Harness Racing Blog

Over on Harnesslink we are working around the clock to bring you the latest Harness Jewels news, videos, analysis and more. We have a page set up which is updated with the latest information every couple of hours.
On Saturday, we will have a reporter and a photographer at Cambridge, and we will have our whole [...]

Two harness racing books are coming on the market.
Charles Leerhsen’s “Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America” has just come out on May 20.
And “100 Years in Harness” by Hoof Beats Executive Editor Nicole Kraft is scheduled for release on July 1st. The book showcases the beauty and [...]

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

NZ’s Gavin Cook wins 2008 World Cup (vid), Meadowlands - NZ and US
Gavin Cook of New Zealand was declared the winner of the 2008 World Cup of Amateur Racing after capturing the final event of [...]

St. Moritz, Switzerland
International competition among horse people offers entrants a glimpse of how folks in foreign lands ply their trade. While their trade is your trade—the differences in the horses, the racing rules, the venues, and the people themselves—all add up to an exhilarating opportunity to broaden one’s mind as well as travel miles.Over on [...]

SQUARE TROTTING writes:
How can we have a World Cup of harness racing in Australia with pacers only? Europe is not included if this is the case. The most common harness gait in the world is trotting. A true World Cup would be a World Cup of trotting.

This week we are a bit busy at Harnesslink so this Recap only summerizes the top news from Harnesslink.com over the past 7 days. We’ll be back to your normal programming next week.
This week Harnesslink published 217 stories - The below are the top 10 in no particular order:
From Harnesslink

Win a copy of ‘100 Years in [...]

Music Video for an original song, “Harness the Dream.”

Over on Harnesslink we are running a competition where you can win a copy of Nicole Kraft’s new Book ‘100 Years in Harness’. Kraft is executive editor of Hoof Beats Magazine, and the book makes use of the USTA photo archive to journey through harness racing in the 20th century.
To win simply let us know [...]

Pull the Pocket’s been ranting, and he makes a lot of sense. His latest post Only in Racing explores the strange predicaments that arise in the racing industry. A couple of good ones:
We think rebated players stick their rebates in a sock.
We call our customers “disgruntled gamblers”.
We charge people for racing data and past performances. [...]

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

Auckland Reactor sold for a staggering $4m, Don Wright - NZ and North America
Described by driver and co trainer Mark Purdon as the best horse he has been associated with, champion 3 Year Old pacer [...]