Category: Harness News

Melissa Maine, the studmaster of Faithful Park stud, Latrobe, has been a strong supporter of the Tasmanian Yearling sale for several years. A member of a respected northern Tasmanian trotting family, Melissa is offering two superbly bred yearlings at this year’s sale to be held at Carrick Park on Saturday, February 15. Both are the…

The 2020 Tasmanian Harness Sale, to be conducted by Tasracing, will be held at Carrick Park on Saturday. The sale comprises 17 lots by 12 different sires including leading stallions Rock N Roll Heaven, Sweet Lou, Modern Art, Metropolitan and Well Said and emerging sires Sunshine Beach, Hurrikane Kingcole, Major Bronski and Caribbean Blaster. The…

By Peter Wharton Latrobe breeder-owner-trainer Larry Nichols has a special affinity with the stock of the Artsplace import Modern Art. Nichols and his wife, Elizabeth, long-time participants in harness racing, enjoyed an unprecedented wave of success a few years ago with one of Modern Art’s greatest sons, Modern Ruler. In a career spanning nine seasons…

By Peter Wharton The results of recent racing in Tasmania has provided a fillip for the Tasmanian Harness Sale, to be held at Carrick Park on Saturday. There’s been a swag of winners with close relatives in the sale including Frankie Falzonie, a winner at Devonport and Elwick, and his half-brother Ark Fury (Launceston). The…

By Peter Wharton Pyengana dairy farmers and hobby breeders Michael and Carol LeFevre have only one entry in Saturday’s Tasmanian Harness Sale at Carrick Park. But the big, strongly brown colt, Lot 14 in the catalogue, looks certain to attract plenty of interest from discerned buyers both on the score of blood and type. He’s…