Horse Racing
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Raiders and local hope headline big first race meet
CRANBOURNE trainer Shawn Mathrick has enjoyed successful trips into the district in the past and he has a strong three horse team competing at the…
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True Crime
Crime Writer, driven by Hannah Lewis and trained by Matthew Craven, came home at 11 to 1 odds to claim the $12,000 Gregg’s Electrical 2025…
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Young Bluey aiming for purple patch
Tim O’Connor MATTHEW Craven is somewhat of a stranger to the Sunraysia but is setting his sights on another of the region’s big harness racing…
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Craven masterclass wins Cup
By Terry Gange – Harnesslink VICTORIAN harness racing trainer-driver Mattie Craven spent 18 hours on the road this week on a mission to win the…
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Not Dunn and dusted but Dee Roe looks the goods
ASTUTE Horsham harness racing trainer Aaron Dunn’s impressive CV, which includes multiple Group 1 victories, is, by his own admission, frustratingly short of country cups.…
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Kerr issues challenge
PACERS from the stable of Red Cliffs harness trainer Naomi Kerr fill more than a quarter of the available slots for Tuesday night’s qualifying heats…
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Local hope to power ahead
SIX wins from his past nine starts has seen Irymple trotter Powersofpersuasion emerge as a potential smokey for next month’s Mildura Pacing Cup. The five-year-old…
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Push for safe ride home from races
A CAMPAIGN aimed to discourage people from drunk driving to and from the races is set to be rolled out in regional Victoria. The Transport…
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Fine for steward abuse
A FORMER harness trainer and driver has been sentenced over an expletive-laden outburst at a Mildura race meet in 2021. The actions of Peter O’Brien,…
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History in the making
THE Sandra O’Connor-trained Powersofpersuasion claimed a historic win at Friday’s 100th anniversary Mildura Harness Racing Club meeting at Mildura Recreation Reserve. Wayne Hill drove the…
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Fast Mr Ferrari wins Mallee Cup
MR Ferrari proved he had more horse power than the rest of the field in an outstanding run to secure the $15,000 Sunraysia Daily Mallee…
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Campbell’s country cup double
GAWLER owner-trainer Brett Campbell followed September’s Pooncaire Cup victory with the Wentworth Cup as eight-year-old gelding Our Destrier took the honours at the Wentworth Showgrounds…