When it comes to juvenile trotting in harness racing, more often than not at the elite end of the spectrum, the apple doesn't tend to fall too far from the tree. A quick look at the field for Friday night's G2 2YO Sires Stakes Trotting Championship at Addington Raceway is testament to that, with a
Named after the famous Argentinian boxer, Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) delivered a harness racing knockout in today’s Green Mile for trotters at Methven. Co-trainer and driver Mark Purdon took him straight to the lead. He relished being the pacemaker and was travelling kindly a long way from home. Once in the straight he trotted down
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Almost four years to the day when Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) first contested Australasian harness racing’s biggest trotting race, the seven-year-old stallion has come up trumps and won the Dominion in front of an adoring Addington Raceway crowd. The Mark and Nathan Purdon trained trotter has overcome plenty in his life, not the least during