The Canberra and Goulburn Harness Racing Clubs have unveiled plans for a $300,000 summer carnival of harness racing to be run over four consecutive Sundays in January and February of 2017. Headlining the racing are the $31,800 Frank & Edna Day Goulburn Cup, the $25,000 Canberra Cup, and the $19,080 Goulburn Soldiers Club Goulburn Rose. […]
2016 News
VERDOT COMES OF AGE WITH MENANGLE WIN
To the French, Verdot is a late ripening red wine grape used in the classic Bordeaux wine blends. To Scott Hewitt, local trainer and driver of standardbred horses, Verdot is a Village Jasper pacing mare who at the ripe old age of 6 years is racing in the best form of her career. The mare […]
AWARDS NIGHT SUCCESS PAVES WAY FOR SEASON START AT GOULBURN
With the Goulburn harness racing season kicking off this coming Sunday afternoon, the Goulburn club received a great boost when it won the best Carnival of Cups Tabcorp Community Engagement Club award at the annual Harness Racing NSW awards night. The Gala event was held on Saturday evening at the Sheraton on the Park Motel […]
HEWITTS GUNNING FOR GROUP 1 GLORY
Pacers from the Hewitt family’s Goulburn stables look set to play a significant hand in Sunday’s Alabar NSW Breeders Challenge Finals day at Tabcorp Park Menangle. With seven Group 1 races to be decided; and prizemoney just short of a million dollars on offer, the afternoon of harness racing is one of the most important […]
HEWITT DANCES TO MENANGLE WIN
(Thursday 2 June, 2016) Harness racing at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Saturday evening the 28th May saw Goulburn based Sam Hewitt enjoy his biggest success as a harness racing trainer when 6 year old mare Modern Dancer won the C3/4 final of the Menangle Country Series. In a close finish, Modern Dancer who charged home […]
