Harness Racing Blog

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

From Harnesslink

• Harnesslink Launches Newsletter, Harnesslink
  As a thanks for subscribing, we’ll throw in a free report called “The Thrifty Guide to Online Harness Video”. Don’t pay for Live Streaming video or race replays. We show you where to get video for free, with a track-by-track guide to the United States plus the most comprehensive side for harness racing videos.
• Shaw off life-support and improving, Matt Smith - NZ
  The future is looking considerably brighter for Cambridge horseman Tony Shaw after he was taken off life support in the last 24 hours to wake up in his own time, close friend Peter Ferguson said today (March 13).
• Gotta Go Cullen stuns Auckland Cup field, Matt Smith - NZ
  Celebrated owner Ian Dobson doesn’t like to tell his drivers how to do their job, but admits he told Tony Herlihy, the trainer-driver of Gotta Go Cullen, to take risks in the Group One Trillian Trust Auckland Cup tonight (March 7). And boy, is he glad Herlihy heeded his advice.
• Canterbury trainers produce the goods, Don Wright - NZ
  Established Canterbury trainers Geoff Dunn, Michael House and Paul Nairn unleashed some appealing firepower from their equine arsenals at the Addington harness trials at Addington today Tuesday 11 March.
• NJ gets $90 million over three years, Carol Hodes - US
  Purse levels in New Jersey were bolstered for the next three years by a decision announced in Trenton late Monday afternoon, but the future of horse racing in the state cannot be ensured without a stable source of funding, the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey said.
• Local hero Cosmic Legacy back in town, Shaun Kelly - AU
  Sunraysia’s pin-up boy Cosmic Legacy returns to racing at Mildura tomorrow (Thursday) night after spending three months campaigning in Western Australia over summer.
• The Meadows testimony on smoking ban, The Meadows - US
  Here is a copy of testimony provided today by The Meadows on Pennsylvania General Assembly Conference Committee on SB 246. It also includes brief remarks about table games. David La Torre for The Meadows.
• Race replays now on Monticello site, John Manzi - US
  Handicappers are in for a treat, at least those who prefer wagering on the races at Monticello Raceway, are. Now all the races are archived and racing fans can go back a view the videos of any race on any race program as far back as April 2007 by going to monticelloraceway.com on their computers.
• George Morton Levy attracts 38 noms, Frank Drucker - US
  Yonkers Raceway’s George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series, a leading event featuring the sport’s Free-For-All stars, attracted 38 nominees for its 2008 edition.

Harness Racing News From Around The Web:

United States

• Illinois Harness Racing Bill Clears First Hurdle, SJ-R.com
• Stanley Buck, 63, dies, USTA Newsroom
• Will We Ever Fight for the Sport Again?, Pull the Pocket
• Horsemen’s group sues Vernon Downs owner, Utica

Canada

• Silva says talks ongoing regarding Somebeachsomewhere, harnessracing.com
• Vivid Photo Resurfaces, Standardbred Canada
  
• Racing Needs to Stop Building Stagecoaches, Pull the Pocket

Australia

• Geelong Cup - Saturday Night, Harness Racing in Australia

Other

French stallion KAZIRE DE GUEZ Dies, France Trot