Brittany robertson harness racing
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Brittany Robertson trainee takes Open
Brown Brinny (Jereme's Jet) finished second in her harness racing debut in the local Fillies and Mares Open at Saratoga Casino Hotel back on September 9th.
That marked the fifth consecutive start in which the Brittany Robertson trainee had finished first or second.
Following a fourth place finish last week, Brown Brinny drew post three in Friday night's $18,000 Open for distaffers.
Dan Cappello Jr. blasted the five year old mare out to the early lead in the feature, a lead she would never relinquish.
The favorite brushed up first over approaching the three quarter pole and while Brown Brinny briefly lost the lead, she didn't allow her rival to clear.
Fighting back around the final turn, Brown Brinny re-emerged with the lead turning for home and held on to prevail in 1:54 for her first ever score in the local Open.
New York Sire Stakes star Clear Idea (Billy Dobson) closed to finish second in her first start in the Spa Open w
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Every year there is a handful of trainers who emerge as stars at Saratoga Casino and Raceway for the first time. Oftentimes, these trainers are young up-and-comers while others are established trainers somewhere else making a splash at the Spa for the first time. For Brittany Robertson, it is kind of a combination of both. Realizing that the future of harness racing appears bleak in her native Ontario, the 22-year-old Robertson relocated to New York and set up shop in down state’s Pine Bush area. After enjoying some success north of the border, she came to Saratoga as a relatively unknown trainer. After two months of the local racing season, Robertson is certainly not unknown anymore. Brittany comes from a family of harness racing and has translated what she’s learned over the years to display local dominance of late. Robertson came to town with a solid group of horses but has added some solid members to her stable after playing the claiming game very well. In fact, one
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An industry 'disintegrating': Fixing scandal rocks the world of Queensland harness racing
An unprecedented crackdown bygd the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) and the Queensland Police racing brott squad has triggered a wave of arrests in 2017, including some of the sport's leading drivers and identities.
Police have made 10 arrests so far, with one of the industry's rising stars telling a Brisbane court "everybody's doing it".
"I think the stature of people we've arrested should be a concern for everybody involved with the sport," QRIC commissioner Ross Barnett said.
The unfolding corruption crisis has dragged harness racing — which has battled for decades to shed a chequered reputation — to a fatal crossroads, according to broadcaster and racing administrator David Fowler.
Mr Fowler, chairman of the Albion Park Harness Racing Club, said each new public revelation of alleged cheating was "like a wound that