#Leap To Fame

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…

Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every Friday brought to you by Garrard's Horse & Hound. The two latest qualifiers for the NSW Ladyship Mile are the Rock N Roll Heaven mare The Honey Queen and Stylish Memphis, who won the $50000 Sibelia Stakes at…

The future of Aussie harness looks bright after the young stars shone brightly at the huge Victoria Cup meeting on Saturday (Oct. 8) at Melton. Victoria Cup has become Australia's best race card with four Group 1 races and a stack of other highlights, and it certainly delivered last Saturday night. Rock N Roll Doo's dominant, even arrogant, win in…

John O'Shea could win two of the biggest prizes in Australian racing within an hour of each other on Saturday as Lost And Running looks for Everest glory before Maximal and Benaud chase the Caulfield Cup. There is a calmness around O'Shea leading into a week when he will have to split his time between Sydney and Melbourne. It comes from a…

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…