Harness Horse Racing

Don't get him started. Like so many horsemen, harness racing trainer Deshawn Minor understandably can barely contain his enthusiasm when you mention the Hambletonian, especially with a prospect in one his stalls at Magical Acres in Chesterfield, NJ. […]

There will be no live harness racing at Monticello Raceway on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th . However, simulcast wagering will be available both day and night. […]

Sixteen harness racing two-year-olds will face the starter on Friday morning, making their first official appearances behind a starting gate. […]

The United States Trotting Association Strategic Wagering Program is joining forces with the Daily Racing Form to promote 41 of harness racing's most important stakes races on 28 dates at 15 racetracks across the country in 2013. […]

He doesn't have a barn full of horses, but you only need one and harness racing trainer Deshawn Minor is pretty pleased the one he has is Smilin Eli. […]

The 'Best of 2012' awards were handed out last night by the Keystone Chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers' Association, and leading the way as Pennsylvania's 'Horse of the Year' was Bob Key's Winning Mister 1:51.3 ($1,108,874), the millionaire and FFA trotting star who established track records at every Pennsylvania harness […]

The C.K.G. Billings Harness Driving Series kicks off its 32nd season at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday, June 5 followed closely by a harness racing contest at Scioto Downs on Friday, June 7th . […]

Top harness racing free-for-allers invade the Delaware Valley this Sunday afternoon at Harrah's Philadelphia, with the sixth edition of both the Betsy Ross Mare Pace and the Maxie Lee Open Trot, both events offering bounties of $250,000. […]

Denver grabbed the lead with a lightning-quick backside burst that propelled him to victory in a stake-fastest 1:55.2 in Wednesday's $100,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stake at The Meadows. […]

Camdee (Western Ideal) was the star of the night on Wednesday at Saratoga Casino and Raceway. […]

A field of ten will be sent postward in the $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Saturday, May 25. […]

We saw a lot of excellent harness racing performances at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs this week, so there were plenty of great candidates for Weekly Awards honors. […]

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. […]

Nigel McGrath is going into the Harness Jewels with plenty of confidence. After all, his horse did just break the 2600m New Zealand three-year-old record of none of than Auckland Reactor. […]

A field of ten will be sent postward in the $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Saturday, May 25. […]

On what was a miserable wet night for most, harness racing cobination Steve and Amanda Turnbull were all smiles when they finished with four and five winners between them. […]

We saw a lot of excellent harness racing performances at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs this week, so there were plenty of great candidates for Weekly Awards honors. […]

Formula T was an upset winner in Northfield Park's second race on Wednesday (May 22). Harness racing driver Robert Dinning piloted the gelding for owner David Miller of Millersburg, Ohio and trainer Sandy Landfair. […]

The Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association (ASBA), in consultation with the Maritime Provinces Harness Racing Commission (MPHRC) and its Bio Security Committee, has postponed the Atlantic Sires Stakes three-year-old pacing colts event which was slated for Sunday, May 26th, at Inverness Raceway. This event will be re-scheduled at a later date. […]

Two harness racing meetings were held in Victoria on Wednesday May 22, with Maryborough hosting the day fixture and nearby Ballarat racing at night. […]

David Miller's Cash on Delivery ($10.80, Vince Copeland) put together a fierce stretch drive to take home Wednesday's $18,000 featured harness racing Open Trot at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.3. […]

Congratulations to Andrew Armour, Anthony Butt, Blair Orange, David Butt, John Dunn and Matthew Williamson who all tipped out winners last week. […]

Master Horse Trainer David Lichman is coming to town to perform with his three personally trained horses for the first time in his 25 year career of helping people achieve extraordinary results with their horses. […]

Carl Jamieson's journey to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame might get sidetracked temporarily by a trip to Indiana. […]

Data gathered recently from Illinois horsemen shows that the cost of putting a horse on the racetrack has increased dramatically even as money earned has dwindled. […]

This Week: Molson Pace Prep, The Raceway at Western Fair District, London, Ontario; Dan Patch Invitational, Hoosier Park, Anderson, Ind.; Art Rooney eliminations, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; and Betsy Ross and Maxie Lee Memorial, Harrah's Philadelphia, Chester, Pa. […]

JK Special will look to deliver from post 2 as the harness racing favourite in Thursday's $2,200 Open Mares feature at Red Shores Charlottetown. […]