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Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country – John F Kennedy, Inaugural Address Kevin Seymour is the first to admit that it’s been a tumultuous last six months. From being at death’s door after a heart attack to the euphoria around his boom pacer […]
Brisbane richlister Kevin Seymour didn’t think he’d ever get to a racetrack again after a heart attack, but has now picked up one of harness racing’s coveted crowns. There were times recently when property developer Kevin Seymour didn’t think he’d ever get to a racetrack again. After a heart attack the 83-year-old laid in hospital […]
Miracle Mile winning champion Leap To Fame has been announced in the NZ harness racing media as a certainty to be making the trip across the ditch in a few weeks time to compete in the $1 million Race by Grins, but not everyone is so sure he will, with speculation rife in harness racing […]
What a win best horse in the country. I’m rapt for Kevin and Kay, they have put so much into harness racing. Also I will never forget how certain people at Albion Park did the wrong thing by him. Great result tonight I’d love to be a fly on the wall in the committee room. […]
Where do you start about Grant ‘Moses’ Dixon’s drive last night in the Victoria Cup? During the week Dixon was openly admitting that in three seasons of racing, he had never taught Leap To Fame how to develop or use his gate speed. How Bizarre t was an astonishing confession, one that was incomprehensible to […]
Both Mr Kevin Seymour and the author of this website have been telling anyone will listen for about 2 years now that Leap To Fame is one well and truly out of the box, and we were both right, which is interesting because I don’t think KWS and I have ever really agreed on anything […]
Until Friday night the fastest time ever run over the 2280m at Redcliffe from a mobile start was 1.55.8 seconds run by the top class pacer Manila Playboy in December last year. Then Leap To Fame came out and ran 1.53.4 in winning the Group 3 Patron’s Purse. 2.4 seconds is the equivalent of more […]
The track record over 2138m off the stand is 1.56.9, run last Saturday night by Bombadier Jujon. It started from the front and led, 7 runs into its prep. Colt Thirty One went 1.57.5 yesterday. He began off 20 metres, and cut the breeze the whole way. First up for 9 months. On a bog […]
Know how many horses were permanently exported from New Zealand to Australia this year, including one owned by the CEO of Harness Racing New Zealand? Around 50. Which is pretty normal for a nation that exports around 500 horses a year. https://infohorse.hrnz.co.nz/datahrs/statistics/exportedhorses.htm Know how many yearlings are sold in NZ each year? Here is an […]
Two years ago the long time harness racing lover, administrator, owner, breeder and benefactor Kevin Seymour AM, one of the giants of the Queensland and Australian sport, offered the SA Harness Racing Club that runs the famous Globe Derby course and club a life line to save them from crippling debt. Seymour extended the club […]
