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IT WAS the gut-wrenching decision he postponed as long as possible, but Scott Ewen had to make the tough call...his star pacer Bulletproof Boy is out of tonight's A G Hunter Cup in Melton. Racing in career-best form with victories at his last four starts - including

THERE’S virtually nothing that Victorian pedigree expert and hobby breeder Phil Trainor doesn’t know about standardbred bloodlines. After all, Trainor worked as a pedigree researcher for Australian Pacing Gold for 17 years before his retirement in 2021. He originally started out writing pedigrees with Melbourne auctioneer Frank Minchin

ASHDON Valley Racing principal Nev Ismaili started from humble beginnings but has built up an impressive band of broodmares in the past decade. Ismaili discovered harness racing through a mate, who talked him into buying a horse to race and the fever took hold from there. He now has 11

PRIZEMONEY  for the Australian Pacing Gold Trotting Series has received a substantial increase, with stakes for two-year-olds in 2026 and three-year-olds in 2027 rising from the advertised $25,000 to an impressive $35,000. Graduates of this year’s Melbourne Yearling Sales will be eligible to compete in mixed-sex trotting