Harness Horse Racing

Hyperion Hanover, again the senior citizen in his field, took top harness racing honors for the second straight week in the feature 'winners over' pace at Pompano Park on Saturday night. […]

To honor the memory of two of his fallen service members, PA Army National Guardsman Grant Boudreau helped The Meadows Racetrack & Casino and the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association plan and stage a Memorial Day Weekend tribute to his comrades - and all veterans. […]

Goodnite Goodluck, a seven-year-old bay, by Bettor's Delight, won the $11,000 Open Pace in 1:55.3 for owner Mark Jakubik, of West Seneca, NY, here at Buffalo Raceway Saturday night (May 25). […]

Trainer Mark Ford has won dozens of Opens at Saratoga Casino and Raceway over the last few years and on Saturday night, he brought a new member of his stable to town to compete in the $20,000 feature. […]

Building Wealth trotted home for his 50th harness racing career victory on Saturday (May 25) in Raceway Park's fifth race. […]

Hugadragon vaulted right to the lead for harness racing driver Dave Palone and easily captured his third straight victory in Saturday's $22,500 Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. […]

Yonkers Raceway Saturday night hosted a pair of $40,000 eliminations for the Art Rooney Pace. All told, a dozen harness racing 3-year-old pacers--nine colts and three geldings--tried to wedge their way into next Saturday night's $275,000 final. […]

The New Jersey Sires Stakes for three year old pacers headlined Saturday's harness racing card at the Meadowlands Racetrack. […]

After a long stretch at the Yonkers half-mile, Annieswesterncard took to the 5/8-mile oval at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs beautifully and scored a harness racing victory in Saturday night's featured Preferred pace. […]

The favorite A Penny Earned lived up to his top billing with a 1:54.4 harness racing victory in the $10,000 Open trot, while Scofanman secured the fastest mile, a 1:54.1 pacing triumph, on Saturday night at Vernon Downs. […]

Anderson, IN - 'I am sure glad to be here,' said harness racing catch-driver Sam Widger in the winner's circle after getting the call to replace Mark Macdonald aboard Bolt The Duer as they captured the $200,000 Dan Patch Pace at Hoosier Park Saturday in 1:49.3. […]

In Your Room and harness racing driver Mike Simons took home the $16,000 open handicap trot on Saturday night at Tioga Downs. Leaving from post position number three in a field of seven, Simons settled in third as the field went to the quarter in 27.4 with the favorite, Spice It Up Lindy pressing to the front. […]

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. […]

As the face of Harness Racing NSW, singing sensation Shannon Noll has been tasked with bringing families back to the trots and if the crowd at the Coota Showground yesterday is anything to go by, he is well and truly achieving his goal. […]

Bijou Theater (Art Major) pulled off the mild upset in the Sunday afternoon feature at Saratoga Casino and Raceway. […]

Wishing Stone avenged his nose loss to Sevruga last week in the $180,000 Cutler Memorial at the Meadowlands by leading from start to finish for harness racing driver Yannick Gingras Sunday in the $250,000 Maxie Lee Memorial Trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia. […]

Local owners Chuck Pompey, Howard Taylor and Ed Gold are really having a special Memorial Day weekend as their top mare, Economy Terror, upset the field with a perfect drive by Matt Kakaley to win the 6th edition of the $250,000 Betsy Ross Pace at Harrah's Philadelphia Sunday in a mild 1:51.1 clocking. […]

Pembroke Fella, who was crowned the harness racing aged pacing horse of the year at the Prince County Horsemen's Club awards recently, won the opening day feature in 2:00.2 at Red Shores Summerside. […]

Nahar (4g Love You-Mahonny Broline-Joie de Vie) trained and driven by Robert Bergh won the 2013 harness racing Elitloppet Final in 1.10.1kr, earning the winners' purse share of 3 million SEK. […]

Hyperion Hanover, again the senior citizen in his field, took top harness racing honors for the second straight week in the feature 'winners over' pace at Pompano Park on Saturday night. […]

Favored Sebastian K (7m Korean-Gabriella K-Probe) easily won Elitloppet 2013 second elimination in 1.11.2kr for trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt, defeating Nahar (8m Love You-Mahonny Broline-Joie de Vie) trained and driven by Robert Bergh with Brad de Veluwe (5m Andover Hall-Amazing Ride-Muscles Yankee) third for Tuomas Korvenoja. […]

Nesta Effe (6m Naglo-Etna Sec-Viking Kronos) and Roberto Vecchione scored a come from behind harness racing win in the first Elitloppet heat, scoring in 1.10.7kr to defeat the hard fighting pacesetters Raja Mirchi (6m Viking Kronos-Dame Lavec-Quito de Talonay) for Lutfi Kolgjini and third finishing Timoko (6m Imoko-Kiss me Coulonces) and Joseph Verbeeck. […]

Delicious (4f Cantab Hall-Ipsara LB-Lemon Dra) easily won the four year-old mares elite at Solvalla. […]

US bred Having Said That (10g SJs Photo-Pay TV-TV Yankee) was a 29/1 upset winner in the 300,000SEK Monte Elite (1609 meters autostart) today at Solvalla, riden by Christina Lindhardt and trained by Christian Lindhardt. […]

To honor the memory of two of his fallen service members, PA Army National Guardsman Grant Boudreau helped The Meadows Racetrack & Casino and the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association plan and stage a Memorial Day Weekend tribute to his comrades - and all veterans. […]

Goodnite Goodluck, a seven-year-old bay, by Bettor's Delight, won the $11,000 Open Pace in 1:55.3 for owner Mark Jakubik, of West Seneca, NY, here at Buffalo Raceway Saturday night (May 25). […]

Lightly raced harness racing three-year-old pacer Mister Sumna extended his winning streak to three in succession when he powered his way to an effortless win in a 3C1-C0 over 2090 metres at Tattersall's Park in Hobart tonight Sunday the 26th of May. […]