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USA

Chantilly will bypass the 2025 Pepsi North America Cup

By Standardbred Canada ·

The verdict is in for undefeated pacing filly Chantilly (Big Jim). After months of deliberation, owner George Millar of Millar Farms has decided that his 2024 Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year sophomore pacer will enter the 2025 Fan Hanover Stakes to race against females. She was the first harness racing filly made eligible to race […]

USA

Hanners drives both feature race winners

By Harnesslink ·

Plainville, MA — Pulling first-up early into fast fractions paid big dividends for Always A Miki (Always B Miki) who won the $20,000 Winners-Over feature harness racing pace at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Aug. 29). Coming in with a four-race win streak, Higherthananeagle A (Bruce Ranger) left like he meant it and took the […]

USA

Muscle Massive mare dictates in feature trot

By Harnesslink ·

WILKES-BARRE PA – Miss McKee (Muscle Massive) was sent straight to the lead by harness racing driver George Napolitano Jr. and never looked back in winning the $17,500 featured trot on Saturday afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. Miss McKee faced an early challenge from favored Rich And Miserable, looking for his fourth […]

Canada

Preferred win puts So Much More over a million

By Harnesslink ·

So Much More (Big Jim) became harness racing’s newest millionaire on Friday (Aug. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park as she won the $38,500 Fillies and Mares Preferred Handicap. James MacDonald hustled the mare on the engine after a slow start in a :26.4 first quarter but soon saw the helmet of Doug McNair, who circled […]

Canada

Warrawee Vital equals Mohawk Park record

By Harnesslink ·

Warrawee Vital (Captaintreacherous) tied Always B Miki as the fastest harness racing stallion in Woodbine Mohawk Park history as he won the track’s $33,000 Open Handicap on Saturday (Jul. 30). Louis-Philippe Roy pulled the horse out of fourth just after the quarter in :25.3 and sent him forward-stepping to the front. He took command while […]

International

Race Replays of the Week

By Harnesslink ·

On North American tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the champion trotter […]