- 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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Freshmen in spotlight in Gaitway qualifiers – Harnesslink
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Freshmen in spotlight in Gaitway qualifiers
Harnesslink By Donato Hanover, Honor Thy Daughter was a $100,000 yearling purchase at the Standardbred Horse Sale. Honor Thy Daughter won in 2:00.4. "She went really good," Gingras said. "I told Jimmy after the race that she reminds me of (multiple-stakes-winner) … |
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‘Katey’ Back In Sires Stakes Spotlight – Standardbred Canada
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'Katey' Back In Sires Stakes Spotlight
Standardbred Canada As part of a three-horse, Ron Burke-trained entry, Ricky Macomber Jr. asked Mystic Karissa to leave the gate alertly from post four and the duo reached the front through the opening quarter in :27.2. Two Green Peppers and Charlie Conrad were well … |
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Calumet back in Derby spotlight – ESPN
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Calumet back in Derby spotlight
ESPN William Monroe Wright established the farm in Illinois, originally as a Standardbred operation, in the 1920s. His son, Warren … Six stallions stand at the farm, including Point Given, the 2001 Horse of the Year, and Americain, the 2010 Melbourne Cup … Shug McGaughey and his former intern each seek Derby glory Harnessing the Derby experience |
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Greater spotlight to fall on retiring NZ thoroughbreds – Horsetalk
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Greater spotlight to fall on retiring NZ thoroughbreds
Horsetalk Cooper said there were about 120 000 horses in New Zealand, of which about 42,000 were thoroughbreds or standardbreds. There were about 6000 horses registered with Equestrian Sports New Zealand. The majority of the remainder were kept for sports … |
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Group wants racing considered in casino talks – Spotlight News
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Group wants racing considered in casino talks
Spotlight News Andrew Cuomo is proposing, their main concern is protecting the horse racing industry and the revenue it brings in to the state. To that end, a coalition, Citizens for Saratoga Racing, has … Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce President Todd Shimkus … |
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‘International’ Spotlight On Friday – Standardbred Canada
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'International' Spotlight On Friday
Standardbred Canada Freshman standardbreds continued the competitions in the second week of Grand Circuit action. Today, two-year-old … Novascotia Hanover was closing down the center and Hit The Curb found racing room and began rallying between horses. It was a three … |
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Friday Spotlight Races
Today, we take a look at a trio of races from Freehold Raceway and the Open Trot at Tioga Downs. Freehold’s races include the first leg the NJSS Green Acres for 2yo filly trotters, the NJ Futurity for 2yo pacing fillies, and Charles I Smith Memorial Trot Tioga Downs Open trot is noted for the fact Check Me out takes on aged trotters in her first effort outside of the 3yo class.
Clearly, things in New Jersey are not what they once was with regards to the NJSS as the preliminary leg for the Green Acres is a mere $7,000; minuscule when compared to other states’ programs. That being said, it is what it is. Here are my selections for Freehold’s four races of interest.
3rd Fhld - Trot - $7,000; NJSS Green Acres – 2yo Fillies
3 – Partys On (Hegdal, 5-1)
5 – Lei Day (Marshall, 6-1)
2 – Vide De Vie (Dube, 5-2)
7th Fhld – Pace – $25,125 NJ Futurity – 2yo Fillies
6 – Panera Hanover (A Miller, 2-1)
1 – True Relfection (Dube, 3-1)
4 – Certified Ideal (Pantaleano, 4-1)
8th Fhld – Trot - $80,00; Charles I Smith Memorial – 3yo Open
7 – New York Muscle (Manzi, 10-1)
2 – Paper Back Lindy (Antonacci, 6-1)
5 – World Cup (Brennan, 3-1)
At Tioga Downs, all eyes will be on the eighth race as Check Me Out draws post nine in her first effort against aged trotters, an Open tilt. Check Me Out looks to be the class in this race, but the question is do you take her at 2-1 which you likely will not be able to get or do you take a stab and hope for the best?
Quite honestly, I don’t see anyone who can take it to Check Me Out unless someone decides to undertake a kamikaze drive. Hence, exotics is the way to go in this race. As such, here are my selections.
8th Tioga – Trot – $18,000; Open I
9 – Check Me Out (Tetrick, 2-1)
8 – Opening Night (Campbell, 7-2)
4 – Scorpion Moon (Morrill, 8-1)
1 – Tac’s Delight (Braden, 9-2)
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Bergman: Gural, Meadowlands need to put spotlight on horses – Daily Racing Form (press release)
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Bergman: Gural, Meadowlands need to put spotlight on horses
Daily Racing Form (press release) During his campaign to save the Meadowlands last year, Jeff Gural made a successful effort to alter some rules regarding eligibility to major races. Gural's belief at the time was that too many horses were being retired after their three-year-old … |
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Amateur Series & Sire Stakes hold spotlight – Harnesslink
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Amateur Series & Sire Stakes hold spotlight
Harnesslink Steve Oldford was born, raised, and still lives in the 'thumb' of Michigan on a Standardbred horse farm where he raises colts for Michigan and Grand Circuit racing. He has been involved with harness racing for about 40 years as a groom, trainer, … |
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Open Space Pace will shine spotlight on horse racing – News Transcript
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Open Space Pace will shine spotlight on horse racing
News Transcript He presented information about the Open Space Pace at the March 19 meeting of the Borough Council and said the nonprofit hopes to draw the type of crowd to Freehold Raceway that the venerable harness race track has not seen in years. |
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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. […]
