A leg injury has kept dual Inter Dominion champion Beautide out of the latest series but another of Barrie Rattray’s home grown pacers Devendra will be attempting to give Tasmania another win in Australasia’s most prestigious harness event. Trainer James Rattray is pinning his hopes on Devendra that scraped into the series in WA by…
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Queenslander wins Australian Driving Championship
Monday 16 November 2015
STAR Queensland reinsman Grant Dixon delivered a couple of career best drives to emerge from the harness meeting in Launceston last night as the winner of the Sky Racing Australian Driving Championships. Dixon accrued 71 points from his six drives to take the 2015 Australian Driving Championship title from South Australia’s Danielle Hill with 58…
Australian Driving Championships on way to Launceston
Friday 13 November 2015
The country’s best harness drivers will assemble in Launceston on Sunday night when Tasracing, Harness Racing Australia (HRA) and the Launceston Pacing Club (LPC) host the second Sky Racing Australian Driving Championship. Two drivers from each state will contest six races for points to decide the winning driver. Each state has selected their representatives based…
Beautide is 2014/15 Tasmanian Horse of the Year
Friday 13 November 2015
Champion pacer Beautide, has been awarded his second consecutive NIMS Global Tasmanian Horse Of The Year at the 2015 Tasracing Harness Awards and Hall of Fame Dinner at Wrest Point in Hobart. The eight-year-old Tasmanian-bred and owned gelding, raced by the Rattray Family Trust, was recently named the Australian Horse Of The Year for 2014/15…
Tasmania’s top reinsmen eager to contest Australian Drivers Championship
Tuesday 27 October 2015
THE Launceston Pacing Club will play host to this year’s Australian Driving Championships next month and Tasmania’s dynamic duo of Gareth Rattray and Ricky Duggan are champing at the bit to take up the challenge against Australia’s best. All states have selected their representatives and the personnel reads like a who’s who in harness racing….
Australia’s Best Drivers to Assemble in Launceston
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Australia’s best drivers have been selected to compete in the 2015 Australian Drivers Championship to be held in Launceston on Sunday 15 November. Each state has notified their participants for the prestigious series and all have been selected on current form after finishing in the first three in their state driving title last season. The…