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Exciting young Kiwi pacer Don’t Stop Dreaming (Bettor's Delight) will have a new harness racing driver at Menangle on Saturday night. Co-trainer Mark Purdon opted to run the four-year-old again this week after he came through a slashing second to Leap To Fame in the Hunter Cup in good order. “Brooke (Wilkins) said he travelled

Southlanders Todd and Fleur Anderson have been buying Standardbred bloodstock under the Taffy Limited umbrella since entering the harness racing and breeding industry back in 2014. With his stud stock experience in sheep, cattle and deer, Todd utilises the same principles of genetics when making decisions about bloodstock. His judgement has proven to be very

The second highest priced yearling ever sold in Victoria – and the third most expensive yearling sold in Australia – topped the 2024 Australian Pacing Gold sale at Oaklands Junction on Sunday. A colt, by Bettor’s Delight from the Art Major mare Left For Dead and thus a three-quarter brother to the Inter Dominion champion

Champion Kiwi harness racing trainer Mark Purdon thinks his young star Don’t Stop Dreaming (Bettor's Delight) can give him a third Hunter Cup win. Purdon won Victoria’s biggest race with Smolda in 2016 and Lazarus in 2018 and has a big opinion of Don’t Stop Dreaming ahead of next Saturday night’s $450,000 Group 1 feature

The harness racing career of one of Australasia’s best pacers hangs in the balance with the shock news Akuta (Bettor's Delight) will not race this year. The outstanding pacer was supposed to be in Australia campaigning with stablemate Dont Stop Dreaming, who contests the Hunter Cup this Saturday. But Akuta missed that trip after injuring

At first glimpse Poster Boy and Soho Tribeca are very different individuals and their harness racing careers suggest that also, but if you dig a little deeper you will soon see quite a few similarities. Poster Boy blasted his way onto the racetrack winning 7 of his first 8 starts, going on to have a

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. Major Delight top three-year-old filly There was never much doubt that Major Delight (Bettor’s Delight) was the season’s top rating three-year-old filly as she was the previous season at

Emerging stayer Outlaw Man (Sweet Lou) served notice he should be at least mentioned in Hunter Cup conversations with a tough harness racing win in the Sulky.APP Future Of Form Pace at Melton. Outlaw Man settled two horses back in the running line before Kate Gath pulled out three wide with a lap to travel

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. Australia’s first sub 1:50 two-year-old Lux Aeterna, a two-year-old filly by Captaintreacherous from The Arch Nemesis (1:55.4), by Jereme’s Jet from Reacquainted, by Bettor’s Delight, has been undefeated in

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. Sherlock is Derby material The Real Sherlock (Vincent), who won the Alabar 3YO Classic at Auckland earlier in the season and has won two of his three starts on