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A rousing performance on Saturday night has David Moran excited on where Captain Hammerhead can head in 2024 and beyond.

A rousing performance on Saturday night has David Moran excited on where Captain Hammerhead can head in 2024 and beyond.

New Zealand harness racing lost one of its iconic owners in the early hours of Sunday morning with Terry McDonald succumbing to his health ailments in his hospice bed at the age of 83. Somewhat serendipitously, in the afternoon that preceded his passing, McDonald was in the winning ownership of Tower Of Love (Johnny Rock)

One of Victoria’s most innovative and influential trainers, Peter Tonkin, passed away today on his 70th birthday. Tonkin, the father of master horseman Clayton Tonkin, was a star in his own right, firstly training on the beach at Portland before setting-up a hugely successful property at Smythesdale, near Ballarat. His breakthrough win came with Paris Affair

Champion pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor's Delight) will bypass the lure of two rich slot races to have a spell and prepare for his home Queensland Winter Carnival. Grant Dixon's mighty five-year-old was into $1.60 favourite for the $NZ1mil Race By Grins at Cambridge on April 12 after his stunning and historic Miracle Mile win

Champion pacer Leap To Fame (Bettor's Delight) sealed his greatness with a stunning harness racing win in the $1 million Miracle Mile at Menangle. The Grant Dixon trained son of Bettors Delight pressed forward from his wide draw to sit parked outside the leader Speak The Truth after his main danger Hi Manameisjeff jumped out

Life has changed for Catch A Wave (Captaintreacherous) and it's "tough love time" for the reigning Miracle Mile harness racing champion. The gifted pacer stormed to stardom almost 12 months ago when he completed the huge Chariots Of Fire/Miracle Mile at Menangle. It looked like an entrée of great things to come, but the now

Multiple Group 1 harness racing winner Jilliby Kung Fu (Four Starzzz Shark) has died due to complications following surgery. The Paddy Lee trained pacer pulled up lame after training and had to be scratched from the Mercury 80 Final at Melton on Hunter Cup night. Regular driver Jason Lee said Jilliby Kung Fu was subsequently

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Champion harness racing reinsman Chris Alford chalked up the 8000th win of his career when he partnered Im Wesley (Rock N Roll Heaven) to an all the way win at Ballarat. The 55-year-old Alford, who drove his first win aboard Spring Vance at Wangaratta in 1984, holds the record for the most number of wins