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Harness fans and sports punters, looking to add some extra juice to your multi?
Ryan Phelan breaks down the best Melton multi locks to make your Saturday soar!

A great episode of Burning Questions, featuring Andy Gath, Brett Carroll and Tim O’Connor, focuses on tomorrow night’s meeting at Melton.

Bronte Nieuwenburg has taken a deep dive into the upcoming Saturday night meeting at Melton, using stats and sectional times to break down the key runners.

Jilliby Ballerini will represent the powerful Ecklin South barn of Marg, Paddy and Jason Lee at next month’s $NZ400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot in New Zealand.

Australian Pacing Gold (APG) is proud to announce its sponsorship of the 2025 Vicbred Super Series, one of Victoria’s premier harness racing showcases, to be held across two thrilling nights of racing at Melton Entertainment Park.

The age finals for 2YO and 3YO fillies and colts & geldings will be staged on Saturday 22 November, followed by the 4YO mares and entires & geldings finals on Saturday 29 November 2025.

Using replays and horse sectional times, let’s look to find future winners from Saturday night racing at Melton Entertainment Park.

Stallions on the Echuca-based nursery’s roster provided the winners of three of the five Group 1 races contested on the nine-race program.

Wagering on Saturday night’s Sportsbet Victoria Cup card was up 15 per cent on last year, with its showcase race proving a punting powerhouse.

The elite Victoria Cup field, national free-to-air Channel 7 coverage, and Sportsbet partnership helped the Group 1 feature exceed last year’s turnover by 67 per cent, making it Victoria’s second-highest turnover harness race on recent record.

About 20 years ago Richard Goodbody was writing harness racing stories for a country paper and soon, he’ll be running the sport. It was revealed today Goodbody, a highly respected sport and racing administrator, will be Harness Racing Australia’s new Chief Executive Officer.

Outstanding filly Tracy The Jet notched up back-to-back Group 1 wins with success in Saturday night’s Renown Silverware Victoria Trotters Oaks Final at Melton.

NSW filly Soho Americano continued on her successful Oaks crusade when she outstayed her rivals in the Group 1 Victoria Oaks Final on Saturday night at Melton.

Superstar mare Keayang Zahara racked up the sixth Group 1 success of her relatively short career when she led all the way in the Aldebaran Park Bill Collins Trotters Sprint on Saturday night at Melton.