Harness racing driver and trainer Clinton Hall has received an eight year disqualification after stewards found that he had offered $2000 to a rival trainer as an inducement to hand up the lead on the favourite in a race at Gloucester Park earlier in the year. Clinton Hall was found… Read More »
Champion harness racing trainer and reinsman Gavin Lang has died aged 61. Lang was diagnosed with a rare type of lymphoma in September last year and had been undergoing treatment in Melbourne. He drove his first winner in June 1975 and in 2017 became the second Australian driver to reach… Read More »
Racing Queensland has introduced a new Group One race set to become the richest event for three and four-year-old pacers in the southern hemisphere. The $250,000 Rising Sun will be held at Albion Park on July 18 with several incentives designed to attract the best three-year-olds in Australasia, including two… Read More »
Leading harness racing duo Shane and Lauren Tritton are to relocate to the United States, saying the sport in Australia is no longer viable for them. Shane Tritton is a former premier Sydney trainer and Lauren is a leading driver. They operate as Team Tritton at Menangle in Sydney but… Read More »
A Victorian harness driver and trainer has been handed an eight year ban for race fixing and interfering with a post-race blood test. Scott Dyer was penalised for eight years for race rigging and endeavoring to interfere with the result of a blood test. The HRV RAD Board heard submissions… Read More »
Record-smashing reinsman Chris Alford is on the verge of making history yet again, with a chance to crack 100 Group One wins in Brisbane at the weekend. The most successful reinsman in Australian history – having clocked almost 7000 wins – Alford will get two chances to secure another milestone… Read More »
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission will not appeal a decision to have sacked harness racing chief steward David Farquharson reinstated. It has opened the door for Farquharson to return to work this week. The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission’s deputy president Adrian Bloomfield last week ordered Farquharson be reinstated as of… Read More »
Queensland’s leading harness racing driver Shane Graham, who has represented Australia in championships, has been charged with two counts of match-fixing. He was the seventh harness racing person in Queensland who has recently been charged with offences involving rigged races or betting irregularities. Queensland Racing Integrity Commissioner Ross Barnett says… Read More »
