Multiple Group One winner ready for new stable debut
August 31, 2021
MULTIPLE Group One winner Wolf Stride will make his debut for Andy Gath this weekend. Wolf Stride joined Gath’s stable after leviathan owner Emilio Rosati and co-trainers Anthony Butt and Sonya Smith decided to part ways last month. First-up since capturing the Riverina Championship in Wagga on April 4,... Read more
Unique double for respected horseman
August 31, 2021
RESPECTED horseman Blake Fitzpatrick completed a training double today. While that is hardly newsworthy given Fitzpatrick has registered numerous doubles, this one was unique. Less than an hour after scoring with Fancy at Club Menangle, the dual-licensed trainer was successful with Assertive Ace in Moruya. Again, preparing winners at... Read more
Driving for a good cause
August 31, 2021
LEADING reinsmen John Caldow and Mick Stanley will don special silks through September to drive home key messages and raise money during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Harness Racing Victoria is once again teaming up with Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and pledging $500 for every winning drive by Caldow... Read more
Another milestone for star concession driver?
August 31, 2021
NOT long after registering one personal milestone, star concession driver James Herbertson may have notched another. Triumphant behind Courts Bliss in Bendigo last week, Herbertson recorded his 100th win for the season to maybe complete a hat-trick on tons. Returning to the winners’ circle yesterday – this time in... Read more
Birthday miracle for prominent horsewoman
August 31, 2021
PROMINENT horsewoman Jill Neilson received a birthday miracle at Globe Derby yesterday. As it’s not polite to ask a woman her age it’s unclear what milestone Neilson reached, but what is public knowledge is the trainer registered a surprise treble. Neilson’s trio captured the opening three events on the... Read more
Holiday is over . . . the champ’s back in town
August 31, 2021
HE’S a distant seventh in the state drivers’ premiership. Yet the five drivers sitting on the ladder above him will all be looking over their shoulders now that Luke McCarthy is back in town. The champion reinsman (78 wins) has been absent from the Sydney scene for most of... Read more
Panella, Elder the heroes of the Hunter
August 30, 2021
THE well-supported Woodlands Stud Lather Up Series concluded during the weekend and a three-pronged assault on the series by Hunter Region-based trainer Greg Brown paid off when his mare Waiting For Love led throughout to win the Newcastle leg. The prize for the owner of the mare who posted... Read more
Anzac shows fighting spirit
August 29, 2021
RECENT import Spirit Of Anzac showed the courage befitting his name at Club Menangle last night. Winner of his August Gift heat at the same venue the previous weekend, Spirit Of Anzac was unable to undergo his usual training return ahead of the Final after becoming ill. Pushing ahead... Read more
Aussie Group Two winner scores at massive odds in USA
August 29, 2021
AUSTRALIAN Group Two winner Imprincessgemma led home a ‘Down Under’ trifecta in the $40,000 Yonkers Raceway Fillies’ and Mares’ Preferred Pace. Covering the mile in a career best 1:51.1, Imprincessgemma caused a massive upset at $58. Although the daughter of Village Jolt began quickly from barrier eight, reinsman Jordan... Read more
