Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard’s Horse & Hound. Major Delight top three-year-old filly There was never much doubt that Major Delight (Bettor’s Delight) was the season’s top rating three-year-old filly as she was the previous season at
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Gath says the time is now for Majestuoso
Gath says the time is now for Majestuoso by Adam Hamilton Majestuoso winning at Tabcorp Park Image: Stuart McCormick
While harness racing’s biggest names will lock horns at the Sunshine Sprint meeting in Brisbane on Saturday night, the next big thing in trotting could be almost 2000 kilometres away in Geelong. Andy Gath has been Australia’s trotting ‘King in recent years, largely through the deeds of the mighty Tornado Valley, but he’s openly declared emerging stablemate Majestuoso as the heir apparent. Majestuoso returns at Geelong to start the most important campaign of his career, one which will go a long to showing whether Gath’s hopes, expectations and faith in him are justified.