- 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.' […]
- Tioga Downs moves qualifiers to FridayTioga Downs would like to inform all harness racing horsemen racing at Tioga Downs that qualifiers will be moving to Friday mornings at 11:00am. […]
- Eliminations for stakes off $2,000,000 - wow!There are 11 stakes race eliminations on the Saturday harness racing card at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, with horses earning their way into competition next Saturday, Sun Stakes Saturday, that will be worth almost $2,000,000 in purses. […]
- Guomo needs 3-part parlay to expand gamingAlbany, NY - If Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to expand full-scale casino gambling in New York is to become a reality, he is going to have to hit a three-part parlay. […]
- Dayton, Ohio racino clears financing hurdleDAYTON, Ohio (AP) - The new harness racing racino being built in Dayton has cleared a financing hurdle. […]
- Jimmy Taggart Jr. wins Junior Free For AllKZ Bezz won Monticello Raceway's second annual Junior Free For All on Monday afternoon June 17th when harness racing driver Jimmy Taggart, Jr. hustled her to the front and defeated seven rivals in a 1:58.3 clocking. […]
- Lislea Moran repeats at Northfield ParkLislea Moran was a repeat winner in the $6,000 Open Pace in Northfield Park's sixth race on Monday, June 17, 2013. […]
- Double Dribble captures Tioga featureDouble Dribble and Jonathan Drury captured Monday evenings featured $5,200 condition pacing event for trainer Joe Agostino. […]
- Golden Gun fastest of DSBF splits MondayThe Wiz Kids Stable's Golden Gun ($12.20, Montrell Teague) was the fastest of three $20,000 divisional winners Monday in the 2nd leg of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings with a 1:54.2 triumph. […]
- 2013 Grand Circuit Handicapping ChallengeIn a weekend where there were nine stakes races to be played with a minimum of $270 to be wagered, the potential for movement in any handicapping contest was clear A hot or cold streak could change things dramatically Thus was the case in HANA Harness' 2013 Grand Circuit Handicapping Challenge sponsored by the Hambletonian Society, Chicago Harness, IHHA […]
- 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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Merulla Takes Bold Shot At The OLG – Standardbred Canada
December 13th, 2012 | 
Author:  Standardbred Canada |
Merulla Takes Bold Shot At The OLG
Standardbred Canada The Councilors in question have repeatedly said that the existing gaming facilities at Flamboro Downs have benefitted the province, city, residents and horse-racing industry for years, and that there is no good reason to fix what is not broken. In … |
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Event gives local harness racing shot in the arm – CBC.ca
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Event gives local harness racing shot in the arm
CBC.ca Event gives local harness racing shot in the arm. CBC News. Posted: Jul 25, 2012 8:45 AM AT. Last Updated: Jul 25, 2012 8:42 AM AT. The harness racing industry in Truro is having its busiest time of the year with Atlantic Grand Circuit Week. Share … |
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Standardbred Found Shot Dead – Standardbred Canada
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Standardbred Found Shot Dead
Standardbred Canada A standardbred that was in to go has been found dead, shot between the eyes, one day before it was scheduled to race. According to a report by nbcchicago.com, the horse in question was found Tuesday, May 29, a day before she was to race at Balmoral … |
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Horse shot to death day before Balmoral race – ABC7Chicago.com
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Horse shot to death day before Balmoral race
ABC7Chicago.com Investigators say they are looking for a white, newer model two-door pickup truck that was seen in the area where the harness race horse was found dead on Tuesday. Police say the Standardbred trotting horse named Lady May Z was shot between 4 and 6 pm … Horse found murdered day before Balmoral Park race |
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Race Horse Shot Dead in Indiana – NBC Chicago
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Race Horse Shot Dead in Indiana
NBC Chicago The 8-year-old standard bred trotting horse, who was scheduled to run Wednesday at the track in Crete, was taken to Purdue University in West Lafayette for a necropsy. The run was planned as a test to see if she was ready to return to racing. Horse found murdered day before Balmoral Park race Race horse found killed before race |
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Race horse shot dead before Illinois race – Chicago Tribune
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Race horse shot dead before Illinois race
Chicago Tribune Lake County, Ind., Sheriff's police were called to a pasture on a farm near the corner of 245th Avenue and Colfax Street south of Lowell about 7 pm Tuesday, where the 8-year-old Standard bred trotting horse was found shot between the eyes and killed, … Horse found murdered day before Balmoral Park race Horse shot to death day before Balmoral race |
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Rare white colt a true long shot – Tri-Town News
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Rare white colt a true long shot
Tri-Town News The colt is actually one in 200 million, according to Ellen Harvey of the United States Trotting Association (USTA), the governing body of harness racing. OnMay 22, the little white dude with the blue eyes and red “Medicine Hat” markings greeted the … |
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Rare white colt a true long shot – Allentown Examiner
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Rare white colt a true long shot
Allentown Examiner Native American cultures ascribe magical qualities to the Medicine Hat horse. He also has reddish hairs on his back and in his tail. According to Harvey, the last time bay or dark-colored parents had a white standardbred in North America was back in … |
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White colt a 200000 – 1 genetic long shot – Ocala (blog)
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White colt a 200000 – 1 genetic long shot
Ocala (blog) The US Trotting Association said the colt, born at Fair Winds Farm in Upper Freehold Township on May 6, is the first white standardbred racehorse born in North America in 14 years. That horse was a filly named Historically Unique born in Ontario in … |
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Summit County wants cut of horse bets, but it’s long shot – Chicago Tribune
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Summit County wants cut of horse bets, but it's long shot
Chicago Tribune Summit County wants a cut of horse racing bets. But it looks like the county's request won't leave the starting gate. With the state's horse tracks adding video slots and Ohio lawmakers busy rewriting gambling laws, county leaders say they should get a … |
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- 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. […]
- 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. […]
- Pair A Dice pulls off a 22-1 Meadows shockerExploiting a hot pace on a softening track, Pair A Dice rallied third over to pull off a 22-1 harness racing shocker in Tuesday's $22,500 Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. […]
- 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. […]
- Latest European news with Thomas H. HicksLast weekend provided much harness racing action at Paris-Vincennes, Kouvola and Boden, so much that other interesting development were too easily overlooked. […]
- 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.' […]
- Tioga Downs moves qualifiers to FridayTioga Downs would like to inform all harness racing horsemen racing at Tioga Downs that qualifiers will be moving to Friday mornings at 11:00am. […]
- Wingberry Farms protects the Humber riverHave you thought about making your farm more environmentally friendly? […]
- Eliminations for stakes off $2,000,000 - wow!There are 11 stakes race eliminations on the Saturday harness racing card at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, with horses earning their way into competition next Saturday, Sun Stakes Saturday, that will be worth almost $2,000,000 in purses. […]
