- Amish man creates a racing board game!This reporter may not have played a real board game in years, but....being the harness racing purist or junkie that I am; I could not resist being one of the first people to purchase a brand new board game called Midwest Harness Racing. […]
- Lots of exciting races at the Running AcesAnother large crowd turned out at Running Aces Harness Park on Tuesday night and were treated to some outstanding racing and thrilling stretch drives, evidenced by the fact that six of the final seven races produced photo finishes. […]
- Ronnie Wrenn Jr. scores big Tuesday nightRonnie Wrenn Jr. drove six winners on Tuesday (June 18) at Northfield Park. Wrenn's winners included Village Boss ($4.00) in race two, Friskie Town ($2.10) in race five, Rosebud-Sharkalert ($5.00) in race nine, Rare Commodity ($15.00) in race 10, Ridge Park ($3.60) in race 11 and Goin Home Ray ($11.20) in race 14. […]
- Miller-Morgan combo score at the PoconosThe combination of harness racing trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and driver David Miller scored a pair of wins with the two fastest times in Stallion Series action for three-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. […]
- Lorrie Please wins $19,000 mares featureAllen Kaplan, Ira Kaplan and David Sheibs Lorrie Please (George Dennis, $8.40) surpassed $100,000 in seasonal earnings Tuesday with a 1:54.2 win in the featured $19,000 Mares Open at Harrington Raceway over a sloppy racetrack. […]
- Stakes filled weekend at Pocono DownsHarness racing's No. 1-ranked horse, 3-year-old pacer Captaintreacherous, leads a star-studded card Saturday night when Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs hosts eliminations for the Ben Franklin Pace, Earl Beal Jr. Memorial, Max C. Hempt Memorial and James M. Lynch Memorial stakes. […]
- Arch Madness back home and ready to goAfter facing some of the best trotters in Europe in last months Elitlopp, Arch Madness is back in the States and ready to tackle another tough group. […]
- Captaintreacherous claims top spot in PollDefending Pacer of the Year Captaintreacherous claimed control of the No. 1 spot in this week's harness racing Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll. […]
- Retired ''Indy' makes friends at the libraryDozens of youngsters entering the Monmouth County Library in Manalapan, NJ on Monday, June 17, 2013 to check out a book also could check out a retired standardbred racehorse named Independent Act - aka Indy. […]
- Trio of stakes at Balmoral for two-year-oldsBalmoral Park's mid-week harness racing card Wednesday night will have a trio of ICF stakes for young horses with the first race opener the pari-mutuel debut for all nine freshman filly pacers. […]
- Racehorse drug testing gets a real big boostAdvanced equipment and supplies recently donated by leading horsemen's organizations have given the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine a powerful forensic research tool for the development of innovative racehorse drug testing protocols. […]
- Freshmen in spotlight in Gaitway qualifiersAfter winning four times in a five-race span during Monday's harness racing qualifiers for 2-year-olds at Gaitway Farm, driver Yannick Gingras was jokingly reminded the races don't pay. 'Hopefully,' Gingras responded, 'they'll pay down the road.' […]
- WTC and WDC to be held in Sydney in 2015Harness Racing Australia announced in Paris overnight that the 2015 World Trotting Conference and World Drivers' Championship will take place in Sydney. […]
- WDC round #4 goes to Pierre VercruysseToday Hippodrome Mauquenchy hosted five World Drivers' Championship contests, each over 2100 meters autostart. […]
- WDC Round #3 to Austria's Gerhard MayrAustria's Gerhard Mayr earned 56 points today to move into third place with 116, trailing Pierre Vercruysse (158) and Bjorn Goop (127), as action moves to Mauquenchy tomorrow with five races on tap. […]
- World Drivers' Championship - Day 3 (Angers)Five races on day three of the harness racing World Drivers' Championship were conducted 300 kilometres southwest of France in the region of Angers(pronounced on jay), which has a metropolitan population of 400,000 people. […]
- Round One of WDC Set For SundayPost positions and drivers are now set for the opening card of the 2013 World Driving Championship, kicking off this Sunday in France. […]
- Editor, Duane Ranger leaves HarnesslinkAfter almost five years as editor of Harnesslink, Duane Ranger has taken up a contract with Harness Racing New Zealand. Ranger (48), who has been a journalist throughout New Zealand and Tonga since 1985, lives and breathes two things in life - harness racing and cricket. […]
- 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. […]
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Memorial Day workouts for Belmont Stakes – The Idaho Statesman
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Memorial Day workouts for Belmont Stakes
The Idaho Statesman If he gives us another breeze like he did today and last week, I think he has (worked himself into the race). He's a horse you can see getting better and better every work and every race. "(With Revolutionary) right after the Derby, we talked to … |
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Scioto Hosts Memorial Day Matinee – Standardbred Canada
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Scioto Hosts Memorial Day Matinee
Standardbred Canada Trainers Marty Wollam and Mark Headworth will send their horses out from the three and seven hole respectively. Tom Brinkerhoff swept … For the third week, race nine will have an 11-horse field and present the Super High Five wager. Through the first … |
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George Morton Levy Memorial Update
Continuing where he left off, VFTRG contributor Joe F. takes a look at the Levy series thus far.
Ron Burke is
apparently trying to sell Something For Doc or Annies so he can have Foiled
eligible to the Levy final: right now those three are the top point getters in
the series. Only two from a barn are allowed in the final and the same holds
true for the consolation pace. He stated that all three will start next week.
Foiled is only 18 points back of Annies and 25 behind Something For Doc. If
Annies sits next week that will solve the problem. The 25 appearance points alone
would be sufficient to move Foiled past him in the standings. If Doc sits,
Foiled’s appearance points would put him in a tie with that one, and even the
five points awarded for a fifth place finish would catapult Foiled into the
final. The odd man out would fall into the role of favorite in the $75,000
consolation pace.
apparently trying to sell Something For Doc or Annies so he can have Foiled
eligible to the Levy final: right now those three are the top point getters in
the series. Only two from a barn are allowed in the final and the same holds
true for the consolation pace. He stated that all three will start next week.
Foiled is only 18 points back of Annies and 25 behind Something For Doc. If
Annies sits next week that will solve the problem. The 25 appearance points alone
would be sufficient to move Foiled past him in the standings. If Doc sits,
Foiled’s appearance points would put him in a tie with that one, and even the
five points awarded for a fifth place finish would catapult Foiled into the
final. The odd man out would fall into the role of favorite in the $75,000
consolation pace.
Unlike the
Matchmaker, where 15 of the 18 divisions have featured a Burke entry, only
three of the 20 splits of the Levy have had one, and two of those came on
Saturday night.
Nick
Surick’s Versado was positioned for a spot in the final, with a win, a second
and a fourth place finish in the first three legs, but he scratched out of this
week’s third division. He’ll need a good performance next week as well as some
help to get there now, but he’s still in the mix for a spot in the consolation
pace.
Surick’s Versado was positioned for a spot in the final, with a win, a second
and a fourth place finish in the first three legs, but he scratched out of this
week’s third division. He’ll need a good performance next week as well as some
help to get there now, but he’s still in the mix for a spot in the consolation
pace.
Razzle
Dazzle, who was run into the ground battling Foiled on the front end in the
second leg, redeemed himself with a late charge in round four. As of right now
he qualifies for the final, but only by a handful of points. He’s tied with Nob
Hill High for that last spot. Second Wind, Classic Rock N Roll, Versado, EZ
Noah and Lettucerocku are all in position to move up from the consolation to
the final with solid performances next week and help from those above them.
Meanwhile Burke’s Clear Vision is a solid bet to be paired in the consolation with
whichever Burke horse is deemed to be the odd man out in the qualifying group
for the final.
Rockincam
has been a big disappointment in the series. He missed the first leg, and the
accompanying show up points, dead-heated for first with Classic Rock N Roll in
the second and finished third in the third leg. This week he challenged
Something For Doc up the back and wound up finishing sixth. He’s got some work
to do to make the consolation.
has been a big disappointment in the series. He missed the first leg, and the
accompanying show up points, dead-heated for first with Classic Rock N Roll in
the second and finished third in the third leg. This week he challenged
Something For Doc up the back and wound up finishing sixth. He’s got some work
to do to make the consolation.
Tony
O’Sullivan is in good shape with Casimir Jitterbug well placed to make the final
and Classic Rock N Roll slotted for the consolation. Again, because of the show
up points what happens next week is key. With few exceptions, any horse that
sits out has a problem.
Annies
Westerncard, Burke’s seven-year-old Western Hanover gelding, who won only one
race last year, may be the sharpest horse in the series. His wire-to-wire :51.4
win in last night’s second division was nasty. Last year’s winner Atochia, on
the other hand, made a big sweep around the last turn, only to run dry at the
end.
Westerncard, Burke’s seven-year-old Western Hanover gelding, who won only one
race last year, may be the sharpest horse in the series. His wire-to-wire :51.4
win in last night’s second division was nasty. Last year’s winner Atochia, on
the other hand, made a big sweep around the last turn, only to run dry at the
end.
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July 16, 2010 Del Miller Memorial Race 3
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Horse Racing: Previews of the 2013 Santa Anita Derby & 2013 Wood Memorial …
isportsweb.com One way or another, Johnny V. has to harness this horse's speed throughout the race because regardless of which pace scenario plays out, this colt is going to have a firing line of challengers taking aim on him at the quarter pole. Lastly, I'm not real … |
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Zahn Memorial To Go Saturday – Standardbred Canada
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Zahn Memorial To Go Saturday
Standardbred Canada Dale and LaVonne ordered a purple and white blanket to present to the winning horse and driver in the winner's circle and were presented with a drivers whip autographed by many of the drivers Harold and watched and wagered on over the years. That whip … |
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Up Front Dan Wins Russell Memorial – Standardbred Canada
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Up Front Dan Wins Russell Memorial
Standardbred Canada “But I think he'll make a useful horse.” Elsewhere on the card, it was Palone again in the $18,000 Preferred Trot, as he sent Hava Kadabra on a quarter-pole move that carried him to victory in 1:53.3. He was 3-1/2 lengths better than TSM Photo Bugger … |
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Weaver Memorial To Red Falkor – Standardbred Canada
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Weaver Memorial To Red Falkor
Standardbred Canada I could hear Brett Miller chasing his horse (September Hall) going into the last turn, and I thought if he didn't get right to me, my horse would halfway take off once he got out of the turn. My game plan was to go down swinging.” The strategy worked … |
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American Jewel – Ties World Record – Lynch Memorial – Mohegan Sun Pocono
White Receives Hamilton Memorial Medal – Standardbred Canada
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White Receives Hamilton Memorial Medal
Standardbred Canada Bernie White has been selected by Harness Horse Breeders of New York State as the sixth annual recipient of the Bruce Hamilton Memorial Medal. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to harness horse racing and improvements in the breeding of … |
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- Amish man creates a racing board game!This reporter may not have played a real board game in years, but....being the harness racing purist or junkie that I am; I could not resist being one of the first people to purchase a brand new board game called Midwest Harness Racing. […]
- Lots of exciting races at the Running AcesAnother large crowd turned out at Running Aces Harness Park on Tuesday night and were treated to some outstanding racing and thrilling stretch drives, evidenced by the fact that six of the final seven races produced photo finishes. […]
- Ronnie Wrenn Jr. scores big Tuesday nightRonnie Wrenn Jr. drove six winners on Tuesday (June 18) at Northfield Park. Wrenn's winners included Village Boss ($4.00) in race two, Friskie Town ($2.10) in race five, Rosebud-Sharkalert ($5.00) in race nine, Rare Commodity ($15.00) in race 10, Ridge Park ($3.60) in race 11 and Goin Home Ray ($11.20) in race 14. […]
- Harpley in search of his first challenge winJunee horseman Bruce Harpley has won a number of feature juvenile events around Australia during his long and distinguished harness racing career but one series that has eluded him to date is the New South Wales Breeders Challenge. […]
- Miller-Morgan combo score at the PoconosThe combination of harness racing trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and driver David Miller scored a pair of wins with the two fastest times in Stallion Series action for three-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. […]
- Nathan Hurst is enjoying the Queenland sunHarness racing trainer Nathan Hurst decided to escape the cold mornings at his training base of Eglington in New South Wales for a month and is enjoying the warmer weather in Queensland with a team of eight horses. Hurst has qualified Mcambro for Saturday nights Premiers Cup at the Gold Coast and he is hoping for a good result in the $50,000 feature. […]
- Lorrie Please wins $19,000 mares featureAllen Kaplan, Ira Kaplan and David Sheibs Lorrie Please (George Dennis, $8.40) surpassed $100,000 in seasonal earnings Tuesday with a 1:54.2 win in the featured $19,000 Mares Open at Harrington Raceway over a sloppy racetrack. […]
- Local star Zanardi returns to Globe DerbyLocal star Zanardi returns to Globe Derby Park after a luckless run at Melton when held up for a run entering the home straight. […]
- Michael Muscat is enjoying a golden runIn his first full season of training Londonderry based Michael Muscat is pleased with his results and is hoping to cap off an impressive year by qualifying multiple runners for the Breeders Challenge Finals day at Tabcorp Park Menangle on June 30. Muscats two year old filly Majestic Amy progressed through to the Gr.1 final after finishing second in her semi […]
- Major In Art sires first New Zealand winnerNot much gets past the team at Harnesslink, but one thing that did was Major In Arts first New Zealand winner, Major Sam, who was victorious last Friday night at Addington. […]
- Forbury Park meeting moving to SaturdayHRNZ and the NZRB have moved swiftly to co-ordinate re-jigged plans for South Island race meetings this week surrounding the forecast weather bomb that will work its way up the island from this evening. […]
- HRNZ Media Bites - Wednesday 18 JuneHi again everyone, please see below the Media Bites as we see them for the week. […]
- Old vs young in Gloucester Park featureSeemingly indestructible ten-year-old Has The Answers is poised to seriously test record-smashing five-year-old Livingontheinterest after drawing favourably at barrier two on the front line in the 2130m Quality Produce Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. […]
- Stakes filled weekend at Pocono DownsHarness racing's No. 1-ranked horse, 3-year-old pacer Captaintreacherous, leads a star-studded card Saturday night when Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs hosts eliminations for the Ben Franklin Pace, Earl Beal Jr. Memorial, Max C. Hempt Memorial and James M. Lynch Memorial stakes. […]
