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27 June 2022

Gloucester Park Review Friday 24th June 2022

Magnificent Storm delivers the goods Champion pacer Magnificent Storm, remarkable value at $3.70 (and $4 on the fixed market), answered his doubters in emphatic fashion when he did all the work in the breeze before surging away from his five rivals and scoring a superb victory in the $30,000 Members...

27 June 2022

Hamilton: Dream race beckons as Ladies In Red seeks Sun

THE wait is almost over. In many ways, Saturday week’s $305,000 Group 1 Rising Sun is the most anticipated race this year. Sure, King Of Swing’s Miracle Mile “farewell” was something special, but it’s the unique nature of the Rising Sun and sheer depth of talent aiming at...

27 June 2022

Legend Steve Turnbull hits 4000 career training wins

IT is just how Steve Turnbull wanted it. The biggest milestone of his career came on the last race of the night at an obscure meeting with his son driving the horse. You Cannot Hide’s win at Parkes last night (Saturday) gave the Bathurst-based Turnbull a staggering 4000th career training win. And...

25 June 2022

Queen set for a break after another Melton masterclass

Queen Elida will be sent for a break and set for some of the big features at the back end of the year after another classy display at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday night. Brent Lilley’s emerging megastar cruised to an 8.3m victory in the Group 2 IRT Australia Matriarch Trot and the Bolinda trainer...

25 June 2022

O'Sullivan, Pitt and Stewart shine on a night of milestones

It was a night of milestones at Melton on Saturday as drivers Shannon O'Sullivan and Mark Pitt and trainer Emma Stewart clocked up significant victories at Victorian harness racing headquarters. O'Sullivan scored her first metropolitan race success when Love Ina Chevy zipped home down the outside to...

25 June 2022

Phillips claims first Group 1 as Seb defies rivals at Redcliffe

Victorian reinswoman Michelle Phillips claimed her first Group 1 victory when a horse dear to her heart led all the way to win the Redcliffe Gold Cup on Saturday night. Phillips drove John Nicholson-trained Sebs Choice to victory in the $106,070 standing start feature, with the pair holding off a number...

25 June 2022

Bon takes aim at Tabcorp Park with wide-ranging game plan

Jason Bonnington has crafted his game plan for tonight’s meeting at Tabcorp Park Melton. He’s spent $300 and included a range of bets across the night-race card.

24 June 2022

The Redcliffe Cup The Most Powerful Meeting In The Club's History

FREAKISH three-year-old Ripp headlines the strongest race meeting in Redcliffe’s history. 3YO pacer Ripp and driver Doug Hewitt. Picture: National Trotguide The $106,000 Group 1 Redcliffe Gold Cup has attracted a tremendous field, but Ripp’s first-up run in the Group 3 Redcliffe Derby which...

24 June 2022

Brent Lilley says trotting mare Queen Elida is "the most exciting horse I've trained"

ONE of the great vagaries of Down Under harness racing is the relative success of trotting mares compared to their pacing compatriots. It is quite common to see one of our top trotting mares beat the boys on the biggest open-class stage, but almost never happens in pacing ranks. There are three mares...

24 June 2022

Statement from HRV Chairman on Martin Pakula

Following today’s announcement by the Minister for Racing, Martin Pakula, Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) Chairman Dale Monteith released this statement: “On behalf of the Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) Board and indeed all within the harness racing industry in Victoria, I thank Minister Pakula...

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