From HarnessLink (Bruce Stewart, 2 November 2026) There were few hairy moments but class prevailed when Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) easily won as expected today’s $60,000 Group Two Kaikoura Cup. Trained by Jason Grimson and driven by Cam Hart the $1.20 harness racing favourite scramble away in her first race day standing start but it didn’t…
From HarnessLink (Tony Milanese, 1 November 2026) Star filly Ark Sea (Stay Hungry) showed that she was the best filly in the event with a determined all the way harness racing win in the Group 1 $150,000 Nutrien Equine NSW Breeders Challenge Final for three year old fillies at Menangle on Saturday evening. The pressure…
STAY HUNGRY continues his streak with five winners across the week – two-year-old Born To Entertain (bred by Nathan Varcoe) was back at Bathurst, taking his third lifetime win in a track double with three-year-old Swift Code (Medowie) who brought up $50,000 in earnings with the victory. Fellow three-year-old Tryx Vixen (M & T Bull)…
Exciting times for STAY HUNGRY filly Ark Sea (bred by M & C Ryman) who broke the race record in her NSW Breeders Challenge semi final at Menangle with a 1:49.7 clock-stopping third consecutive win. It takes her earnings past $210,000 and puts her in good contention for the final and a possible Eureka berth.…
From HarnessLink (Tony Milanese, 25 October 2026) Star filly Ark Sea (Stay Hungry) gave a gritty performance in leading all the way in the Second Semi Final of the New South Wales Breeders Challenge for three year old fillies at Menangle on Saturday evening in a record time of 1:49.7. Considered a certainty on the…
A super week for STAY HUNGRY with four new winners! On the two-year-old list were colt Phils Boy (bred by P Devereux & R Boldiston) who took a 9m win at Mildura, Start Cheering (Taffy Ltd) at Goulburn, and Gatsby (N Shinn & C O’Dwyer) by a massive 13m at Melton, and of the three-year-olds…
CAPTAINTREACHEROUS had a massive weekend headlined of course by history making mare, Captains Mistress (bred by Taffy Ltd) with her 1:52.6 GROUP 1 Victoria Cup win at Melton – the first mare ever to claim the classic. Two-year-old colt Disturbance (Brooklyn Lodge & the la Spina family) led a Menangle double, clocking 1:53.7 to claim…
From HarnessLink (Tony Milanese, 18 October 2026) Brilliant four year old Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) became the first harness racing mare to win the Group 1 $250,000 SEN Victoria Cup at Melton on Saturday night. As expected Captains Mistress went to the lead but momentarily gave away the front when Nyack charged around the field to…
From HarnessLink (19 October 2026) Stakes youngsters were gathered at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun on Saturday afternoon, as $211,700 was up for grab in two John Simpson Sr. Stakes, two harness racing divisions of the Razzle Hanover for freshman pacing females and two sections of the Ayres for sophomore trotting males. In both groups,…
From HarnessLink (Kimberly Rinker, 18 October 2026) Starstruck Dreamer, the 9-5 choice and Todd McCarthy took the second division (Race 11) in 1:50.2 with a grueling first over trip that saw him nip 2-1 Night Surfer (Dexter Dunn) by a whisker in a blanket photo, with 6-5 Shalom Hanover (Louis Roy) third and 87-1 Stonebridge…