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By Adam Hamilton\u00a0<\/p>\n
Harrison Orange is loving life.<\/p>\n
The Kiwi young gun is in Brisbane doing some driving, spending time in one of the top stables and preparing to watch one of harness racing\u2019s great modern clashes.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s all possible as the prize for winning the Revell Douglas Memorial series earlier in the year. First held in 2022, the series is held in memory of the late Revell Douglas who tragically drowned at Karioitahi Beach in 2021.\u00a0 The trip was paid for by series sponsor Hygain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After arriving on Saturday night he has already had drives at Albion Park and Redcliffe and will be back in action again today (Thursday).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe support has been great. I\u2019m spending time at Pete (McMullen) and Chantal Turpin\u2019s place and Tommy Callaghan, who works for them, has been awesome, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been kind enough to steer a few of his regular drives my way.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just the best time to be here. There\u2019s such a buzz around with the Inter Dominion final on the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Like everyone, Orange can\u2019t wait for Leap To Fame to clash with wonder mare Captains Mistress in Saturday night\u2019s $1 million Inter Dominion pacing final (2680m).<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll be amazing to be trackside and watch that in person. What a race it\u2019s going to be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
So, who does he think will win?<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m with Larry. I think Leap To Fame will be too good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Orange will stay in Brisbane until early next week and has decided to make the most of trip across the ditch and extend the stay.<\/p>\n
Next stop is another powerhouse stable, Luke McCarthy\u2019s place at Cobbitty, not far from, Menangle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not part of the prize, but while I\u2019m here, I\u2019ll make most of it. I can\u2019t wait to get down to Luke\u2019s place. I\u2019m going to have two weeks there,\u201d Orange said.<\/p>\n
Knowing how supportive McCarthy is of young talent, he\u2019s sure to help Orange get some driving opportunities in NSW as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Adam Hamilton\u00a0 Harrison Orange is loving life. The Kiwi young gun is in Brisbane doing some driving,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-529361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}