Painting the perfect picture at Leeton
September 4, 2020
THE second round of the two year old divisions of the NSW Breeders Challenge are the feature races on a strong eight-race program at Leeton today. In all, eight rounds of the Breeders Challenge will be held throughout the state for the colts and geldings and the fillies for... Read more
Mick Ko’cass with a race-by-race analysis of Menangle Saturday night
September 3, 2020
RACE ONE: This race will centre around the availability of the reserve THUNDER DANCE (1), which would be the main selection of he gains a run. However, at this stage the one to beat is JACK FARTHING (4) from the stables of John McCarthy. And, if the field remains... Read more
Ready to make a Breeders Challenge impact
September 3, 2020
PENRITH Harness Racing Club tonight boasts the honour of launching this year’s delayed NSW Breeders Challenge Series and will host two $10,000 heats for both the colts and geldings as well as the fillies. That delay, of course, was caused by the Covid-19 outbreak prompting the board of Harness... Read more
Blake’s now even busier
September 1, 2020
NOT content with just racing one of the busiest harness racing stables in Sydney, leading trainer-driver Blake Fitzpatrick has just renewed his galloping trainer’s license after a few years in abeyance. “We have a couple of gallopers in work and hope we can win a few races with them,”... Read more
Jack ready to add to a big week
August 31, 2020
YOUNG Hunter Valley reinsman Jack Callaghan has had a most fortuitous start to his career . . . and at just 18 has done more than most teenagers in harness racing could ever dream of. Being born to a father that was a huge talent himself from an early... Read more
Young guys ready to fill the void
August 27, 2020
THE run of significant milestones being achieved by some of the state’s most promising young reinsmen has continued over the past week, which highlights just how much talent exists in the New South Wales’ driving ranks. Todd McCarthy flew out for the United States yesterday and a few months... Read more
Seeking fame and fortune in the U.S.
August 26, 2020
FROM a youngster who once preferred to be out riding motor bikes – to a prominent harness racing driver about to embark on an international career, Todd McCarthy has covered a lot of territory in the past 10 years. The youngest of the highly-regarded McCarthy brothers, Todd is leaving... Read more
