Drivers’ fond farewell to veteran caller
January 15, 2020
SLICK Blaster and Dancelikeanangel earned spots in the $20,000 Kevin & Kay Seymour finals after winning heats at Riverina Paceway Wagga last night. It was a special moment for Slick Blaster’s trainer-driver Bruce Harpley to win the final race called at Wagga by broadcaster Allan Hull, who retired after 50... Read more
Double shot at nailing Nugget
January 15, 2020
“IT HAS eluded me as a trainer . . . but both my horses are consistent.” Those were the words from Moonbi trainer Dean Chapple, who has two runners engaged in the Pub Group Gold Nugget at Tamworth Paceway tonight. The $10,000 race carries a gold nugget as the... Read more
A gold nugget up for grabs
January 14, 2020
THE Tamworth Harness Racing Club January racing carnival kicks off tonight at Tamworth Paceway with the running of the $10,000 Pub Group Gold Nugget which offers a Gold Nugget as the trophy. The full field of 10 runners has drawn together a mixture of competitors from local stables, along... Read more
‘Tuning up’ for a fine career
January 10, 2020
ROOKIE reinsman Blake Medlyn knew if he could get the “mechanics” right with handy pacer Caribbean Jack, then the rest would fall into place. The young mechanic followed his father Kevin’s instructions to the letter at Parkes this week to land his first winner, after a faultless drive. Caribbean... Read more
Looking to cause feature upset
December 28, 2019
HE WAS a little over a metre from causing a major upset in one of harness racing’s summer feature races on Boxing Day. Now in-form reinsman Cameron Hart will head to Maitland looking to bag a different ‘holiday’ feature when he partners Benalong Valley in tonight’s $30,600 Inter City... Read more
McCarthy rules in Turnbull Memorial
December 26, 2019
TWO names synonymous with Bathurst harness racing fought out the finish of tonight’s $50,000 Kriden Park Shirley Turnbull Memorial. The amazing part about that statement was that neither of them were named Turnbull. Despite trainer Steve Turnbull having one of the giants of his stable, Courtsinsession, in the Group... Read more
Industry Announcement
December 20, 2019
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Wednesday 22nd January 2020 at 6.30pm. AGENDA Open Meeting Apologies Confirm Minutes of 2019 Annual General Meeting To receive and adopt Annual Report To receive and adopt Treasurer’s... Read more
Champion horseman appealing steward’s decision
December 12, 2019
CHAMPION horseman John McCarthy has appealed the steward’s decision. Last week McCarthy was only left in shock when Harness Racing New South Wales stipes found him guilty but also handed him a disqualification. Stewards gave the multiple Group One winning trainer a 12-month sentence after cobalt above the threshold... Read more
Grandkids make win all the more special
December 2, 2019
WHAT’S better than winning a feature race? According to veteran horseman Tony Peacock it is winning a feature while having some of your grandkids there to share the excitement. Peacock made the trip to Dubbo with members of his family for last night’s Mares’ Classic, which he won as... Read more
Veteran trainer to be nervous onlooker
November 29, 2019
VETERAN trainer Tony Peacock will be a nervous onlooker in Dubbo on Sunday night. Traditionally the man responsible for a horse’s preparation, Peacock will be a mere observer when Bettor Enforce contests the Mares’ Classic. Joining Peacock’s stable when purchase from New Zealand last June, Bettor Enforce was transferred... Read more
Mike Ko’cass previews Menangle
Tabcorp Park Menangle Jan 17, 2020 0
