Australian harness racing meetings in three States were decimated yesterday (Feb. 2) as the fallout continued from the release of the damning Murrihy Report findings into Tasmanian Harness Racing. The report, headed by former steward Ray Murrihy, found the state's leading trainer Ben Yole had engaged in race fixing and animal abuse. The report was
The second highest priced yearling ever sold in Victoria – and the third most expensive yearling sold in Australia – topped the 2024 Australian Pacing Gold sale at Oaklands Junction on Sunday. A colt, by Bettor’s Delight from the Art Major mare Left For Dead and thus a three-quarter brother to the Inter Dominion champion
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. Stingray Tara on top Stingray Tara (Bettor’s Delight), a Menangle winner last weekend in 1:51.2, after coming from worse than midfield, has now won 16 races and $246,824 and
A pair of leading lights in the NSW harness racing breeding industry, Joanne Andersen and Dyanna Thommeny, will be represented for the first time at a Queensland yearling sale with a single entry in the Australian Pacing Gold sale at Gold Coast on Sunday, January 28. Andersen, a former president and life member of Harness
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word nimble as “quick and light in motion, marked by a quick, alert, clever conception, comprehension, or resourcefulness.” That name certainly applies to the harness racing pacer Nimble Ned (Tellitlikeitis), albeit, with a bit of a twist. Now a three-time winner at Northfield Park for trainer Larry Clabaugh, Nimble Ned