Forum: Australia Harness Racing

Hi All Have to head over to Melbourne next week and was thinking of stopping by Ballarat for the Cup next Saturday night. With the 3 ID Trotting heats, the Pure Steel and the Cup itself it should be a good nights racing. Just wondering...

Watch Sushi as he turns into the straight, Sugars ever so lightly taps his rump with the whip and the horses bum literally jumps ever so slightly like he was telling Sugars he didn't like it...and proceeds to drift up the track a tad. Now he hasn't...

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Any of you learned gentlemen or ladies heard about this .Just finshed reading about it and the trainers that got done for it included quite a few well know ones. I will add this is not recently but in the not too distant past and some of the...

The driver of SIMIONI NZ (V Langdon) was fined the sum of $200 under Rule 156(3)(c) for using his whip outside the confines of his sulky shortly after the start. When assessing penalty Stewards were mindful that this was driver V Langdon’s second...

This year there are no official yearling sale videos being done. Benstud have arranged for their draft all to be videoed, but not the traditional way, rather like the US yearling videos where you can actually see the yearlings pacing from both...

Do you guys like anything at longer odds ? I'm on Lombo Navigator @ $150 & $41. I'm a fan of the horse and from a nice draw and with a Howard James Drive of the Century could upset. and @ $8.50 Mr Feelgood looks interesting. Terrible drive...

Just read stewards report from Albury that they breath tested all drivers and they were all clear.Wouldn t have happened in good old days .Know of one driver who used to be helped into cart after a few drinks to ease the nerves. I guess you older...

Could someone please explain how a v75 works? I am curious to find out more as most websites have little detail or are not in english even a link that has some more info would be greatly appreciated ? Thank you for taking the time to read this...

An inquiry was opened into the circumstances surrounding DONNAS X FACTOR NZ shifting out near the 200 metres which in turn afforded TRIUMPHANT REIGN NZ an inside run. Significant evidence was taken from driver J Bellamy (DONNAS X FACTOR NZ). When...

TIMES At the Parkes meeting held on 11/1/12, both A Turnbull (Hes Magic Red) and A Day(Treuative) were charged under Rule 162 for failing to adhere to minimum time standards after both of them posted 66 sec halves in consecutive races and were...

Just heard a brief report from Andrew Bensley on Sky 2 that the Hong Kong Jockey Club has just reported that Raglan had been tested positive to the banned substance arsenic and has been stood down by HRNSW until further notice , till enquiries are...

Stormed home to win the 40k Simpson Memorial at Menangle. Congrats to Blake & to owner, Mark Diegutis. Very classy. Special mention to Barry Lew's colt, Karloo Kix, did heaps of work and hung tough for 2nd.

Hello, Anyone no why Miss Warbucks and Real Deal Yankee have been taken out of the Interdominion trotting Prices are they now scratched??? Is there a current list of updated Trotters?

Great deserved win by Decorated Jasper, nice pay chq for the Rowse boys, big celebrations in Ballarat last night i imagine, also David Murphy (Ballarat) won SA Derby well done. Sammy Maguire must have had something very wrong.... Villagem showed...

Once again all they wanted to do was lay Buckeye Nation at any odds over $3.0 and kept pushing it out to 3.65 to get more out of it. then the next race all they wanted to do was back our sixpence so they got the lot. then our cullens crown was...

Being out of the game as an owner for a little while, was listening and wondering this. With all the issues that are facing the states, what is the standard race win amounts now? EG: Restricted, Country, Metro .. for each state. I know...

One of the best fields for this race in recent memory. Usually it has a couple of genuine Grand Circuit performers and the rest of the field is handy FFA types. 2506 metres, mobile start. With ITMQ drawing the outside of the front and Feelgood...

Good to see the old champ win tonight, didn't want to see him get beat further and further until he stopped. Seems pretty obvious now they can't just launch him every start, driven with a sit can still mix it with them. Going by his trial las Sunday...