Harness Horse Racing

Post positions for the 15th edition of the Bert Beckwith Memorial Pace were drawn Thursday at Plainridge Racecourse. […]

BG’s Folly, who drew post eight for the 56th Cane Pace Final on Labor Day at Freehold Raceway, was declared out this morning due to sickness. […]

A field of 22 3-year-old New York bred colt and gelding pacers will square off in three divisions, worth a total of $149,076 in New York Sire Stakes purse money. […]

Palazzo Princess rallied wide through the stretch and scored a 10-1 upset in Friday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. […]

Yes, there’s some competition from the Cane Pace, but a lot of industry eyes this weekend will be trained on Ontario’s Mohawk racetrack as it presents one of the biggest stakes nights of the year. […]

Shark Gesture will be looking to defend his Canadian Pacing Derby title from post eight. […]

Southwind Wasabi and Dejarmbro each crafted track record performances during Thursday night’s 10-race program at Vernon Downs. […]

Mark Vogel, the Maryland developer who once owned Rosecroft Raceway and would like to own it again, says he now will wait for the property to go on auction, and feels confident he will be able to buy it then. […]

In spite of what his name might suggest, Delaware pacer Eviction Notice N is in no danger of getting kicked out of his current home. […]

The 18th annual International Simulcast Conference in Clearwater Beach, Fla. will feature discussion among representatives of some of the North American pari-mutuel industry’s largest computer players. […]

Here are the Top 10 contenders for the 65th Little Brown Jug, as ranked by Assistant Publicity Director Jay Wolf. […]

The suspensions and fines are a result of an investigation into allegations that certain licensees racing at Windsor Raceway were conspiring to affect the outcome of horse races. […]

Harness racing throughout the world will be cut off at the knees if proposals to close the Meadowlands are seen through. […]

An interesting article in todays telegraph.com site written by Murray Wardrop says that the Roman charioteers earned far more than even the best-paid footballers and international sports stars of today, according to academic research. […]

The greatest ever pacing stallion Mister Big has arrived in Australia. The plane touched down yesterday (Tuesday) carrying a list of top pacing shuttle stallions, none better than this world beater. He will head to quarantine immediately, before heading to his home for the next 6 months at Stallion Station. […]

Experienced South Auckland horseman, Rob Saunders, has joined Harnesslink.com to assist with various harness racing projects. The first venture Rob will be involved with is working with studs and stallion owners so that they can take advantage of the huge fan base the site has. […]

Harness racing's final day of the World Cup for Amateur Drivers was decided at the beautiful racecourse of Enghien. The track is centrally located in Paris and is a faultlessly presented and maintained facility which features a 1400m track. […]

Ice skaters, horses, elephants, mimes, jugglers, acrobats, singers, dancers and more dancers, on stage at the world famous Paris, Club Lido on the Champs Eleysse right below the Arc De Triumphe. […]

On July 20, before the World Cup of Amateur Harness Racing began at France's Cabourg Race Course on July 20, the drivers were paraded around a packed grandstand on the backs of US made Harley Davidson motorcycles. […]

The sport of harness racing was first covered in a newspaper in the U.S. in the June 10, 1806 edition of New York's Commercial Advertiser. A pacer named Yankee won the mile at Harlem Race Track in New York. […]

Here is an outstanding trailer about a great horse - not a harness racing horse - but a thoroughbred, the great Secretariat, a 1973 Triple Crown winner, that is on the nymag.com site today. Not only a very good advertisment but an excellent trailer as well. […]

The Harness Horsemen International comprised of 16 Associations representing nearly 10,000 members, will meet via conference call on April 19th. Led by President Gene Oldford, the group will hear updates from State Associations and other organizations committed to the great sport of Harness Racing worldwide. […]

Thursday March 25 will be remembered by equine advocates across the United States and the United Kingdom as the day the international cries for the wild horses and burros were raised loud and clear. Rallies held in Washington, DC, London, England, Las Vegas, NV and Los Angeles, CA culminated with a report on CNN that exposed the propaganda being fed to the p […]

Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park will carry the Dubai World Cup Saturday March 27 live from the state- of- the -art Meydan Grandstand and Racecourse in Dubai. […]

A major Thoroughbred owner, philanthropist and former diplomat has bankrolled an airlift of U.S. surgeons and surgical assistants to earthquake devastated Haiti and he is actively seeking to send more. Is this a time when perhpas harness racing enthusiasts throughout the world could also be doing a bit more for the devastated people and their country. […]

George Polk, Jr. has drawn the favorite in Monticello Raceway's 10th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pace which showcases the talents of African- American harness racing drivers. The race is slated to go to post on Monday, January 18, the day the Nation will honor the memory of the great civil rights leader. […]

Ky-sired harness racing freshman were the main attraction on the Thursday night card at The Red Mile, as 7 divisions were contested as part of the second and final leg of the Kentucky Sires Stakes before next Sunday's (Sept 12th) $2.4 million 'Super Night.' […]

Brad Forward, Gene Piroski and Kevin Wallis are suspended - they conspired to affect the outcome of Windsor harness racing horse races. In keeping with the mandate of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) to protect the integrity of racing and maintain the fairness of the sport, the Director has ordered the immediate suspension of the licenses of three people. […]

Western Fair Raceway will present three special cards of harness racing during the annual Western Fair in order to introduce those on hand for the very popular annual fair to harness racing. […]

Post positions for the fifteenth running of the Bert Beckwith Memorial Pace were drawn Thursday (Sept. 2) at the Plainridge Racecourse. The eight horse field will race for a purse of $25,000.00. The purse for New England`s prestigious race has been as high as $75,000.00, but a change was made this year to accomodate harness racing horsemen who have remained […]

An old proverb says "the best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go awry' and that would be a good way to describe Monticello Raceway's Godfather Pace which was won for the second consecutive season by harness racing driver Jimmy Marohn. […]

Exactly 30 years ago, on the first Saturday night of September, a pretty good pacing colt named Niatross graced the Western New York harness racing half-mile oval. On Saturday night (Sept. 4), He's Gorgeous and Joey The Czar promise to give their best Niatross impersonations when the glamour division of the New York Sire Stakes rolls into town. […]

The 2010 edition of The Black Book Volume 1 is now available online at www.theblackbook.com. The harness racing website contains the complete pedigrees of the 1155 yearlings consigned to Harrisburg. […]

He was attacked for the lead twice, handed up twice and then the third time he went around to the lead he never got passed. The horse in question was the soon-to-be-exported God Send who won tonight's $15,000 1-2 win Pace at northern harness racing headquarters - Alexandra Park tonight (Friday September 3). […]

A track bias that clearly favored closers had no bearing on Gee Gee Cyril Lee from wiring a field for his sixth straight harness racing win. Claiming handicap pacers, racing for a purse of $3,900, were co-featured at Cal-Expo on a hot Thursday night (September 2), on which Gee Gee Cyril Lee paced to the fastest mile of the young summer/fall/winter meet. […]

Harness Racing New South Wales Stewards today (Friday September 3) concluded their inquiry into Race 5 at Tamworth on Thursday 17 September 2009 and the circumstances surrounding the retirement from the event of the $1.50 favourite Regal Hawk. […]

Parked Out is taking a break this week. It will be back next Thursday in its usual space […]

Ubettorthink Think made her return to Saratoga a winning one on Thursday (September 2) as the classy Mark Ford trainee won her second fillies and mares open of the harness racing season at the Spa. […]

Jay Wolf has kindly listed the top 10 contenders for the 65th edition of The Little Brown Jug which will be held from September 19th - 23rd. The Little Brown Jug is the most prestigious 3-year-old pacing race in North America. Each year more people journey to Delaware, Ohio to witness the "Jug" than to see any other harness race. […]

Southwind Wasabi and Dejarmbro each crafted track record performances during Thursday night's 10-race program at Vernon Downs. While turning in the second fastest trotting mile in the track's 57-year harness racing history, Southwind Wasabi produced a 1:53 Downs standard for 4-year-old mares on the diagonal gait with her solid two-length score in V […]