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. Better Eclipse wins Kilmore Cup The most important race on the Victorian Cups Cup circuit, the $75,000 Kilmore Pacing Cup, was won by the Betterthancheddar gelding Better Eclipse, who
The decision by Chris Lang to remain patient mid race paid dividends when Ollivici (Orlando Vici) outstayed his harness racing rivals in the Kilmore Trotters Cup. Deemed a match race between the 30 metre backmarkers, Ollivici ($2.50) settled at the rear of the field following the helmet of Greg Sugars on the $1.90 favorite One
Pukekohe horsewoman Clare McGowan travelled the world with Olympians and their horses before emigrating to New Zealand. Here she continued her practice as a horse physiotherapist and ultimately ventured into harness racing. Animal wellbeing, meeting and marrying her husband Dave and the way in which a pony helped a young boy regain his speech which
Greg Sugars endured a rollercoaster half hour of harness racing at Melton tonight. Sugars was first past the post aboard One Over All in the R C Freestone Trotters For All only to lose the race in the stewards’ room after a protest from Nathan Jack on the runner up Visionary (Orlando Vici) was upheld.
Champion Ballarat breeder-owner-studmaster Pat Driscoll chalked up yet another milestone in his storied career when he bred five trotting winners at the Vicbred Super Series meeting at Maryborough on Monday afternoon. The feat is certainly a first in the modern era of Victorian harness racing and matched the record established by South Australian couple Peter