By Duane Ranger. (sponsored by Redcliffe Paceway) Seven years and 20 days after making his winning debut, one of Queensland’s toughest pacers, has finally called it a day. Stockleigh trainers, Peter Greig and...
by Duane Ranger. (sponsored by Fletcher Racing) Redcliffe will always be Greg Franklin’s adopted home and favourite race-track, but the Sydney-born horseman admits he will always have a soft spot for Moonee Valley as...
By Duane Ranger. (sponsored by Redcliffe Paceway) You couldn’t blame Shane Graham for having a bit of tennis elbow today (Monday). The talented 37-year-old Logan Village reinsman virtually owned Redcliffe Paceway last...
By Duane Ranger. (Sponsored by Fletcher Racing) No-one in Mark Lichtwark’s family got the harness racing bug, but you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know where his equine prowess came from. His great...
By Duane Ranger. (sponsored by Redcliffe Paceway) Racing officialdom flocked to Redcliffe Paceway last night (Wednesday) for the official opening of several facilities. Redcliffe Harness Racing Club president, Bernie...
By Duane Ranger. (Sponsored by Ross Fletcher Racing) Name a racetrack in northern, central, or southern Queensland and chances are that Doug Schmidt has not only driven there but also saluted the judge. But...
By Duane Ranger (sponsored by Ross Fletcher Racing Stables) Longevity, durability, perseverance, persistence, toughness, endurance, resilience, tolerance, lasting power, grit, fortitude, and bottle. For more than...
By Duane Ranger. John McNee admits he might not have ever embarked on a harness racing career had it not been for prominent New South Wales trainer, Alf Phillis. “I was born in Sydney, but we lived in Austral, about...
By Duane Ranger. (sponsored by Fletcher Racing) Rodney Belford was always destined to have a successful career with horses in some way or another. Anyone at the 1944 Ekka Show could have predicted that. Belford, whose...
By Duane Ranger. The 3-year-old brown gelding named after this writer by brilliant race-caller Mark McNamara, has won first-up in Australia. The Craig Cross trained and Luke McCarthy driven Ranger Bomb, a son of...
