Victoria
Golden Tribe is putting young trainer Tom Rundle on the harness racing map.
A remarkable 10 horses, six of them Victorians, will target majors across Tuesday (NZ Cup Day) and Friday (Show Day).
The gallant win of Mecarno in the Group 1 $60,000 Yabby Dam Farms Victoria Trotters Derby at Maryborough was some redemption for his dam Sundon’s Pride, who ran second in the same race 18 years ago.
Harness Racing Victoria form guru Craig Rail spotted some impressive performers at recent trials.
Exciting young mare Sweet Ideal will be out to continue the success of Victoria’s Western Districts at Melton on Saturday night.
Harness Racing Victoria form guru Craig Rail has spotted three standouts from the recent Maryborough, Bendigo and Melton trials.
Harness Racing Victoria form guru Craig Rail noticed some standout runners at recent trials.
What an exciting day March 8 next year will be at Birchip.
Birchip, a town famous for its bull and Australia’s best vanilla slice, is now home to Victoria’s first harness slot race.
“It’s at the lower end of the scale, and while no soft tissue injury is great, if you’re rating it out of 10 in terms of how bad it is, it’s probably a two.”
One of the real personalities of Victorian harness racing, Jason Lee, went to extraordinary lengths last Saturday (Sept 6) to combine two of his sporting passions – football and harness racing.
The Victorian Harness Racing community is mourning following the loss of esteemed Charlton owner, trainer and driver Matt Donaldson who passed away in Bendigo on Friday August 22 at the age of 90. He had been in aged care for the past three years.
Victoria will again be the driving force in the world’s richest harness race.
The Goulburn-based trainer-driver has not raced at Victorian harness racing headquarters since August 2021 when he campaigned Magic Bliss through the Breeders Crown Series as a three-year-old.
Victoria will send five contenders into the Group 1 Inter Dominion Grand Finals at Albion Park on Saturday night as…
Victoria’s hero trotter Just Believe yesterday joined Sundons Gift to become the second standandbred at the stunning Living Legends facility in Greenvale.
The last race run for squaregaiters at Mildura was the trotters’ cup in April 2024, which was won by the Brent Lilley-trained Kyvalley Heist.
The Lexton local competed in the Australasian Young Drivers Championships in 2023 and finished fifth behind overall winner Josh Gallagher.
Trainer-driver Scott Ewen was disappointed with the 10-year-old’s last-start effort at Melton Entertainment Park on Saturday night when he led comfortably and faded late to be beaten 4.8m into fifth.
Young driver Connor Clarke will wave goodbye to Victoria in the coming weeks as he takes up an incredible opportunity in Queensland with prominent owner Josh Davine.
Margaret Lee received Victoria’s highest accolade for female participants during Monday night’s Victorian Harness Racing Awards at Melton Entertainment Park.
Mark Purdon’s mind drifted back to his most enjoyable time in the game as he read through the new-look Victorian…