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Rising Australian reinsman Jack Callaghan is continuing to make his mark in the United States, adding a third win to his tally with a well-judged drive on Sargeant Sonny at Harrah’s Philadelphia today (Aug 22). The victory came for New Jersey-based trainer Petter Engblom, and brings the 23-year-old’s US record to 50 drives for 3 […]
When it comes to Saturday’s $600,000 Breeders Crown final for 3-year-old female pacers, the adage that “It all comes down to the Breeders Crown” seems particularly relevant to harness racing trainer Brett Pelling. Pelling will send out four fillies in Saturday’s field of 10 at The Meadowlands. Ron Burke-trained My Girl EJ is the 2-1 […]
They say the only thing about common sense in harness racing is that unfortunately, the application of it is not very common. That saying rings true in every sense of the word as information comes to light about a group of high-profile horsemen in North America facing historical charges relating to the application of phenylbutazone […]
Some 40 years ago, Clyde Hurt, a journalist serving the harness racing industry via Sports Eye, had many a controversial column on the state of the standardbred industry. One feature for which Hurt became synonymous, along with his signature bow tie, were his “impertinent questions” columns, examining many facets of the sport. Well, I, too, […]
CHESTER, PA – Some of North America’s best harness racing pacers, both of the three-year-old and older variety, will be going to the gate on Tuesday morning (May 16) in qualifiers at Harrah’s Pennsylvania. Chaeleston (Downbytheseaside) and My Little Captain (Captaintreacherous), a pair of fillies finishing a nose apart in that order in a 1:55 […]
Trenton, NJ — Jack Pelling is in no great rush to be a top harness racing driver but is certainly happy with where his deliberate pace has brought him at this point. Pelling, in just his fourth year of driving, has opened 2023 with wins in nearly 26 percent of his 62 starts at Freehold […]
Millionaire pacer Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter), who saw an injury halt his 2022 campaign in September, will begin this harness racing season Saturday (Feb. 18) at The Meadowlands, where he is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in a $23,000 conditioned race. The 8-year-old stallion, aka “Jimmy Jets,” will start from post six with Scott Zeron driving for […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Volume Eight (Chapter Seven) and driver Andy McCarthy didn’t have their A-game heading into Saturday’s (Nov. 26) $416,200 Valley Victory Trot final at the Meadowlands, but the 2-year-old was more than good enough to win the harness racing event for colts and geldings decisively with a stakes-record 1:52.2 mile. “He didn’t […]
FORT WASHINGTON, MD – When trying to sum up the many accomplishments of Allywag Hanover (Captaintreacherous) last weekend – accomplishments that include $1.6 million in earnings, becoming the fastest gelding in harness racing history, and being favored in Thursday’s $125,000 Potomac Pace at Rosecroft – trainer Brett Pelling stopped, let out a breath, and ended […]
CHESTER, PA – Last season’s important two-year-old Hammering Hank (Captaintreacherous) made another forward step in his 2022 form by winning a Tuesday morning (Sep. 4) qualifier at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:57.4, in sub-50-degree temperatures and over a “sloppy +2” track. The gelding paced his own back fractions in :57.1 – :28.1, making up seven lengths […]
CHESTER, PA – Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter), the pacing free-for-aller who has been absent from the racetrack since winning the Gold Cup at Woodbine/Mohawk on June 18, turned in a 1:50.4 qualifying harness racing victory at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. The seven-year-old stallion, who has career earnings of $1,568,273, made his debut for the Jimmy […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When Dovescry (Muscle Hill) was a confident and largely unchallenged harness racing winner in the $40,000 third leg of the Miss Versatility Series, for trotting mares, on Saturday night (July 16) at the Meadowlands. The race was billed as a showdown between When Dovescry and Atlanta — the sport’s older distaff […]
CHESTER, PA – The 2021 Harness Horse of the Year Test Of Faith won her first racetrack appearance of 2022 during Tuesday morning harness racing qualifying races at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with a neck victory in 1:57.3 on a cold day. David Miller kept the four-year-old daughter of Art Major – Cannae Cammie in the two-hole […]
CHESTER, PA – The 2021 Harness Horse of the Year Test Of Faith returns to the racetrack to begin her 2022 harness racing campaign in a qualifying race at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. The now-four-year-old daughter of Art Major – Cannae Cammie won 14 of 16 starts in 2021, finishing second in the other […]
Hightstown, NJ — Test Of Faith has taken Mel Segal on a memorable journey the past two years, but what Segal has most enjoyed is bringing others along for the trip. This past Sunday in Orlando, Test Of Faith was named 2021 Horse of the Year by the U.S. Harness Writers Association. Last season, she won […]
Freehold, NJ — The father-son duo of trainer Brett Pelling and driver Jack Pelling teamed up twice at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (December 11). They scored together with Reigning Deo in race 7, then won the featured Preferred Handicap pace with the long shot Hail Christian N. Leaving from post position seven in the eight-horse […]
Test Of Faith continued her dominance as the #1 rated Harness Horse in the nation with her 14th win this season, capturing the $129,000 Matron Stake for three-year-old pacing fillies Thursday at Dover Downs. It was Jugette winner, Scarlett Hanover (Tim Tetrick), who went to the lead early in the 10th race feature with Blue […]
Fort Washington, MD – Allywag Hanover will headline Sunday’s $100,000 Potomac Pace at Rosecroft Raceway, seeking to rebound from an unlucky and potentially costly harness racing loss in the $600,000 Breeders’ Crown open pace for 3-year-olds and up. The Brett Pelling-trained 4-year-old son of Captaintreacherous had been in the running for the 2021 Horse of […]
WASHINGTON, PA — “The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat” is by now a hoary sports cliché, but it could have been coined just for harness racing trainer Brett Pelling’s experiences in the Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids. Pelling has won the event four times with David’s Pass (1995), Electric Yankee (1996), […]
