#Captain Ravishing

But there is no doubting their rapid emergence in Down Under harness racing has been the shot in the arm the industry needed. What's unquestionable is slot races have done three crucial things: created more, much-needed aspirational races; boosted the talkability of harness racing both inside and outside of the industry itself; and stirred the…

Champion trainer Emma Stewart didn't know which horses she would run in the Inter Dominion series a month ago, now she's on the verge of a historic five runners in the Group 1 pacing final. Stewart and partner Clayton Tonkin's focus has long been young horses, but their dominance through the first two nights of this Inter Dominion has been…

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. Captain Ravishing is proving himself a three-year-old of some worth in Victoria and over the Breeders Crown series he recorded convincing successes in a heat at Bendigo…

Kiwi pacer Major Perry's (Art Major) hopes of upsetting the Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin juggernaut for a second successive week have been cruelled by an awful draw in the $200000 Breeders Crown 3YO colts and geldings harness racing final at Melton on Saturday night. Major Perry's semi-final win last Saturday night was the only win by a pacer…

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…