January 16, 2026

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Vale John Langdon

A harness racing history-maker, John Langdon has died in Australia. In 1975, at just 27, he became the first driver ever to win both the pacing and trotting Grand Finals…

Trent’s Tips – Saturday Best Bets 17th January

Saturday harness racing features a match race between champion Leap To Fame and rising superstar Kingman in the Group 3 Shepparton Gold Cup (2690m). The Group 3 Shepparton Trotters Cup…

Sanderson family front and centre

The surname Sanderson appears again and again throughout the racebook for Shepparton Gold Cup night, and for good reason. The Sanderson family will be front and centre this Saturday, with…

Pebble Beach poised to make impact with first yearlings at APG Melbourne sale

When it comes to the ranks of first season sires at this year’s Australian Pacing Gold Melbourne sale, there’s one stallion that stands above all others. It is the Alabar…

Muskateer Hanover controls Dover Open

Muskateer Hanover (Sweet Lou) won wire to wire enroute to a three peat harness racing win in the $25,000 Open Handicap pace at Bally’s Dover on Thursday night. Muskateer Hanover…

Beckwith bags five as snow slams the track

Batavia, NY — Heavy oscillating snow squalls that fell throughout the harness racing card and temperatures that hovered around 15-degrees provided the conditions to be dealt with for those racing…

Photo First chases 4th straight win

Photo First has been featuring in the first place photo, winning at his last three harness racing starts, and reinsman Jacob Duggan believes the pacer can extend his winning streak…

Last dance for 12 race winner

Dance Till Dawn gets the last chance to add the icing to her career cake at Blenheim this weekend. The seven-year-old mare is preparing for her final weekend of racing…

Thomas team revives forgotten pacer Typhoon Tere

What a story it will be if Typhoon Tere could pull off a harness racing victory at Blenheim today. Incredibly, the nine-year-old son of Washington VC is having just his…

Country star joins Dan Patch weekend

Lexington, KY – The U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) and Diamond Creek Farm would like to invite all attendees to the Dan Patch Awards weekend at Rosen Shingle Creek in…

FBI Wiretaps – Illegal Drugs on this week’s Harness Racing Alumni Show

FBI Wiretaps – Illegal Drugs and Dead Horses are our topics on this week’s Harness Racing Alumni Show. We are joined by investigative reporter Sam Mellins who recently published his…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Race takes spotlight

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Saturday (Jan. 17) night’s fourth race at The Meadowlands is, by racetrack standards, ordinary. But the man the race honors was anything but. The TrackMaster 74.5…