#Albion Park

Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard's Horse & Hound. Cups double to Major Meister Major Meister, a son of the American sire Art Major, has been the star of the Country Cups racing in Victoria. He won the $100000…

He has drawn the dreaded box seven again, but Hara's Herbie will still be hard to beat in the third Queensland Derby heat at Albion Park on Thursday night, according to trainer Jemma Daley. He will go in as the second favourite at $2.80 across online betting sites after his excellent last-start victory over the same 520m distance at Ipswich last…

Twenty-five-year-old harness racing driver Isobel Ross spent her early days growing up in Queensland, but her life in New South Wales is suiting her just fine. "I'm thoroughly enjoying it here in Bathurst. I've been working for Amanda (Turnbull) for nearly four years, and I feel I'm a little blessed," she said. Ross, who has always shown…

Queensland's famous Stradbroke Handicap will be catapulted to one of the richest sprint races in the country after receiving a huge boost on the back of sweeping prizemoney reforms across the state. It can be revealed the time-honoured Group 11400m handicap will be doubled from $1.5m to $3m from next year, in what is the most significant boost in…

ARE we about to have our first locally owned Inter Dominion winner in the lower South East? To my knowledge, no local pacer (either owned or trained here) has ever won an Inter Dominion final but there is a possibility that could all change at Melton next weekend. Majestic Cruiser, owned here in Mount Gambier by Des and Heather Glynn, will be one…

The Phoenix at The Meadows is four weeks away yet the makeup of the $1m to-the-winner contest is very close to being finalised. Following his impressive Melbourne Cup heat win at Sandown on Saturday, Paddy Wants Pats has been snapped up by the Keeping/Zipping syndicate. And it's the black dog's high speed which makes him a genuine contender in the…

Catch up on the week's harness racing action in our weekly review, thanks to Darren Clayton. Trainer Chantal Turpin's dominance of the two-year-old trotting ranks in Queensland continued last Tuesday when Razzleme Dazzleme (Sebastian K) claimed the Springboard Series Final. Driven by husband Pete McMullen, Razzleme Dazzleme was slowly into stride…