Champion Blacks A Fake can now lay claim to being the best pacer of all time following his historic victory in the $1million Watpac Inter Dominion Grand Final at Tabcorp Park Menangle this afternoon. Winning an unprecedented fourth Inter Dominion, Blacks A Fake did it the hard way by racing three-wide...
Current standings going into the Newcastle heats tonight are as follows Driver Points Position Gareth Rattray (TAS) 50 1 Caleb Lewis (VIC) 36 2 Peter McMullen (QLD) 31 3 Dexter Dunn (NZSI) 26 4 Reon Tither (NZ) 25 5 Matthew Smith (SA) 24 6 Cameron Fitzpatrick (NSW) 19 7 Roydon Downey (NZNI) 18 8 Danielle...
The barrier draw has been determined for Sunday’s $1million Watpac Inter Dominion Grand Final to be held at Tabcorp Park Menangle. Conducted this evening at a gala function at Harold Park Paceway, the barrier draw will see the field line up this way: 1 Washakie NZ 2 Our Awesome Armbro NZ 3 Blacks...
The final field has been determined for the Watpac Inter Dominion Grand Final, to be held at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Sunday, March 7. Monkey King topped the point score with 31, just in front of Blacks A Fake with 29.5. Bondy was third on the point score with 29. Field in points order: Monkey King 31...
Blacks A Fake showed why he is regarded as one of the best horses of the modern era with a breathtaking performance to win the final heat of the Watpac Inter Dominion Championships. Sitting outside defending Inter champ Mr Feelgood, trainer-driver Natalie Rasmussen wasn’t perturbed. With the pair...
Although there were one or two surprises in the run, there weren’t any at the finish of heat seven of the Watpac Inter Dominion, with Monkey King running away from his rivals. The pre-series favourite to win ID10, Monkey King was expected to lead and win without any concerns in his heat tonight...
Bondy was un-extended in heat six of the Watpac Inter Dominion Championships tonight at Newcastle. Rattling home in a sizzling 26.2 seconds for the final quarter, Bondy led throughout to make a clean sweep of his heats in the series. Showing good gate speed from barrier two, trainer-driver David Butt...
Washakie was simply sensational in taking out heat five of the Watpac Inter Dominion Championships at Newcastle tonight. Beginning from the outside of the front row, trainer-driver John McCarthy took his charge off the gate and settled near the rear before making a move approximately 400 metres after...
Hunter Cup winner Bondy led throughout to take out the last of four heats on the opening night of the Watpac Inter Dominion at Harold Park tonight. Speeding out of gate two, trainer-driver David Butt wasn’t given a moment’s peace in front as the pressure was applied from the start. Firstly,...
Monkey King proved why he is the Watpac Inter Dominion series favourite by sizzling around the Harold Park circuit tonight. Showing very good gate speed to lead from four in heat three, driver Ricky May was able to dictate his own terms and go through the first half in a pedestrian 64.8 seconds (32.6,...
Three-time Inter Dominion champion Blacks A Fake led pretty much throughout to take out the second of the Watpac ID10 heats at Harold Park tonight. The nine-year-old gave trainer-driver Natalie Rasmussen a running double, having taken out the opening heat with stablemate, Atomic Ark just 30 minutes earlier....
Natalie Rasmussen was expected to feature in the winners circle during the Watpac Inter Dominion heats tonight at Harold Park – to most punters though, it came 30 minutes earlier than expected! Atomic Ark caused a boilover when he scored at the juicy price of $38.00 on the NSW TAB when taking out...
American-bred pacer Lonestar Legend is out of the 2010 Watpac Inter Dominion. The Golden Mile winner was withdrawn from the series early this morning. Trainer Paul Fitzpatrick said he was devastated at the news of losing his only representative in the series. Lonestar Legend, one of the most high-profile...
Trainer Geoff Small is quietly confident Changeover can break his Harold Park hoodoo when the Watpac Inter Dominion kicks off tomorrow night. Small prepares the second favourite for the series, who will contest the opening heat from barrier six. After a string of impressive performances in New Zealand...
Inter Dominion queen Natalie Rasmussen is growing in confidence her champion pacer Blacks A Fake can create history at Watpac ID10. Natalie said the nine-year-old had thrived during his first week at Brian Hancock’s Wollongong stables and had the bonus of an ideal draw in tomorrow night’s...
Organisers have been working for years to stir interest in the Inter Dominion from North America and this year has hit spot. Fresh from former North American pacer Mr Feelgood’s historic Watpac Inter Dominion final win at the Gold Coast last year, there are four former northern hemisphere-trained...
The rankings for the ID10 Championships to be conducted in New South Wales were released at 12noon today. The first five positions are determined by the championship conditions. Mr Feelgood, the current Inter Dominion titleholder, is ranked number one while his equal Barastoc Grand Circuit champion Blacks...
With the Watpac Inter Dominion nominations closing this week the biggest coup for the Championship in 2010 is that three of the biggest names in the sport – Mr Feelgood, Monkey King and Blacks A Fake – are there. Mr Feelgood and Blacks A Fake were joint winners of the Barastoc Grand Circuit...
Trainers, drivers and owners are advised that nominations for the Watpac Inter Dominion 2010, to be conducted in Sydney, close next Monday. Those who already haven’t filled out a nomination form for the series are urged to contact NSW Harness Racing Club Racing Manager, David Wonson on (02) 9660...
