Harness Racing Blog

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 Harness’, Harnesslink - Worldwide
  Be in to win ‘100 Years in Harness’, the new book by Hoof Beats Executive Editor Nicole Kraft. The book is a photographic journey showcasing the beauty and historical significance of harness racing in the U.S. from 1900 through 1999, through the lenses of USTA photographers.
• For whom the bell tolls - Patty Hogan, Carol Hodes - US
  These nice early spring days, when Patty Hogan strolls across Red Valley Road, which separates her home from Fair Winds Farm, she is accompanied by a pair of dogs, a giant black Lab named Harley and a golden retriever named Rock.
• Strangles case in Pukekohe, Garrick Knight - NZ
  A situation involving equine distemper or ’strangles’ is being monitored closely by authorities in Pukekohe after a horse returned from a spell to the stable of trainer Jeff Crouth showing signs of the affliction.
• Vicki has done Peter Cowan proud, Don Wright - NZ
  The late Peter Cowan must have been looking down on his widow Vicki when she staged her debut as a trainer at the Timaru meeting today Sunday 11 May. Believe it or not, she enjoyed a 100 percent winning strike rate with her two runners Toria’s Secret and Uroc Amy, her first two runners, today.
• Cambridge Raceway gears up for Jewels day, Cambridge Raceway - NZ
  With just over two weeks to go until the biggest and richest harness race meeting ever held in the Waikato, excitement is mounting at the Cambridge Raceway. On Saturday 31st May the Cambridge-TeAwamutu Harness Racing Club hosts the $1.5million Harness Jewels.
• Drunk charged with racing couple’s death, Alan Hardie - AU
  In an article by Alan Hardie from The Maitland Mercury, charges have been laid against a 41-year-old woman for the deaths of the Maitland harness racing couple Peter and Cheryl Lowe while under the influence of alcohol.
• Injury forces Blacks A Fake scratching, Marshall Dobson - AU
  The immediate future of Inter Dominion superstar Blacks A Fake is in jeopardy. A winner of more than $2.8million in stakes, the seven-year-old has been scratched from this Friday night’s Gold Coast Bulletin Cup.
• Older stars visit the Big M, Derick Giwner, Handicappers Edge - US
  I know I promised a follow-up to my last column ‘How to make your own morning line,’ but I had a lot to say on this week’s big races at The Meadowlands – AJ Cutler Memorial and Graduate. So, rather then give you a novels worth of writing this week, I decided to put the morning line column on the backburner for two more weeks. Be sure to look for it.
• Horses to Watch at the Meadowlands, Derick Giwner - US
  This list is designed to provide horses who had tough trips, traffic trouble or looked impressive in their recent start. Always consider whether each horse is at a competitive level and if their price warrants a play before wagering in their next start. Horses which were listed the previous week and did not race will remain listed for a second week.
• Stunnin’ Cullen too good in front, Don Wright - NZ
  Stunin Cullen laid strong claims to being the country’s best juvenile pacer when he scored a trades manlike all the way success in the $220,000 PGG Wrightson Sales Series Open Pace (1950 metres) at Addington today.