On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the
The winners of the last two editions of the Preferred Pace at Fraser Downs duked it out down the stretch in their rematch on Friday, March 22, with favoured Armycaptin Hanover besting trailing tier starter Sunshine Boy in a photo finish.
Armycaptin Hanover was debuting from a new stable on Friday night, but continued his winning ways at the Fraser Downs meet as he took the featured $10,000 Preferred Handicap Pace for trainer/driver Rod Therres.