Lionel Sinnamon, a southern running legend, will say goodbye next week. Sinnamon, a stalwart of the Central Otago Trotting Club, died yesterday at the age of 88 in Omakau. He was a tireless worker at Omakau Racecourse, along with his old friend Ginger Woodhouse, where the club held its annual meeting there every January. It’s […]
The WomenCan Team Teal campaign returns to race tracks across Australasia from February 1 to March 15, 2026, with Club Menangle jumping on board again in support of the fight against gynecological cancer. Every day in Australia, 19 women are diagnosed with gynecological cancer, with diagnoses expected to increase by 21% over the next decade. […]
Victorian breeders Bruce Paul and Peter Watkinson are offering an athletic filly by Captain Crunch out of Sahara Sunrise, Lot 142, at the Melbourne Australian Pacing Gold Sale on February 15. Their ‘Sahara’ family began in February 2007 when Bruce and Peter were the successful bidders for a Village Jasper-Mabrandra filly at the APG Yearling […]
Brisbane Lions premier player Darcy Gardiner knows all about grand finals. Now he is chasing a flag victory of a different type with his brilliant trotting mare Jilliby Ballerini (Majestic son). Darcy Gardiner But just as the Lions were underdogs against Geelong in last year’s AFL Grand Final, Jilliby Ballerini will be an outsider against […]
Splendora roars and rages. (Jenny Doyle/Beyond the Wire) Santa Anita Park Press ARCADIA, CA – Splendora, winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, returns to action for trainer Bob Baffert against six rivals in the Grade II, $200,000 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes for older fillies and mares going seven furlongs at Santa […]
Batavia, NY — The $13,000 final of the Batavia Downs Winter Series Trot was held at The Downs on Tuesday afternoon (February 3) and at Tulsa Bell (Don’t forget it) kept her winning streak alive as she beautifully captured the harness racing title. Batavia Downs (Howard Owens photo) Andy Over (Ray Fisher Jr.) grabbed an […]
Fruit snacks (Dover Dan) took advantage of a pocket trip to record the high-level conditioned trot at Bally’s Dover on Tuesday evening. The condition of the track was reported as good. Fruit Snacker shoots to victory at Bally’s Dover on Tuesday evening It was a crazy battle for the early lead in the first corner. […]
Queensland’s harness racing industry will come together again to raise money for ovarian and gynecological cancer research as part of the 2026 Team Teal campaign. The campaign runs from February 1 to March 15 and will see Queensland’s harness racing industry donate $200 for every race won by a female racer in the Sunshine State. […]
Image: Darren Winningham The Chris and Corey Munce training partnership has already dispatched forty-one metropolitan winners in the current season, which is only just halfway through. The fact there are six more metropolitan winners than they did all of last season underlines the steepness of the stable’s upward trajectory, which currently sees them sitting in […]
Triple Crown draws 367 early nominees Press release February 3, 2026 A total of 367 of the world’s top three-year-old Thoroughbreds were eligible to compete in the 2026 Triple Crown series during the early nomination phase, which closed Monday, January 26. This year’s early nominees span the globe and include several horses that have already […]