March 4, 2025

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World’s fastest trotter joins MMXX show team

[Windham, Connecticut] – MMXX Standardbreds is thrilled to announce that Homicide Hunter, the world’s fastest harness racing trotter and holder of the all-time trotting speed record, is joining the MMXX…

Royal Aspirations joins rare $1m club

Royal Aspirations has become the latest trotting sire to join the $1m club. And for a New Zealand harness racing stallion that’s a pretty rare feat. Last weekend when KD…

Back to back Pinjarra Cup wins for Minstrel

Minstrel NZ (Rocknroll Hanover) was all class in Kookabrook Livestock 2025 Pinjarra Cup on Monday, March 3, with the Team Bond harness racing star eight-year-old claiming his second Pinjarra Cup…

Snowpiercer springs mild upset

Snowpiercer (Muscle Mass) sprung a mild harness racing upset in the Monday feature at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Jackie Greene trainee flashed early speed in the $15,000 Open Trot and…

USTA response to NY Times Opinion column

Columbus, OH – The New York Times on Sunday (March 2) published a windy, one-sided opinion piece by former Rolling Stone editor Noah Shachtman entitled “Last Call for Horse Racing.”…

Louisville GB keeps impressing

WILKES-BARRE PA – The Sweet Lou mare Louisville GB keeps slugging her way up the condition ladder with a strong front-end harness racing victory in the $17,000 distaff pacing feature…

Les Purdon – a great horseman

A member of New Zealand’s greatest harness racing family Les Purdon, passed away peacefully last week in Auckland. He was 83. Les was the youngest son of Hugh Purdon and…

Rangiora double for Lazarus, Court & Orange

Double Time may have won the feature at Sunday afternoon’s North Canterbury harness racing meeting, taking out the Rangiora Classic on the grass. But it was also a case of…

Bits and Bridles

The top lot at the 2024 NZB Standardbred Yearling Sale in Auckland, Queen Lizzy, (Captaintreacherous) took her first step to recouping her $270,000 purchase price when she qualified at the…

Team Teal gears up for a big last fortnight

Team Teal will have their biggest day of the harness racing campaign so far at Westport on Friday. There will be four women’s only races, ensuring a real boost to…

Andy chasing another Miracle at Menangle

Andy Gath is just thrilled to be part of another Miracle Mile with Catch A Wave (Captaintreacherous). Winning it, as he did in 2023, or even finishing top three in…

Declan settles in and there’s no looking back

Former Victorian harness racing young gun Declan Murphy headed across the border to help out a friend campaigning in New South Wales a year ago – but now looks set…