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Kaden Elliott has claimed his first training victory with Luck From Above taking out race six at Pinjarra on Monday, expertly driven by Kyle Harper. The win was particularly special for the 25-year-old, who has had just six starters since gaining his trainer’s licence in recent months and currently has two horses in his stable. […]
Western Australia will be represented by Shannon Suvaljko and Deni Roberts at the 2025 Australian Drivers Championship, taking place at Elwick Racecourse in Hobart on Sunday, December 21. The championship brings together two leading drivers from each state to compete in a series of heats, with drives drawn at random. Since its inception in 2014, […]
The third meeting of the season at Collie delivered a thrilling day of harness racing, with the $8000 Joe & Margaret Suvaljko Memorial taking centre stage. Feature race specialist Awaitinginstructions proved too sharp for his rivals over the 2670m standing start, showcasing his trademark speed and tactical brilliance. Starting from a 10m handicap, the pint-sized […]
It took 64 starts, but Tilthesunsets NZ (Majestic Son) finally found the harness racing winner’s circle and he did it win a 16m winning margin just for good measure. On Monday at Pinjarra, the six-year-old trotter broke through for his first career victory, delivering a well-earned win for trainer Nigel Johns, driver Chris Lewis, and […]
Australian harness racing legend Gary Hall Jnr is set to take on the world’s best next month as he represents Australia in the prestigious 2025 World Drivers Championship, held across New Zealand from November 2 to 11. With an impressive career spanning 17 years, Hall Jnr has amassed a staggering 4,208 race wins, including 71 […]
All eyes will be on Gloucester Park this Friday night when the best of the two-year-olds go head-to-head in the $150,000 Group 1 Golden Slipper, but only one can be crowned the winner, who will it be? Gary Hall Jnr had the choice of three drives in the feature, with D Mac NZ (Downbytheseaside) drawn […]
Never Ending (Sweet Lou) makes his return this Friday night after a nine-month hiatus from the races, and for the Justin Prentice stables, there is a sense of relief to see the impressive five-year-old back at the races. After finishing fifth in the Gr1 Golden Nugget in December 2024, the decision was made to send […]
Kyle Harper became the latest driver to enter the 1000 club, with Always Changin delivering the milestone win on Friday night at Gloucester Park at incredible $126 odds. It was fitting that he took out the milestone win on board a Maryann White horse, with the York based stable giving Harper his first ever drive […]
Mighty Ronaldo (Alta Christiano) joined an elite few when he became the most recent westbred horse to earn in excess of $1million in stakemoney, a feat that many can only dream of. Bred by Trevor Lindsay and purchased by his large ownership group managed by prominent owner Glen Mortimor at the 2019 Perth Yearling Sales […]
Aiden De Campo has a serious filly in his very astute hands, but he’s not one to compare, but going into next week’s Diamond Classic final he’s confident with where Wishing Belle’s (Bettors Wish) tracking at this stage of her harness racing prep. “I’m happy with the horse, the barrier draw is always a great […]
Racing WA farewells Tim Walker this week after an incredible 10 years on air and behind the scenes at TABradio as he embarks on his next journey as the Communications Coordinator at the WACA, a massive loss for the racing industry here in the west. A love of racing saw him excel at Racing WA, […]
Hard-working Victorian harness racing stable foreman Ross Payne is enjoying a richly deserved purple patch of driving form. Payne has been taking the reins alongside junior concession reinswoman Taylor Youl while their boss, Chris Svanosio, is campaigning stable stars Arcee Phoenix and Aldebaran Acrux at the Brisbane Inter Dominion series. “We’ve been ticking along okay […]
There was no more deserving harness racing winner on Friday night at Gloucester Park than Hunt The Magic (Huntsville), with the five-year-old and her connections overcoming one of the most traumatic situations a horse owners could experience, almost losing her to colic in June 2024. “For her to survive the surgery and because obviously a […]
After another stellar week for the junior drivers in WA, Liam ‘Fluffy’ Elliott became the latest concession driver to claim his first metropolitan win, a moment he won’t ever forget. “It was a really big thrill and hard to put into words. I had run a lot of seconds, so it was a sense of […]
Abbey Vidovich made her race day debut in October 2024 and just eight months later she made her metropolitan harness racing debut, and once again she didn’t have long to wait for that elusive first win. Vidovich had her drivers licence upgraded last week and on her first drive at Gloucester Park she claimed the […]
A 60-year breeding journey has delivered its ultimate reward for southwest Victorian father-and-son team Gary and Darryl Lawlor — the “best horse we’ve ever had”. Four-year-old mare Sweet Ideal (Sweet Lou) is turning heads again in 2025 after a breakout three-year-old season that included five consecutive wins and a start in the Breeders Crown final. […]
Emily Suvaljko couldn’t be driving in any better form as she is of late, and it’s in the perfect time as she gets ready to head to Queensland in July to represent WA as she contests her final Australasian Young Drivers Championship. “I’ve always been quite lucky in these types of things, I think I’ve […]
Luke Edwards joined the 100 club on Tuesday night at Gloucester Park when Dont Goin Thewater brought up the harness racing stables 100th training success just 13 years after it all started for the now 35-year-old. “I’ve been stuck on 99 for about a month or so, the last couple of times I’ve been at […]
With his first WA crop of harness racing foals just hitting the track, WA sire Captain Ahab’s progeny are beginning to shine with both the fillies and Colts and Geldings WestSired Finals at Bunbury on Saturday night taken out by Captain Ahab USA foals. The Gibellini bred Aussie Captain was first to salute in the […]
Harness racing at the Central Wheatbelt is back for 2025 and although storms in the area caused a delay throughout the day, not even a little bit of rain could put a dampener on the day. Trainer Hayden Reeves walked away with training honours with a training treble on the day, taking out three of […]
WA’s junior drivers are reaping the rewards of the new national rating system and the opportunities offered by Racing WA, and on Saturday night at Bunbury in-form junior harness racing driver Joseph Suvaljko walked away with a driving treble. The junior drivers are just one win away from surpassing the yearly tally from 2024, with […]
Finland native Anna Hiltunen will be making her Australian debut in the coming weeks after completing her required trials, with another junior driver set to emerge here in the west. No stranger to the sulky or racing for that matter, Hiltunen decided she wanted more for her life and wanted to experience more racing and […]
Racing WA hosted the 2024 Harness Racing Awards and WA Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 22 at the prestigious Crown Perth with WA’s leading trainers, drivers and horses rewarded for their efforts throughout the 2024 season. Three new groups were inducted into the WA Racing Hall of Fame: The Porter family, Bob Pollock and […]
Nullarbor Navajo became WA’s fastest mare on Monday when she claimed the Dr Ed Dewar Golden Girls Mile in a blistering 1:50:6. Blessed with barrier one in the $35,000 feature at Pinjarra on Monday, no one could have predicted she would end up three back on the pegs, but with Penny Black NZ shifting up […]
