Archieved News

April 2012

The NSWSOA in conjunction with paricipating race clubs and HRNSW will once again conduct the NSWSOA Bonus Scheme during 2012.

The conditions are similar to last years series and are as follows

  1. To be eligible for the NSWSOA Bonus Scheme the Managing Owner of the winning
    horse must be a financial member of thr NSWSOA at acceptance time for the nominated event.
  2. To qualify for the NSW Breeders Challenge component of the Bonus, as sponsored by HRNSW:
  • any 2yo or 3yo winner must have sustained their eligibility this season OR
  • any 4yo or older winner must have sustained their eligibility as a 2yo and/or 3yo

Eligible winners will win the following cash prizes:

  1. NSWOA Bonus .. if the Managing Owner is a financial Member of the NSWSOA , the NSWSOA will contribute $250 and   the club will contribute $250.
  2. HRNSW Bonus ... if the horse is sustained or was sustained for the NSW Breeders Challenge HRNSW will contribute $500.
    The total bonus payable per race is $1,000 and there is no limit on how many races  horses can win in the scheme.

The race date schedule is as follows and the NSWS)A Bonus is applicable to every programed event.

  1. Bathurst -- Wednesday, 9th May 2012   
  2. Goulburn --Monday 14th May 2012  
  3. Parkes -    Wednesday 23rd May 2012   
  4. Wagga --  Friday 8th June 2012   
  5. Dubbo -    Wednesday 13th June 2012   
  6. Penrith -   Thursday 21st June 2012    
  7. Young --   Friday 29th June 2012    
  8. Tabcorp Park Menangle --Tuesday 3rd July 2012    
  9. Newcastle -  Friday 6th July 2012

Membership forms may be downloaded from NSWSOA website www.nswsoa.org.au  or by
writing to     NSWSOA  PO box Baulkham Hills BC  Baulkham Hills NSW 2153
Annual membership is $50
For further information contact Peter Plummer from the NSWSOA on 0418641726

June 2011

  • Committee members Peter and Marie Neil represented the Owners Association at the meeting held at Bathurst on Friday, 3rd June 2011, and would like to thank the Bathurst Harness Racing Club..... read more here
  • Tuesday night 9th June at Dubbo, the NSWSOA bonus payments continued, owners R E D Harness Racing Pty Ltd, P D Trevor-Jones, P A Mortimer, G M McCormack, P D Oxley and S McDonald were the successful owner groups. read more here

May 2011

  • Thursday night, 26th May at Parkes Harness Racing Club the NSWSOA bonus payments continued with Mark Harris and Bruce Harpley trained and driven horses winning the bonus dollars on the night.... read full article here

April 2011

  • The 30th April 2011 goes down in history when for the first time in Australasia a horse won in a sub 1.50 mile rate..... read article here
  • Friday 13th is usually unlucky for some but some forgot to tell Steve & Mathew Harris, Ms Fiona Reed, Mr A Linnane& Jackie Gibson for earning the bulk of the NSWSOA bonuses handed out at Young harness racing meeting..... read article here