Melton hosts Friday night harness action under lights, with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 OVERVIEW: GO EASY ON ME (9) looks a really promising pacer for young trainer Courtney Laker and she heads to Melton on the back of two great efforts in New South Wales. First-up, she produced a big run for third behind the smart Brooklyn Dan at Wagga and then thrashed her rivals in a 35.8m demolition job at Bathurst on March 27. She competed well through the Breeders Crown series late last year and this looks a winnable assignment from the back row. LAMBRO MACH (11) has run a…

Melton hosts Saturday night harness action under lights, with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 OVERVIEW: PINNIE (3) was drawn to lead last weekend at Melton and she didn’t let punters down by scoring in dominant fashion. She seems to have bounced back from a recent atrial fibrillation issue and goes so well when she finds the fence. I’m tipping she will cross and prove awfully hard to beat, despite the step-up in distance from 1720m to 2240m. This is a cracking race with so much depth and it’s hard to trim selections to just four. REMUS PHOENIX (11) was a super third at a big price in the Group 1 Hammerhead Mile at Menangle latest, stablemate LOVEMETO (9) galloped at…

Stawell hosts Good Friday harness action featuring the Pleasant Creek Heats and Final, with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 OVERVIEW: The Good Friday meeting kicks off with the first of two heats for the Pleasant Creek Plate, where qualifiers move through to a $10,000 final as race nine on the card. BETTORSWEETVICTORY (3) is flying for trainer Ross Graham with powerful, dominant victories his last two at Charlton and Bendigo. They’ve been in easier grade than this, but he’s been so impressive and full of running that he has to go on top here. Stablemate FINAL BOW (7) is also hitting the line hard lately and must be respected despite…

Terang hosts Friday night harness action under lights, with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 OVERVIEW: Runners from heats run at two venues move through to this final for pacers rated up to 55, and I’m keen on the form from those that competed at Geelong on March 13. On that occasion, KEAYANG SWEETHEART (10) was able to lead and just hold off THE ART OF SUCCESS (11), who ran a huge race from the chair. Both were unbeaten, first-up from long breaks and appear to have bright futures. Based off that clash, I fancy the latter can turn the tables in what should…

Melton hosts Friday night harness action under lights, with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 OVERVIEW: TAPPY (2) returned from a break and started his three-year-old season in style with a last-to-first win at Kilmore last week that has set the platform for a good preparation. It was a really promising effort and I fancy he can score again here from the handy draw with James Herbertson in the bike. If it’s not TAPPY (2), then it’s a wide-open event. GOOD DAY (3) made a sustained run from last at Shepparton on February 17 and only dropped out late, and did run very well first-up on New Year’s Eve…

Melton hosts Saturday night harness action under lights, with Tim O’Connor offering his race-by-race preview and tips. Race 1 OVERVIEW: Quality fast class event to start a wonderful night of racing at Melton and it’s with some trepidation I side with CATCH A WAVE (2). He’s a horse who has been awfully hard for punters to follow, but did have plenty of excuses when running last in a race that looked his for the taking at Kilmore a few weeks ago. He was trapped wide for the last lap and dropped out. Given LOUIE LOU I (1) tends to take cover in his races, it looks as though CATCH A WAVE (2) might be able to…

Tim O’Connor casts his eye over a stellar Saturday night at Melton, headlined by the time-honoured Hunter Cup and a powerhouse support card set to light up metropolitan harness racing. Race 1 – HERTZ MELTON PACE SELECTIONS: TIMBIMBOO (3), ROYAL APPOINTMENT (12), HEZ ALL ROCK (1), HOORAH PHILTRA (9)   OVERVIEW: Noting a small ownership share in TIMBIMBOO (3) here and he really does look to have a great winning chance in this 0W/15.0K stake event. He was very good prevailing last time out at Melton when he worked hard in a fast lead time and first quarter before holding off the talented Odin,…

Kilmore hosts Saturday night harness racing, with the Group 1 Pacing Cup the highlight of a quality card. Tim O’Connor previews the meeting race by race, offering his selections and quaddie combinations. Race 1 Plenty of winning possibilities in this 0W/15.0K event, but I’ll side with MONTANA PRIDE (5) for Team Herbertson. I really fancied him last weekend at Cranbourne based off his outstanding recent form, but he was double crossed from the pole and never really looked a winning chance. Despite that, he was only beaten 5.1m by My Little Bo. Not sure where he ends up in the run, but…