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Chapter Seven sweeps $91,550 divisions

Harness racing three year old colts and geldings took center stage at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Wednesday night. There were two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for sophomore…

Grand Circuit pacing harness racing superstar Hectorjayjay is likely to be ruled out of the Allied Express Victoria Cup and Perth Inter Dominion after a lesion was discovered. Part-owner Mick…

ELORA, ON – After more than 30 years of tireless work in the Ontario harness racing industry, Dr. Ted Clarke is retiring from his post as the General Manager of…

Top harness racing driver Chris Alford has won the Warragul Driver of the Year award for the fourteenth time, after the final meeting of the 2016/17 racing season was held…

True Blue Stride jogs and sets career mark

WASHINGTON, PA, Aug. 30, 2017 — True Blue Stride atoned for his miscue last week by blowing away an accomplished field in a harness racing career-best 1:53.1 in Wednesday's $15,000…

Awsome Valley notches 39th career win

HARRINGTON, Del. – Frank Chick's Awsome Valley ($13.40, Russell Foster) was a 1:55.4 harness racing winner in the $16,000 Open Trot Wednesday at Harrington Raceway. Awsome Valley took the lead…

Classy Lane Rose blossoms in Batavia feature

Batavia, NY—Classy Lane Rose has been a shrinking violet with the Batavia Downs winner's circle this meet having not won in four starts here. But the harness racing  mare was…

It’s extremely difficult to recommend a mare who has managed one win from her past 48 starts and boasts a losing sequence of 16 but Machulbeatchu, a six-year-old prepared at…

Hall of Fame trainer Gary Hall Snr has Mcclinchie, a newcomer to his Serpentine stable, working in dashing style and the New Zealand-bred harness racing five-year-old is poised for a…

“Stick with Run Oneover; he’ll be hard to beat.” They were the encouraging words of advice from champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr when assessing the harness racing six-year-old’s prospects in…

Quality trotters top strong Blooded Horse sale

The 61st Annual Pre-Jug Mixed Sale held August 28 & 29 in Delaware, Ohio, featured several hundred harness racing horses along with a nice group of black type yearlings and…

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – A lot of great horses have been unable to sustain an undefeated harness racing season but Pappy Go Go will look to keep perfection alive Thursday evening…