Busy night ahead for in-form reinsman
April 27, 2022
BATHURST reinsman Mitch Turnbull is driving in career best form with the current season shaping as his most successful. Turnbull registered a winning treble on ANZAC Day at the Forbes Club’s TAB Carnival of Cups meeting which closely followed a double at Parkes last week. Being the youngest son... Read more
Coolamon, Parkes hollering for the Marshalls
April 22, 2022
IT HAS been a big week for harness racing throughout the western areas of the state and for Club Menangle Chairman, Robert Marshall and his wife Gina, who attended both the Coolamon and Parkes race meetings earlier in the week. Both clubs hosted qualifying heats of the rich Club... Read more
Trainer disqualified until 2028
April 20, 2022
HARNESS Racing New South Wales stewards have finalised an inquiry that began on January 19 and adjourned from March 1 2022 into a report received from the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory that Total Plasma Carbon Dioxide above the prescribed threshold had been detected in the pre-race blood sample taken... Read more
RACE ONE: This will be an easier ‘watch’ for favourite backers as the Jason Grimson-trained SUGAR APPLE (6) has this race at his mercy. Two runs into his latest term of racing, the former Kiwi recorded a respectable 10.2m 4th to Major Perry on a heat of the NSW... Read more
Jay Ok ready to ‘Shout’
April 14, 2022
THE Paul Fitzpatrick trained Jay Ok heads into Saturday’s Group 1 Milbrae Quarries Riverina Championships final as a commanding favourite following an emphatic win in his qualifying heat last Sunday. Driven by Fitzpatrick’s son Gavin, Jay Ok never looked in danger of defeat after being given a peach of... Read more
Group One a drop in class for rising star!
April 13, 2022
APPRECIATING the drop in grade, rising star Anntonia is expected to add another major to her ever-growing tally during the weekend. Recently competing against the nation’s best open class mares, the four-year-old returned to age-restricted racing on Sunday to capture a Riverina Championship heat in Wagga. As such the... Read more
More Group One glory in his sights
April 13, 2022
BATHURST trainer Bernie Hewitt will be searching for more Group One glory when he heads to Wagga on Easter Saturday. Hewitt had possibly his most successful night at any track last monthwhen he secured a feature double, training the winners of both the Gold Tiara and Gold Chalice at... Read more
Painting a perfect picture for the Riverina
April 8, 2022
DURING the past decade there has been many successful trainer and driver combinations in the Riverina. But during the past two years it has been the Narrandera duo of David Kennedy and Jackson Painting who have been dominant in harness racing throughout the south-west of the state. So often... Read more