- Investment in the tens of millions of dollarsAn investment in the tens of millions of dollars will be announced on Tuesday by the Saratoga Casino & Raceway, according to sources familiar with the announcement. […]
- Tamarac Sassy wins $47,866 Violet StakeSpeed and an inside post can be a winning combination on a harness racing half-mile oval, and that was the case once again on Friday night at Maywood Park as Neva Jane Ikeler's Tamarac Sassy stormed right to the front and made every call a winning one, taking the $47,866 Violet Stake by a hard fought neck in 1:55.1. […]
- Ziegfeld gets a perfect pocket trip to winZiegfeld, a five-year-old Broadway Hall gelding, won the $11,000 Open Trot in 1:58.3, for harness racing owner Michael L Torcello, of Hamburg, New York, here at Buffalo Raceway Friday night (May 24), over a fast track. […]
- Son of Majestic Son a rising star at SaratogaMikey Hanover returned to his winning ways on Friday night at Saratoga Casino and Raceway as the rising harness racing star won the Open trot for the second time in three tries. […]
- Buffalo Raceway's policy for Equine HerpesThe Harness Horse Breeders are pleased to announce current information on Buffalo Raceway's policy to allow horses shipped from Canada to participate in NYSS events, with proper safeguards in place. We applaud their efforts to protect the health and well being of our horse population and their support of the New York harness racing breeding program […]
- Yonker's Friday night $46,000 pair of opensYonkers Raceway's harness racing pair of "sloppy" Friday night $46,000 Open Handicaps--for everyone's-welcome trotters and distaff pacers--were won by a closing Monsignor Flan (Brent Holland, $7.90) and a first-up Krispy Apple (Jason Bartlett, $5.70). […]
- The Dan Patch to light up spectacular nightThe best in the sport of harness racing will once again take to the racetrack at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Saturday, May 25 for the 20th running of the $200,000 Dan Patch invitational. The thrill-themed evening, tagged as the 'Thrillyard 200', will showcase some of the more notable harness racing names alongside free fireworks, giveaways, […]
- High Bridge is fastest in $243,495 PASS divsSporting hopples for the second time, High Bridge converted a cozy pocket trip to harness racing victory in a stake-fastest 1:55.1 in Friday's $243,495 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows. […]
- To Tell The Truth dispatched rivals easilyTo Tell The Truth dispatched six speed-minded pacing rivals with ease en route to a 1:53.4 victory in Friday night's $6,000 featured eighth harness racing event at Vernon Downs. […]
- Hayworth Blue Chip sets life mark at TiogaHayworth Blue Chip and Jim Meittinis came into Friday night's $16,000 fillies and mares open pace with two straight second place finishes at Tioga Downs, and a third at Saratoga. She left on Friday night with her fifth victory of the 2013 harness racing season and shaved two seconds off of her lifetime mark with a 1:51.4 score. […]
- Twin B Shasta wins 3rd straight at NorthfieldTwin B Shasta paced home for her third straight win Friday (May 24) in Northfield Park's eleventh race. The harness racing eight-year old is owned by Mike Kastel of Garfield Heights, Ohio. […]
- Northfield's top mare of the weekPosey Patch took the $6,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace for harness racing owner Gregory Gardner of Sheridan, Michigan in the opening race on Friday (May 24) at Northfield Park. […]
- New Director of North American OperationsAward 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. […]
- Spain becoming a slaughterhouse for horses!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 […]
- Software glitch stings punters - $30 million'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 I Am, A Harness Racing HorseHappy 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. […]
- Jimmy Marohn Jr, St Patrick & Pope FrancisWestbury (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. […]
- Son of Cardigan Bay's co-owner reminiscesThe 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. […]
- St Patrick's Day trailer - Monica Thors teamA 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. […]
- Tears flow big-time for Rocknroll HanoverEight 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. […]
- Super sire Rocknroll Hanover dead, aged 11"He made all of our dreams come true!" […]
- Kiwi gets his say at U.S.A. Racing CongressA United Code of Conduct should be introduced so there is consistent international governance in harness racing Associations, Clubs, Boards, and Commissions throughout the world. […]
- Plenty of trial form to dig your teeth intoJust 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). […]
- USTA video from Harness Racing CongressThe 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. […]
- Happy Valentine's Day - horses included!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. […]
- Troublemaker's last winner is really uniqueSemen 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. […]
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Burke Puts Himself in the Bullseye
February 22nd, 2013 | 
Author: In today’s HRU, Ron Burke proclaims he is not a cheater, in response to all which has been written (and talked) about him. As in politics, this puts Burke in the bulls eye; reminding me of the time Al Gore was running for the White House challenged the press to follow him, claiming he was a faithful husband, only to be caught cheating. When one challenges the media to disprove their innocence, the media will be looking.
I must confess. While I have had my suspicions with certain trainers, the Burke stable has never been one of them. Yes, they win a lot of races, but then they have a lot of horses to race so there is seldom a race at the Meadowlands where the Burke stable is not present so you will naturally see more of his horses in the winners circle. Through last night at the Meadowlands, the Burke Stable has 16 more winners than any other stable there, but those 28 wins comes from 133 starters, meaning the stable has a 21% win rate. However, when you look at win percentage, the Burke Stable is 9th at the Meadowlands (the statistics coming courtesy of Statsmaster):
| Robert Seligman | 15 | 6 | 40% |
| Steven Weaver | 30 | 9 | 30% |
| Nick Sunrick | 26 | 7 | 27% |
| Scott Di Domenico | 23 | 6 | 26% |
| Henrick Lundell | 13 | 3 | 23% |
| Joseph Oliseno | 22 | 5 | 23% |
| Tony Alagna | 14 | 3 | 21% |
| Kathleen Allen | 14 | 3 | 21% |
| Ronald Burke | 133 | 28 | 21% |
The only thing the Burke Stable can be accused of with certainty is being too big an operation, almost corporate-like something we usually don’t see in harness racing. You can argue whether stables this big are good for harness racing (I don’t think they are) or not, but having a stable as big as the Burke stable doesn’t mean someone is cheating.
I had mentioned in an earlier column that TVG will take over operation of 4NJBets.com starting March 1. While details are yet to be officially sent to account holders, I did have an exchange with representatives of TVG who in addition to confirming their taking over of 4NJBets.com, has confirmed existing account holders will not be assessed any fees per wager or video. While this is welcome news, there are some questions which remain. For example, under the current system one can go to the track and make deposits to and withdrawals from your account; you can wager using your account while at the track. TVG has a rewards program, will NJ customers be able to participate in the player rewards program? Instead of speculating, these questions and others will be answered in an upcoming communication which existing account holders will be receiving from TVG.
Personally, I think on the whole the move to TVG will be beneficial for existing 4NJBets.com account holders. Also, the move to TVG will make it easier for New Jersey to implement exchange wagering when it finally gets the go-ahead in the Garden State.
California racing is known for their high takeouts when it comes to thoroughbred racing; takeout rates in California harness racing are a bargain when compared to their running cousins. But on the plus side, the California Horse Racing Board is perhaps the most open when it comes to the public being kept informed as to what is going on. Take a look at their website and see the information which is made available to you, the general public. Other states should be as open as California when it comes to the regulation of the sport.
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Bob Roesch making himself right at home – Harnesslink
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Bob Roesch making himself right at home
Harnesslink The 48-year-old Ohio native was involved with riding horses as a youngster, but it wasn't until he was 18 that he discovered the world of harness racing. “I was actually raised in Tennessee, but I returned to Ohio and took a job with my uncle Loyal … |
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Main Wise AS stamps himself a star in Paris
The 5-year old Italian-bred but Dutch-owned trotter Main Wise AS, driven by his French trainer, Pierre Levesque, burst upon the international scene by winning the prestigious Prix de l’Atlantique in Paris on Saturday afternoon.
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Luke Plano is making a name for himself at Cal Expo
When business concludes Saturday night, Luke Plano will have wrapped up another driving title at Cal Expo by a pretty wide margin, an accomplishment that is not lost on the 30-year-old pilot.
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Siegel finds himself outside looking in
Long Last Look is certainly one of the major players in Saturday night’s finale of the TVG Amateur Driver series, but things got a lot more testing for the pacer when he landed the No. 9 post in the full field.
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Rock N Roll Heaven proclaims himself an early Cup favorite after elim win
Rock N Roll Heaven stamped himself the one to beat in next week’s C$1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup after a thrilling nose victory over Kyle Major.
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- Son of Majestic Son a rising star at SaratogaMikey Hanover returned to his winning ways on Friday night at Saratoga Casino and Raceway as the rising harness racing star won the Open trot for the second time in three tries. […]
- Buffalo Raceway's policy for Equine HerpesThe Harness Horse Breeders are pleased to announce current information on Buffalo Raceway's policy to allow horses shipped from Canada to participate in NYSS events, with proper safeguards in place. We applaud their efforts to protect the health and well being of our horse population and their support of the New York harness racing breeding program […]
- Yonker's Friday night $46,000 pair of opensYonkers Raceway's harness racing pair of "sloppy" Friday night $46,000 Open Handicaps--for everyone's-welcome trotters and distaff pacers--were won by a closing Monsignor Flan (Brent Holland, $7.90) and a first-up Krispy Apple (Jason Bartlett, $5.70). […]
- The Dan Patch to light up spectacular nightThe best in the sport of harness racing will once again take to the racetrack at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Saturday, May 25 for the 20th running of the $200,000 Dan Patch invitational. The thrill-themed evening, tagged as the 'Thrillyard 200', will showcase some of the more notable harness racing names alongside free fireworks, giveaways, […]
- High Bridge is fastest in $243,495 PASS divsSporting hopples for the second time, High Bridge converted a cozy pocket trip to harness racing victory in a stake-fastest 1:55.1 in Friday's $243,495 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows. […]
- To Tell The Truth dispatched rivals easilyTo Tell The Truth dispatched six speed-minded pacing rivals with ease en route to a 1:53.4 victory in Friday night's $6,000 featured eighth harness racing event at Vernon Downs. […]
- Hayworth Blue Chip sets life mark at TiogaHayworth Blue Chip and Jim Meittinis came into Friday night's $16,000 fillies and mares open pace with two straight second place finishes at Tioga Downs, and a third at Saratoga. She left on Friday night with her fifth victory of the 2013 harness racing season and shaved two seconds off of her lifetime mark with a 1:51.4 score. […]
- Twin B Shasta wins 3rd straight at NorthfieldTwin B Shasta paced home for her third straight win Friday (May 24) in Northfield Park's eleventh race. The harness racing eight-year old is owned by Mike Kastel of Garfield Heights, Ohio. […]
- Northfield's top mare of the weekPosey Patch took the $6,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace for harness racing owner Gregory Gardner of Sheridan, Michigan in the opening race on Friday (May 24) at Northfield Park. […]
- Muscles Yankee sires both NJSS winnersThe New Jersey Sires Stakes for sophomore trotters highlighted the Friday night harness racing card at The Meadowlands. Raced on a sloppy strip in unseasonably cool conditions, six trotting colts lined up for the NJSS $33,000 second leg in race two. […]
- SBOA Stakes finals held at Mohawk - videosHarness racing Ontario sired sophomore pacing and trotting fillies highlighted the Friday night programme at Mohawk Racetrack as they faced off in a pair of SBOA Stakes finals. […]
- Pacer's Legends are coming to Hoosier ParkTen 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 harness racing. […]
- Third time a charm for Arch MadnessFor eight years, Arch Madness has provided breeder/co-owner Marc Goldberg with "an unbelievable ride." Goldberg and the horses other connections are hoping for one more great trip this weekend. […]
- Memorial Day race to honour Boston victimKrystle Campbell of Medford, MA, one of the victims of the Patriots Day bombing at last month's Boston Marathon, will be memorialized in a winners circle ceremony on Monday (5/27) at Scarborough Downs. […]
