Blake’s making his mark with the best of them
July 15, 2022
PROMISING reinsman Blake Hughes continues to enjoy a remarkable run of success in harness racing. The 19-year-old is recognised as one of the Hunter Valley’s most talented reinsmen and is currently working fulltime for the busy Clayton Harmey stable. Currently sitting fifth on the state’s drivers’ premiership table with 59 winners... Read more
Blake and Grace give Harmey a lift
February 4, 2022
TRAINER Clayton Harmey concedes the past 12 months have not been his most successful year in harness racing. But he is marking his scoresheet a little harshly because during the 2021 season he still trained 74 winners from 400 starters and had a number of starters in Group 1... Read more
Blake the man to follow at Newcastle
January 17, 2022
IF you are looking for a push in the right direction at this afternoon’s Newcastle meeting when I comes to finding winners it is hard to go past in-form young driver Blake Hughes. Born and raised in the Hunter, Hughes is entering his fifth season of competitive driving and... Read more
Hughes makes it a double for Missen
April 18, 2021
TAMWORTH trainer Tony Missen and young reinsman Blake Hughes, who accepted the drives for the stable, made an impressive combination at last week’s Narrabri Carnival of Cups meeting in taking out two of the feature races on the program. The duo had success with Hand Writer and I’m So... Read more
100 wins up before his 18th!
July 6, 2020
YOUNG Cessnock reinsman Blake Hughes brought up his 100th career win in the gig last Thursday at Tamworth. Amazingly, Hughes is still short of his 18th birthday and is in just his second season of driving. So, to achieve the amazing milestone so early in his career, when he... Read more
