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10 December 2018

Hugo's a go go

IT DIDN’T take Lochinvar Hugo long to return to the winners’ circle. Successful at his first five South Australian starts, Lochinvar Hugo was beaten at Globe Derby when second-up from a spell a fortnight ago. Returning to the same venue last night, the son of Sportswriter proved too slick...

10 December 2018

Final Inters Heat Review by Len Baker

Favourites roll in as the All Stars claim two Cranbourne played host to the third and final round of Inter Dominion heats over 2555 metres on Saturday December 8, where favourites prevailed in all five heats. It was the all conquering “All Stars” combination of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen...

10 December 2018

Lang draws three for both TAB ID18 Grand Finals

Champion driver Gavin Lang secured gate three for both his 2018 TAB Inter Dominion pacing and trotting drives at this morning's barrier draw. Held at Zinc Federation Square on the banks of the Yarra, the TAB ID18 Barrier Draw and Breakfast of Champions attracted plenty of guests and grabbed the attention...

10 December 2018

The luck of the draw and colour of the ID18 carnival

It was a monster TAB Inter Dominion morning at Federation Square for the Breakfast of Champions and Barrier Draw, when HRV HERO paraded the Yarra and the all-important starting gates were drawn.

9 December 2018

Frisby throw at stumps hits target as Our Uncle Sam makes ID18 Grand Final

Back in 2005, Chris Frisby realised one of his major harness racing dreams. His talented son of Fake Left, Dinki Di, a family-bred gelding, won the Shirley Turnbull Memorial at Bathurst. “For 18 years I have been trying to win this race,” Frisby said at the time.

9 December 2018

Hammer time as Martello dares to dream ID18

The morning after three of his horses secured berths in TAB Inter Dominion grand finals, passionate trots owner Dom Martello is both dreaming of an ID18 trophy and studying pedigrees for future sales. “I bought all these horses as yearlings,” he says proudly, pointing at the fact that last...

9 December 2018

Tiger Tara eyes top billing after Round 3 Heat triumph

A positive barrier draw on Monday morning could shift the TAB Inter Dominion market momentum back the way of New South Wales superstar Tiger Tara (pictured right with trainer Kevin Pizzuto by Ashlea Brennan). One month after a heartbreaker in the New Zealand Trotting Cup, when Tiger Tara basically deserved...

9 December 2018

Heat's over as Tornado breezes through to ID18 Grand Final

For the first time something went wrong in Tornado Valley’s campaign and even it couldn’t stop the talented trotter completing a clean sweep of its TAB Inter Dominion trotting heats. Despite a loose bandage flailing in the straight Andy and Kate Gath’s Long Forrest trotter produced...

8 December 2018

Lochinvar Art makes stunning return with Caduceus Club Cup win

Laura Crossland-trained three-year-old Lochinvar Art made a stunning return to the racetrack tonight in the Caduceus Club 3YO Cup at Cranbourne. The son of Modern Art covered ground early before making ground from the back, racing home to a 3.9m win in a mile rate of 1:55.9, upstaging $1.40 favourite...

7 December 2018

Australian Pacing Gold purchases to dominate Group Three Cup

AUSTRALIAN Pacing Gold purchases are poised to dominate tomorrow night’s Caduceus Club Cup. Not only are APG stock well represented in numbers, they also dominate betting markets thanks to some stellar form. Six of the nine runners in the $30,000 are APG graduates. Winner of his three starts, Demon...

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