By ANYA WHITELAW

TRAINER Jayne Davies, driver Chris Alford.

It's a partnership that has led to countless victories at harness racing tracks across Australia and one which almost always shapes a threat.

Clyde-based Davies, who runs her operation with Noel Alexander, has had members of her team find success in Group One contests and Grand Circuit races while she trained Tailamade Lombo to the title of Australian Mare of the Year in both 1999 and 2000.

Alford has long been one of Australia's leading reinsmen and this season in Victoria as of Monday he had driven 125 winners and more than 200 placings � many of his successes coming on members of Davies' team.

When it comes to Bathurst's annual Gold Crown Carnival this duo have only added to their reputations.

Davies is the only trainer thus far who has had a filly back up from winning the Group One Gold Tiara as a two-year-old to 12 months later taking out the Gold Bracelet for three-year-olds. Nemeeshar achieved this feat in 2003-04.

She has also trained Lombo La Fe Fe (2002) and Amongst Royalty (2006) to Gold Tiara successes and two years ago was only narrowly denied success in the two-year-old colts and geldings feature, the Gold Crown, with Hurricane Jett.

Alford drove both Amongst Royalty and Lombo La Fe Fe to their Bathurst titles, he was the man who guided Nemeshar in 2004, he won the Gold Bracelet again in 2008 with Vista Bella, while he tasted Gold Crown success back in 1996 aboard Whitby Sportsman, who was trained by Alexander.

Along with master The Lagoon reinsman Steve Turnbull, Alford is the only man to have tasted glory in three out of the four major titles that are contested at the Gold Crown Carnival. The three-year-old colts and geldings Gold Chalice is the feature that has eluded him thus far.

On Friday the Davies-Alford combination will be looking to build on their strong Bathurst record as the heats of the 2010 Gold Tiara get underway.