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17 December 2025

Eye-Catchers: Luvtobeuptome a shining light in third

Using replays and horse sectional times, let’s look to find future winners from Saturday night racing at Melton Entertainment Park. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FULL EPISODE

17 December 2025

Atkinson ready to fire for new stable

Matthew Atkinson is making the move to the Western Districts to join the powerful Nathan Turnbull stable at Bathurst. The 16-year-old was raised in the Southern Highlands and has grown up around harness racing, working alongside his father Dean, an accomplished trainer at the family’s Marulan property....

17 December 2025

Neville Gath to be remembered next Monday

A memorial service celebrating the life of Neville Gath will be held at Melton Entertainment Park on Monday, December 22 at 12noon. All family, friends and members of the racing community are welcome. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AT THETROTS.COM.AU

17 December 2025

Marshall building something special at Mount Wallace

Former Kiwi horseman Kyle Marshall is on the crest of a wave. His move from Cranbourne to a 30-acre property at Mount Wallace, not far from Ballarat, has been inspired. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT THETROTS.COM.AU

17 December 2025

Breeders Crown meeting saved despite 'track curator's worst nightmare'

The quick-acting and dedicated efforts of the Harness Racing Victoria track maintenance team are being credited with saving Saturday night’s rich Breeders Crown meeting. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY AT THETROTS.COM.AU

17 December 2025

Wharton: Ray Sellwood's recipe for Success

The old adage that it takes a few decades to become an overnight success was borne out with Undera grazier and hobby breeder Ray Sellwood, whose terrific season got even better when the exciting two-year-old filly Arrhythmia beat a star-studded field in the $100,000 Breeders Crown Final at Melton on...

16 December 2025

This Tassie star is on the rise

IT is a decade since the mighty Beautide won the second of his two Inter Dominion crowns and now Tasmanians believe they have another horse good enough to give harness racing’s biggest event a serious shake. The excitement around the untapped Triedtotellya is immense and still growing. It was fuelled...

16 December 2025

Pitt in awe of Loucasso

MARK Pitt believes boom juvenile Loucasso can create history in next year’s $2.1mil TAB Eureka. Fresh from last night’s mesmerising Breeders Crown win, connections confirmed Loucasso would try and become the first three-year-old to win the TAB Eureka. His stablemates Bay Of Biscay (2024)...

15 December 2025

Sun shining on Golden Sunset

Here’s a fact that’s gone largely unnoticed - until now. Classy mare Golden Sunset is the only Queensland-trained trotter to win a heat of the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship. Ever! The first ever Inter Dominion Trotting Championship series was first staged in 1948 at Alexandra Park,...

15 December 2025

TOC'S TAKEAWAYS: Farewell Joey, what a legacy you leave

Some of the bits and pieces that caught Tim O’Connor’s eye in the world of harness racing… CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL COLUMN AT THETROTS.COM.AU

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