Harness Horse Racing

On Sunday, May 19th, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program and SPHO of Ohio hosted a Dressage Clinic in Laurelville, Ohio with trainer, Jennifer Daniels. Ten horse and rider combinations participated along with individuals that audited the clinic. […]

A friendly reminder from friendly Yonkers Raceway that after the Art Rooney Pace/Lismore stakes program of Saturday, June 1, Yonkers Raceway is dark for live harness racing (and evening simulcasting) until Friday, June 14. […]

The Kentucky Standardbred Advisory Committee on Thursday (May 23) approved parameters for new regulations designed to increase participation in the harness racing Kentucky Sire Stakes program. […]

The Catskill Amateur Drivers Club will be offering a Spring Pacing Series which will begin at Monticello Raceway on May 29 and continue on the Wednesdays of June 5, 12 and 19 with the harness racing final and consolation slated for June 26. […]

Harness racing owner John Fielding feels the 'success pendulum' may be swinging upward again for Uncle Peter. He hopes to see proof of that from his 4-year-old trotter in Sunday's $250,000 Maxie Lee Memorial at Harrah's Philadelphia. […]

Buffalo Raceway is pleased to announce that as part of the Erie County Fair mobile application there is a dedicated section to all the harness racing information of the Hamburg Oval. […]

The young and racing's elder stateman put on an offensive driving skills Thursday at Plainridge Racecourse. […]

Ten of the Pacers' more recognizable names from the past 40 years are slated to make a joint-appearance at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday, May 24 to kick off the start of Memorial Day weekend live racing. This group of past ABA and NBA Pacers will sign autographs and pose for pictures with fans starting at 7 p.m. in the Hoosier Park Terrace. […]

Scioto Downs Racino will host a special Memorial Day race card on Monday (May 28) with a 1:00 p.m. post time. […]

Cal Expo is giving a tip of the cap to Alan Horowitz Saturday night, naming the closing-night mainharness racing event for the executive secretary of the California Harness Horsemen's Association. He will be leaving the post at the end of the month after 36 years of service. […]

The Doctor is in...to the tune of 30-large. […]

Saturday Night at the Races, which features live radio broadcasts of many of the top harness racing in North America, will begin its fourth year June 1 with a show featuring the Art Rooney Pace and the Lismore at Yonkers. […]

Award winning journalist and harness racing administrator Steven Wolf has joined Harnesslink.com as Director of North American Operations. He will begin his new duties immediately. […]

Like his father and grandfather before him, Alberto Martin breeds horses, raising them on two farms, one of them here on the outskirts of Madrid. But even as a third-generation breeder, nothing in his experience had prepared him for times like these. Over the last two years, Mr. Martin says he has been forced to sell 50 of his 70 beloved mares for about $400 […]

'Whoops! Wrong button!' - and there goes HK$30 million ... Yesterday's multi-million dollar betting blunder at Sha Tin might not have been that simple, but a betting software glitch certainly left a searing hole in plenty of punters' pockets, created an unexpected windfall for others and in the process spawned a host of highly entertainin […]

Happy Easter from the Harness Racing documentary film ''I Am, A Harness Racing Horse'' and from American Rose Lee (light bay) and Angler (dark bay). Have a Happy Easter dinner with an abundance of good food, friends and family. […]

Westbury (Long Island, New York) born harness racing driver Jimmy Marohn Jr won the 13th annual St Paddy Pace at Monticello Raceway last Wednesday (March 13), and on this past Sunday Catholics (and non Catholics) throughout the world celebrated St Patrick's Day - the great saint who cast all the snakes out of Ireland. […]

The late Dr Lawrence Slobody was not only a brilliant American doctor and director of pediatrics but he was also a harness racing visionary. His son and standardbred enthusiast Roger, said that when New Zealand's millionaire pacer Cardigan Bay came to the United States in 1964 his father took an eighth share in the brilliant son of Hal Tryax. […]

A cheerful "Happy St Patrick's Day" video from Monica Thors and the "I Am, A Harness Racing Horse" team... fun and serious at the same time. […]

Eight hours after 2005 Horse-of-the-Year and harness racing giant Rocknroll Hanover was euthanized at the Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center in New Jersey, her former caretaker Sarah Lauren Scott was still having trouble holding back her tears. […]

"He made all of our dreams come true!" […]

A United Code of Conduct should be introduced so there is consistent international governance in harness racing Associations, Clubs, Boards, and Commissions throughout the world. […]

Just when you think you've seen all of Mark Purdon's two-year-old artillery he reaches into the cabinet and gets out some more. That's what you had to be left thinking, after the Purdon clan dominated the 2yo harness racing trials at Addington yesterday (Monday February 25). […]

The U.S. Trotting Association, which will conduct its annual meeting in congress with Harness Horsemen International, Harness Racing Tracks of America and the U.S. Harness Writers’ Association from Feb. 28 through March 4, will provide live, online video streaming of several events and same-day online video coverage of several discussion panels. […]

Valentine's Day - February 14 - is not only a day when humans exchange their undoubted love for each other, but it should also be a day when we extend our adoration to all the world's beautiful animals - especially our wonderful harness racing breed. […]

Semen that was collected 14 years ago provided the late American harness racing stallion - Troublemaker - with his last ever victory at Canberra on Monday night February 11th. […]

For eight years, Arch Madness has provided breeder/co-owner Marc Goldberg with "an unbelievable ride." Goldberg and the horse’s other connections are hoping for one more great trip this weekend. […]

Krystle Campbell of Medford, MA, one of the victims of the Patriots Day bombing at last month's Boston Marathon, will be memorialized in a winner’s circle ceremony on Monday (5/27) at Scarborough Downs. […]

Harness racing has really come into the special stakes season and this weekend is no exception around the globe with major events taking place both in the United States and Europe. So let’s take a look at the big races and see if we can pick some winners! […]

On Sunday, May 19th, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program and SPHO of Ohio hosted a Dressage Clinic in Laurelville, Ohio with trainer, Jennifer Daniels. Ten horse and rider combinations participated along with individuals that audited the clinic. […]

A friendly reminder from friendly Yonkers Raceway that after the Art Rooney Pace/Lismore stakes program of Saturday, June 1, Yonkers Raceway is dark for live harness racing (and evening simulcasting) until Friday, June 14. […]

The Kentucky Standardbred Advisory Committee on Thursday (May 23) approved parameters for new regulations designed to increase participation in the harness racing Kentucky Sire Stakes program. […]

The Catskill Amateur Drivers Club will be offering a Spring Pacing Series which will begin at Monticello Raceway on May 29 and continue on the Wednesdays of June 5, 12 and 19 with the harness racing final and consolation slated for June 26. […]

Harness racing owner John Fielding feels the 'success pendulum' may be swinging upward again for Uncle Peter. He hopes to see proof of that from his 4-year-old trotter in Sunday's $250,000 Maxie Lee Memorial at Harrah's Philadelphia. […]

To train half the card at Gloucester Park on a Friday night is not new for harness racing trainer Gary Hall Snr but it is becoming a regular occurrence these days. […]

Our Sixpence capped a magnificent harness racing season with a brilliant win in the SEW-Eurodrive Queen Of The Pacific at Tabcorp Park Melton. The 10-metre handicap proved no barrier as she worked mid-race to find the death outside longshot Giggling Girl. […]

Three days of first class trotting races and a harness racing select sale with 100 of the best Swedish-bred yearlings. That's the menu in Stockholm, Sweden, this weekend. […]

Buffalo Raceway is pleased to announce that as part of the Erie County Fair mobile application there is a dedicated section to all the harness racing information of the Hamburg Oval. […]

Harness racing kicks into high gear this weekend with action at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park on Saturday at 6pm while Red Shores Summerside launches for the season on Sunday. […]

JK Special, under the command of Walter Cheverie, captured the fillies and mares feature in 1:57.3. […]