Friday Recap - This Week in Harness Racing April 26 to May 2

(Apologies for missing the recap last week, it was Anzac Day last week which is a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand.)

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

From Harnesslink

  • NJ OTWs try to be ‘Favorites’, Carol Hodes - US
    Off track wagering facilities in New Jersey are not your father’s OTBs. The image of grungy street-corner off track betting parlors [OTB] that are typical of the New York City landscape are among the obstacles that confronted Favorites at Woodbridge, which opened last October, and Favorites at Toms River, which debuts on April 29, 2008.
  • A reason for Auckland Reactor’s greatness, Don Wright - NZ
    One of Canterbury’s most established and respected trainers might have come up with one reason why Auckland Reactor is sweeping all before him in a seemingly one horse race for Horse of the Year honours.
  • Sensational sectionals for Auckland Reactor, Don Wright - NZ
    Power house second season pacer Auckland Reactor took another step towards Horse of the Year honours when he extended his unbeaten sequence to 11 in the $50,000 Southern Supremacy Stakes (2700m) at Ascot Park in Invercargill today Saturday 26 April.
  • Favorites at Toms River nearing completion - US
    New Jersey’s third off-track wagering site, Favorites at Toms River, is nearing completion just in time for the Kentucky Derby.
  • Big week for Bettor’s Delight - NZ
    An interesting statistic on the back of Arden’s Darling (Bettor’s Delight – Achieve A Dream) winning the PGG Sales Series 2YO Fillies Final on Friday night (April 25) at Alexandra Park.
  • Big turnout at Peter Cowan’s funeral, Don Wright - NZ
    You’ve got to hand it to racing men and women when it comes to extending the hand of support and friendship to others in their darkest hour of grief. I was reminded of this again today Wednesday 30 April while attending the funeral service in Christchurch of Peter Cowan who died last week of a heart attack after his aorta was ruptured.
  • 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.
  • Take the morning line and shove it, Derick Giwner - US
    One of the most important things a handicapper can do while studying the past performances is throw out the morning line. Since I have heard people confuse this fact in the past, let’s go over what the morning line is geared to represent. The morning line is simply one person’s opinion as to how the betting public will see the race.
  • Memories of Maurice McTigue (vid), Frank Marrion - NZ
    It wasn’t the sort of Cup that most would have expected Roman Gladiator to win during his stellar younger racing days, but last Saturday’s $30,000 Southern Country Cups Final at Ascot Park capped what has been a welcome return to form for the now 7-year-old.

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From the Harness Racing Blog Network

  • The final nail, No Form Reversal
    Does anyone remember (approx 20 yrs ago) when a couple of “geniuses” in charge of disparate harness tracks (I remember one was the now defunct Laurel Raceway-Md.) decided they would stop allowing their bettors to know the post positions of the horses until after the betting was closed for each race. Betting on horse racing without knowing the post positions-BRILLIANT!!! How did that idea work out, by the way?
  • Final Field Opening Markets Alexandra Park Friday, Harness Odds
  • Share The Data and Spread the Word, Main Blog

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