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The newly crowned Inter Dominion champions Captain’s Mistress and Gus both belong to long established harness racing families and both hail from New Zealand’s Southland district. Captain’s Mistress, who was bred by Winton couple Todd and Fleur Anderson, trading as Taffy Limited, traces back to the taproot Nora, a mare by the thoroughbred Glencoe foaled […]
Former Kiwi gelding Belmont Royale (Betterthancheddar) took full advantage of a sweet trip to capture his second $18,000 Open for the year at Saratoga Raceway on Monday (July 6). He clocked 1:52.4. BELMONT ROYALE N REPLAY Jilliby Dynamite, a Victorian bred gelding, overcame the outside No. 9 gate and a torrid passage to win by […]
The progeny of past or present Woodlands Stud stallions accounted for four of the winners on the bumper 10 race Redcliffe Cup program last Saturday. Final Deadline, the convincing winner of the Group 2 $106,070 Redcliffe Gold Cup, is a four-year-old son of Woodlands’ flagship stallion Bettor’s Delight, who has sired a record six winners of the Peninsula club’s signature event. He joins Loyalist […]
The A Rocknroll Dance gelding Mossdale Ben took full advantage of a perfect trip to win $250,000 Grade 2 Battle of Lake Erie by a nose in 1:48.8 at Northfield Park on Saturday (June 6). It was his 22nd harness racing success and improved his stake tally to $902,069. MOSSDALE BEN N REPLAY Another NZ bred, Louie’s Girl, […]
Breckon Farms took the harness racing breeding honours at Cambridge Raceway last Friday (June 5) with a winning double on the night. Lucky Luka (Bettor’s Delight) started the ball rolling when he came from third last and a conservative 30 metres from the leaders with a paralysing finishing burst to win at his second start. […]
French bred stallions captured three of the four trotting finals of the Nutrien Classic Sales Race Series at the $1 million race night at Wagga last Saturday. The trio – Orlando Vici, Brillantissime and Love You – along with the North American import On A Streak are all members of the past or present sire roster at Pat Driscoll’s Yabby Dam Farms, Ballarat, Victoria. Orlando Vici, a millionaire son of Quadrophenio, figures as the sire of Verbici, the runaway winner of the $75,000 […]
This content was first released to The Insider subscribers. Don’t wait days for the edge on the latest news. Get our previews, selections, and insights early by joining our free newsletter The Insider. The Captaintreacherous eight-year-old Captain Crusader, who was bred by Brooklyn Lodge and the La Spina family, earned a new harness racing speed badge of 1:49 when […]
A pair of weanling colts by the world champion and 2023 USA Horse of the Year Confederate are expected to be highly sought after at the Australian Pacing Gold Autumn online mixed sale to be held on May 24 and 25. A total of 55 lots have been entered for the sale. The first of the Confederate colts is out of the Rock N Roll […]
