By Peter Wharton Lilydale hobby breeder Shane Hawes is probably best known as the breeder-owner of the smart racemare Ark Breeze, the winner of the 2016 Granny Smith and runner-up in the Bandbox. He will be offering the first offspring of the Stonebridge Regal mare, a lovely colt from the initial crop of the USA…
Category: Harness News
Group winning dams represented at Tasmanian harness sale
Friday 24 January 2020
By Peter Wharton More than 75 percent of the dams represented in this year’s Tasmanian Harness Sale to be held on Saturday, February 15 at Carrick Park are race-winning mares or winner-producing mares. Among the race-winning dams are the Group winners Ark Breeze (Granny Smith Stakes), Cloudy Delight (Evicus Stakes and Tas. Sweepstakes), the feature…
First crop sires deliver range of quality yearlings
Monday 20 January 2020By Peter Wharton The first progeny of exciting, young sires Betting Line, Racing Hill and Guaranteed underpin the 2020 Tasmanian Harness Sale, to be held at Carrick Park on Saturday, February 15. Betting Line, the 2016 Little Brown Jug and North America Cup winner, has a single entry, Lot 20, a filly out of Western…
Harness breeding incentives
Friday 17 January 2020One of the outcomes from the Harness Standardbred Review was for changes to be made to the current Breeder’s Support Policy. After continued feedback and discussions with industry at the initial forums and follow up workshops the following changes will be actioned. These changes will be implemented with an effective date of 1st September 2019,…
Catalogues available for Tasmanian Harness Yearling Sale
Monday 13 January 2020Catalogues for the 2020 Tasmanian Harness Yearling Sale, to be held at Carrick Park on Saturday, February 15, are available from all racetracks, Tasracing and the Office of Racing Integrity. The sale has attracted 19 entries – seven colts, 11 fillies and one gelding – from many of Tasmania’s leading standardbred breeders. Sixteen different stallions…
Sarah O’Reilly wins 2019 AYDC
Monday 16 December 2019
New Zealander Sarah O’Reilly emerged victorious in the 2019 Hanley Formula Australasian Young Drivers Championship after the final heat was run and won at Alexandra Park on Friday night. It was a combination of relief and excitement for Sarah following the race, ‘‘I was relieved that I crossed the finish line in the last race…