By Duane Ranger (courtesy of the Wagga Harness Racing Club) The owner of one of the largest private harness racing studs in Australia has trained his first winner of 2024 on his home track. Alfredtown-based, Jake Stockton...
By Duane Ranger (courtesy of Redcliffe Paceway) Ian Mabbott recorded two victories with My Latin Lady on consecutive Wednesdays at Redcliffe Paceway on October 23 and 30 – but not in his normal role as a Tamworth...
By Duane Ranger The matriarch of the famous Butcher harness racing dynasty was so dedicated to God that she named a lot of the family’s horses after Bible names. A devout Catholic, like her late Hall-of-Fame...
By Duane Ranger (courtesy of Redcliffe Paceway) For 12 years, from 1998 to 2010, Darren McCall was one of hottest trainers going around in North America, but the Queensland 54-year-old admitted last Wednesday’s Redcliffe win...
by Duane Ranger (courtesy of Redcliffe Paceway) Jenny Anderson – the only new face on the six-strong Redcliffe Harness Racing Board, has been driving and training standardbreds for 57 years. In fact, the 71-year-old also...
By Duane Ranger (courtesy of Redcliffe Paceway) Had it not been for the Redcliffe Peninsula-based McNee family the Redcliffe Harness Racing Club might not have existed. Now some 70 years later, grandson, Mark McNee, has...
by Duane Ranger (courtesy of Redcliffe Paceway) Jacobs Well trainer, Steve Borg, was due a change of luck at Redcliffe Paceway on Thursday (October 17). The 50-year-old father-of-two notched up his 33rd career victory –...
By Duane Ranger (courtesy of Redcliffe Paceway) Fairney View horseman, Ian Gurney, has taken blow-after-blow in life, yet the 61-year-old has still managed to overcome his major financial and health obstacles to become a...
By Duane Ranger (courtesy of Redcliffe Paceway) Forty-three years after being lured into harness racing by a $400 collect, Morayfield mechanic, Graeme Teale, is now more hooked on standardbreds than he has ever been. The...
They don’t breed ‘em much tougher than Clint Sneddon
By Duane Ranger (courtesy of Redcliffe Paceway) Lockyer Waters reinsman and Show specialist, Clinton Snedden, has no doubt that racehorses have not only lifted his spirits, but have kept him alive. Four years ago, the...