Harness Racing NSW

🎸 SHANNON NOLL IS COMING TO BATHURST! 🎸

The countdown is on to the Bathurst Carnival of Cups – and we’re turning up the volume!
Australian rock favourite Shannon Noll will headline an epic night of harness racing, live entertainment and big-race action at Bathurst on Friday December 11! 🎶

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🇦🇺🇺🇸 A FIRST U.S. WINNER FOR WILL RIXON! 🇺🇸🇦🇺

A huge congratulations to our very own Will Rixon, who has driven his first winner in the United States aboard the aptly named Pack Your Bags at The Meadowlands! 🏆🇺🇸
What a fantastic milestone as Will continues to make his mark on the world stage.
Congratulations Will! 👏

🇦🇺🌎 WILL RIXON TAKES ON THE MEADOWLANDS! 🇺🇸

One of NSW’s leading young drivers, Will Rixon, is set for a busy night at the world-famous Meadowlands in New Jersey this Saturday, with six drives on the card.

The action gets underway at 7pm local time, which is 9am Sunday morning Sydney time.

Go Will! 🇦🇺🔥

🎶 PETE MURRAY IS COMING TO WAGGA! 🏇🔥

The Carnival of Cups is back, and we're bringing one of Australia's biggest music acts with us!

🎤 Pete Murray will headline a huge night of elite harness racing, live entertainment and family fun at Riverina Paceway on Friday, November 6.

And he's not coming alone…

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Vale Harry Pearce OAM

It is with great sadness that harness racing has lost one of its great storytellers with the passing of Harry Pearce OAM this morning, aged 94.
An esteemed journalist, author and one of the industry's true custodians of history,
Harry's career spanned six decades and took him from the pages of National Trotguide to the mainstream press with News Limited and some of the most respected harness racing publications in Australia.
Harry's contribution went far beyond reporting the news. He had an extraordinary ability to capture the characters, champions and stories that made harness racing what it is.
His landmark biography, ‘A Legendary Reinsman – The A.D. Turnbull Story’, was the product of years of painstaking research and remains an important record of one of Australian harness racing's greatest horsemen. The book was recognised as a Coulter Media Award for Best Book in 2001.
Harry's contribution to the sport was recognised with the Joseph Coulter Media Award for Meritorious Service in 1994, his induction as a Bathurst Gold Crown Honouree in 1998, an OAM in 2004 for service to harness racing as a journalist, and his induction as a Harness Racing NSW Living Legend in 2007.
Harry was also an editor of the Harness Racing New South Wales publication The Gazette and continued contributing to historical pieces well into his later years including the ‘Farewell to the Park’ feature commemorating the closure of Harold Park, alongside Andrew Georgiou, Amanda Rando and Bill Ellis among others.
For generations of harness racing participants, Harry was more than a journalist. He was a historian, an author and a trusted voice who understood that the people and stories behind the sport deserved to be remembered.
His words helped preserve a remarkable chapter of Australian harness racing history, and his contribution will be remembered for generations to come.
The HRNSW Board and Management extend their deepest condolences to Harry’s wife, Barbara, and his family at this very sad time.
Vale Harry Pearce OAM. A remarkable career, a lasting legacy.