Geelong hosts a six pack of Friday night harness action, with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 SELECTIONS: SHONEE (1), NIGHT FLIGHT (10), THATS DUDLEY (8) OVERVIEW: Tricky way to start the card where plenty have cases. SHONEE (1) looks to have the gate speed to lead or be leader’s back, and has a win and third placing to her name this campaign, NIGHT FLIGHT (10) was beaten in the shadows of the post in a race five of these contested last week at Ballarat but has to do it away from the pegs here, while THATS DUDLEY (8) beat home SHONEE (1) in…

Melton hosts Saturday night harness action highlighted by the Australian Pacing Gold 2YO Finals with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 SELECTIONS: KEAYANG SWEETHEART (5), ROYAL APPOINTMENT (9), RANGER RICK (11), HIGHLANDHARTBREAKA (13) ANALYSIS: KEAYANG SWEETHEART (5) is a progressive mare who has a great career record of three wins and five placings from nine career starts. She clashed with three rivals that reoppose here last weekend and did a super job to finish fourth despite being stuck outside the leader. She was in the same position her prior two runs and finished runner-up, and just needs a…

Melton hosts Saturday night harness action with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 SELECTIONS: CARLA PIXIE (8), NAKEDTRUTH (2), WITH APLOMB (6), KARBINE (13) OVERVIEW: This is the final of a series that included heats at Bendigo, Geelong and Melton, and it’s easy to make a case for a number of runners in the big field. CARLA PIXIE (8) has a difficult barrier draw inside the second row, but she’s in a great patch of form at present and with even luck she will give this a big shake. She dead-heated with WITH APLOMB (6) in a qualifier at Geelong despite doing…

Melton hosts Saturday night harness action with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 SELECTIONS: LOVEMETO (7), KEAYANG STUKA (4), I AM WILMA (1), IM BOBBY (8) OVERVIEW: Like they did last week, the open class trotters kick-start the night at Melton where LOVEMETO (7) gets back onto the front line. He has really emerged as a top-line squaregaiter in recent months and ran well despite being defeated as favourite on May 30. Before that, he sat parked to win while defeating five rivals that reoppose here. It was a top performance and leads me to think he can overcome the…

Melton hosts Saturday night harness action with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 SELECTIONS: MECARNO (4), ARCEE PHOENIX (11), IM BOBBY (6), KEAYANG STUKA (9) OVERVIEW: MECARNO (4) is one of trotting’s emerging excitement machines who closed his three-year-old season with three Group 1 wins, including trainer-driver Michael Bellman’s first in the Victoria Trotters Derby. While it’s never easy to step straight into open company and win, he has performed very impressively at the trials and has always shaped as a squaregaiter that would measure up well in this grade based on his strength and toughness last campaign.…

Melton hosts Saturday night harness action with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 SELECTIONS: LE CARDINAL (1), MEDINA (8), ALL BLAZING GUNS (10), OZZIE CORKA (6) OVERVIEW: LE CARDINAL (1) shaped as a really promising horse for the Matthew Craven stable through his two-year-old season and he’s come back in sensational form with last-to-first victories in both runs at three. While they have been against much easier opposition than what he meets here, the turn of foot he’s shown is explosive and I fancy he’s destined for much better grade than this. Being crossed and buried away early…