filly led from end-to-end in a 1:59.7 rate over 1720 metres. She finished runner-up at her […]
The Tintin In America gelding Tim’s A Trooper, a Group 1 winner as a two-year-old last season, posted his second win at Group level in the $52,000 APG Gold Bullion Final at Albion Park. Despite sitting parked throughout, the gelding proved a class above his rivals, scoring by half a length. The mile rate was […]
A spate of winners in America this week from the first crop of North America Cup winner Fear The Dragon, whose frozen semen is available in Australia from harness racing’s Yirribee Pacing Stud, has sent his progeny earnings beyond the $1 million mark. His winners included Odds On Capitalism (1:51.6), Pearl Snaps (1:52.2), Type A […]
Rod Woodhouse said a desire to spend more time with his family was the reason behind his decision to sell his hugely successful harness racing stud, Yirribee Pacing Stud. “Old age has got me. I’ve got four kids and none of them are interested in taking over. They’re happy with what they are doing. I’d […]
Yirribee Pacing Stud resident sire Tintin In America had a red-letter weekend when he left harness racing feature race winners in two States. Rippin Rupert, a two-year-old gelding, powered home from midfield to capture the Group 2 $50,000 NSW Sapling Stakes in 1:53.2 at Menangle at only his second start. The following night Nerano NZ […]
Talented Tintin In America mare Smooth Rye completed back-to-back wins at Menangle when she outsprinted a smart field in the Group 3 $30,600 Mares’ feature on Saturday night (March 5). It was her 12th success and increased her bankroll to more than $70,000. Tintin In America was also represented by the Globe Derby Park victor […]
Smart Million Dollar Cam entire Our Millionaire picked up his third Victorian country cup success when he effortlessly won the Group 2 $60,000 Horsham Pacing Cup. He led every step of the way to win by two lengths in a 1:57.6 rate over 2700 metres including a 55.2 seconds last half. It was Our Millionaire’s […]
The highlight of the Gloucester Park midweek harness racing meeting this week was turned on by the Tintin In America gelding Middlepage, who broke soon after the start and gave the leaders 50 metres start. With two laps to run he was still 30 metres from the leaders, and his chance could have been written […]
Medieval Man, a son of the multiple Group winner Renaissance Man, now standing at Yirribee Pacing Stud, hoisted a career-best 1:57.9 winning at Gloucester Park last Friday night (January 14). The five-year-old gelding led from the outset and reeled off a 57.2 seconds final 800 metres to leave his rivals gasping in his wake. He […]
Warrawee Flyer, a three-year-old filly by the world champion Warrawee Needy, and one of his second crop, posted back-to-back successes at Albion Park in the space of four days. The filly rated 1:58.5 and 1:59.4 over the 1660 metres trip. Warrawee Needy has now sired 27 individual winners from 46 starters from 70 foals of […]
Talented Tintin In America mare Common Courtesy won two races in the space of five days recently. The four-year-old mare took out the Cranbourne 10000 Final and then won the Vicbred Platinum Pace in a career-best 1:57.6 at Ballarat. On both occasions she came from absolute last. Ideal In Dreams, a Group 2 winning two-year-old […]
Lady Jadore, the Group 1 winning daughter of Tintin In America, made a triumphant return to the winners’ circle at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night (November 16). The three-year-old filly led throughout in a 1:58.1 rate over 2130 metres, carving out the last three quarters in 29.2, 28.6 and 29.1. https://www-harness-org-au.akamaized.net/wa/GPC16112103.mp4 It was her fourth […]
November 6, 2021 was certainly a red letter night for the leading NSW Riverina-based stud, Yirribee Pacing Stud. The resident stallions Tintin In America, Warrawee Needy and Million Dollar Cam sired five feature race winners on the night including three Group successes. Yirribee Pacing Stud also bred the winners of both Group 2 $50,000 NSW […]
Brilliant Warrawee Needy colt Uncle Shank extended his winning sequence to four when he led throughout at Albion Park on Thursday night (November 4). The three-year-old rated a brisk 1:53.5 over 1660 metres with the last 800 in 55.4. Uncle Shank has won eight of his 11 starts for more than $50,000 in stakes. Tintin […]
Talented Warrawee Needy filly Rockindownuder, one of the first crop of the former world mile record holder who is now standing at Yirribee Pacing Stud, continues to prove herself among the top bracket of her age and sex in Queensland. The filly, raced by a large group of owners, exploded along the passing lane to […]
