#Emma Stewart

Trainer John Nissen and reinswoman Bec Bartley ticked off significant milestones when talented trotter Locksley Lover claimed the Vicbred Super Series four-year-old entires and gelding final at Melton on New Year's Eve. For Nissen, a Locksley farmer and hobby trainer, and Bartley, a Shepparton trainer and reinswoman, it was their first Group One…

When the gates fold back at 9.19pm for the SENTrack Inter Dominion Pacing Championship a breath-taking inhale will engulf the Melton course as drivers, connections, fans and punters learn whether their speed maps were correct. Who will lead? It's the defining question of the race that will define the 2022 season. Let's work from the inside out with…

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…

Reigning Inter Dominion-winning trainer Jason Grimson plans to step up his title defence in the second round of qualifying heats at Shepparton on Tuesday night. Grimson didn't win a heat of last year's Sydney series, but snared the final, albeit on protest, with longshot Boncel Benjamin. The Menangle trainer is confident I Cast No Shadow can…

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…

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. Tricky Miki, a good looking Always B Miki gelding, is rated the top three-year-old in WA this season, particularly after his win in the $200000 WA Derby, the season's…

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…

Kiwi star Copy That starts his road to redemption at Melton on Saturday night. It was just over nine months ago when the reigning New Zealand Cup winner - then arguably New Zealand's best pacer - had a Melbourne raid derailed by a freakish paddock accident. Copy That lashed out in his yard and fractured a splint bone in a hind leg. But…