Harness Racing Blog

Those of you that have been following harness racing online might have noticed there has been a bit of a kerfuffle over the high takeout rates in Ontario.
With that in mind I decided it was my responsibility to add some value to the conversation. So the below harness racing track take out table is the [...]

It’s time for another special edition of Harness Racing in Pictures. If you missed the first one it was A Tribute to the Mobile Starting Gate.
This week we are taking a look at some black and white photo’s, most are thanks to kate.heather’s photo stream on flickr.

By Bob Marks
THE MESSAGE
As inexplicable as it may seem given the current economic climate, it’s actually a good time to own a standard [...]

Harnesslink has had a channel on YouTube since the June 2007. You might have seen it, but if you haven’t it’s here.
We added some Auckland Reactor videos over the weekend, 13 in all, including this one of Auckland Reactor winning the $200,000 Christian Cullen NZ Derby on the 4th of April:
[kml_flashembed movie="http://nz.youtube.com/v/2dmwUbyC1ts" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" [...]

Dean Towers, blogger and speaker at the upcoming Standardbred Wagering Conference has proposed an immediate reduction in takeout in Ontario, funded by a reshuffling of a tax decrease horsemen received in 1996.
This tax going back into the industry must be repealed and a mechanism must be put in place where it is returned in an [...]

Below is what happened in harness racing this week, as reported on Harnesslink and from other places across the web.
From Harnesslink

Freehold to raise purses five percent, SBOANJ - US
Freehold Raceway has informed the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey that it will increase purses by five percent, effective with the next condition sheet.
Gotta [...]

Over years the indiscriminate use of steroids in racehorses worldwide has been the subject of speculation and controversy—overshadowed by the constant attention given to professional human athletes in the media on this subject. It is well known that most elite sport participants (football, baseball, basketball, Olympic contenders, etc.) have at their disposal a wide array [...]

From the NZ TAB Fixed Odds Blog
A popular one is that once the ‘book’ is losing heavily on a runner it is backed on the tote to reduce the liability. While on the odd occasion it would be nice to balance the ‘book’ by doing the above it’s a situation that has never happened in [...]

The Harness Racing Quiz has been pretty popular and is currently the most viewed page on the blog.
Today I found some other interesting quizzes from around the web. Check them out below:
Australian Harness Racing Quiz
Famous Race Horses (Standardbred’s start at #17)
Easy Harness Racing Quiz
How much do you know about Horses (Hard)
Anybody who would like to [...]

The start of a race at the Meadowlands in New Jersey