Last Friday at Newcastle the Ohoka Punter 3yo gelding Tamatine Tane, having just his second start in a race for trainer Ashleigh Delosa, took out the Tooheys Maiden Pace covering the mile in 1:58.5. He won comfortably from Miss Adonis and Captain Gem and gave his dam Kotiro a winner from her only foal of…
The Badlands Hanover mare Jasmine Sheffield produced her second winner when the 4yo Ultimate Machete mare Fuego Cruzado (Spanish for crossfire) won the last at Bendigo on Wednesday night. Driven by Michael Bellman for trainers Shaun and Jason McNaulty, Fuego Cruzado came from three back on the fence to beat Skadi and My Diamond in…
The win of the 2yo Downbytheseaside gelding Keayang Seaside at Terang on December 30 for the Lee family provided his dam Garden Gate Tina with her seventh individual winner. An imported American bred mare, Garden Gate Tina won 15 races and earned stakes of $146,804 and her next foal is being offered by Bruce Edward’s…
Finals – Saturday 20th April 2024 Tabcorp Park Melton
This Saturday night at Melton sees the running of six Group One features at a meeting which will leave harness racing aficionados drooling at the mere thought of the racing on offer. While the jewel in the crown is undoubtedly the Victoria Cup featuring Leap To Fame it is supported by the Bill Collins Trotters Sprint featuring…
The inaugural running of the $50,000 Nutrien Gold Crown Sales Classic will be run at Bathurst next Wednesday August 14. Two heats for 2yos that were offered at the 2023 Nutrien Bathurst Yearling Sale were held last Wednesday and were won by the Heston Blue Chip gelding Gdansk and the Bettors Delight filly Sensationalize. Gdansk…
On a night when the harness racing world stood in awe at another dominant performance from Kevin Seymour’s champion Leap To Fame in the Blacks A Fake Queensland Championship the previous race at Albion Park provided its own highlight reel. Seymour’s biggest cheque on the night came courtesy of his 2yo Always B Miki colt…
On Saturday night, at The Meadowlands, Bettors Wish sired the winners of both the 3yo Colts and 3yo Fillies editions of the $240,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes in Odds On Steno and Arbitrage Hanover. Commencing on 3rd June, the 2024 Nutrien Winter Woolies Sale features two lots where Bettors Wish has an influence. Lot 14…
One of the big attractions of any Mixed Sale is the ability to buy a mare that is already in foal to a quality stallion and the 2024 Nutrien Winter Woolies Sale is no different. What is a little different is that this year leading Western Australian breeder KTC Bloodstock is offering ten mares which…
The 2024 Nutrien Winter Woolies Sale features a couple of young mares by Australia’s Leading Sire of 3yos this season in Sweet Lou. Sweet Lou, whose oldest Australian progeny are current 8yos, has sired 57 individual 3yo winners of 99 races and $1,053,416 to head the list comfortably from Art Major and American Ideal. Over…
