News

Advance Party to stay in south

Bruce Stewart • 10 August, 2023

Quality harness racing filly Advance Party (Bettor’s Delight) will remain at the stable of John and Katrina Price and target the better three year old fillies races from her Winton base.“She came... read more

Bond team on song for harness racing's return

Jonny Turner • 9 August, 2023

Form-lines will collide when harness racing resumes in the southern region at Winton on Thursday.A break of almost six weeks without racing will end when a seven-race card gets underway at Central Sou... read more

Southern Shorts

Bruce Stewart • 4 August, 2023

Ryal Bush harness racing trainer Brett Gray and owner Marty Fairbairn have sold two year old pacer Harrys Deal (Betterthancheddar).The gelding won on debut at Wyndham in June and then backed it up wit... read more

Riverton could return home

Bruce Stewart • 2 August, 2023

The Riverton Trotting Club is currently looking at the possibility of racing at Riverton on the grass track for their February 2023 meeting. And the Riverton Racing Club are welcoming of the idea of t... read more

Southland Awards Committee resigns

Bruce Stewart • 2 August, 2023

The news that all the members of the Southland Harness Awards Committee have resigned was broken at last night’s President’s meeting in Gore.A statement released by the committee said that ‘the curren... read more

Tweedledee off to Aussie

Bruce Stewart • 28 July, 2023

Southland owned and trained Tweedledee (Superfast Stuart) will compete in Australia in future.“He had a few issues this time in and being off the back mark has been quite tough. The trotters down... read more

Hot Off The Press - 2023-24 Racing Calendar

Southern Harness Racing • 27 July, 2023

The 2023-24 Racing Calendar and Southern Harness Directory has arrived, just in time for the new season.The directory includes all of the important phone numbers for racing in the southern region, as ... read more

Not one but two for Faithful

Bruce Stewart • 23 July, 2023

Winton trainer Chelsea Faithful enjoyed her first Addington harness racing training success today when Tartan Raider (Bettor’s Delight) won by a nose.The excitement didn’t finish there thoug... read more

Winter Reward to Gronkowski

Bruce Stewart • 30 June, 2023

Gronkowski, (Captaintreacherous) due to his recent consistent form, was a deserving winner at the Winton Harness Racing Club meeting today. Prior to today’s win, in seven starts the Tyl... read more

Long wait, but Ruby gets the call

Bruce Stewart • 30 June, 2023

After a long enquiry with plenty to consider, Ruby Seddon (Majestic Son) was finally declared the winner of the Ryal Bush Transport Winter Rewards Handicap Trot at the Winton Harness Racing Club end o... read more