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Jennie Ann (Lettherockbegin) and harness racing driver Rob Anderson were the lone mare in race eight on Sunday (Aug. 18) at What Cheer, Iowa, featuring Iowa-Registered 3 Years and Older Pacers. Assigned the rail, the seven-year-old Iowa veteran was unfazed by the competition. When the starting gates folded, Sneaknthruthenight (Mark Mintun) paced out to take […]
Two Iowa freshmen looked to maintain a perfect harness racing season at Oskaloosa, Iowa during the weekend event. Iowa Sired horses were featured on Saturday (7/27) with Wind Witch competing in race seven for two-year-old trotting fillies. Drawing the six-hole, Wind Witch, two-year-old filly by Southwind Cobra, took the track with a five-race win streak […]
A card of seven races was held Thursday (7/18) at the Jones County Fairground in Monticello, Iowa. Two-year-old harness racing pacers looked to try their racing luck in race six. Juliet Duz (Scott Smith) drew the two-hole but benefitted from the late scratch of stablemate Waspy Again to start from the rail. When the gates […]
Fireworks were not the only thing hot at Humboldt, as harness racing lit up the afternoons of July 4th and July 5th. Fans in the stands were excited to see Iowa Registered horses compete in their first series of the season. On Friday (7/5), Cattlelac Luke (Lukas Hall-Steuben Hey Jude, Chad Svendsen) competed in race […]
The weather was not the only hot topic at What Cheer, Iowa on Sunday (6/30), but harness racing driver Mark Mintum was on fire, picking up four driving wins on the twelve-race card. Mintun’s first win came in race two, featuring Aged Iowa-Registered trotters. Having the assignment on Lucy Jewel for trainer Justin Gould, Mintun […]
The harness racing season’s first division of Iowa Sired racing was held at What Cheer on Saturday (7/29), with two and three-year-olds competing in an eleven-race card. Wind Witch, sired by South Wind Cobra, has been perfect so far in her debut season as a freshman. Trained and driven by Adam Hauser, Wind Witch was […]
As the fair season gets underway in Iowa, harness racing horses took to the track Saturday (6/1) at Humboldt, Iowa. The eleventh race featured Free For All trotters, as four Iowa favorites competed against each other. When the gate folded, the lone mare in the field, Lucy Jewel (James Gould) sprinted to the front. Also […]
Awards were handed out Saturday (Nov. 18) honoring top harness racing horses racing the 2023 Iowa circuit. Two-year-old pacing filly, Fenshiuprosperity (Somestarsomewhere), captured the top honor, being named 2023 Horse of the Year. Owned by Connie Roland and trained by her husband, Duane Roland, the filly made twelve starts her freshman season, with ten wins […]
With rain canceling races over the past two years, excited fans gathered in the grandstand and tailgated in the infield to watch harness racing at Kahoka, Missouri on Sunday (Jul. 23). In the opener, for three-year-old pacers, Greatest Honor (Western Trademark, Royal Roland) sprinted from the gate to take the lead, with Beach Bum Harley […]
Harness racing in Iowa is in full swing as two-year-olds make their debut, three-year-olds look to compete as sophomores and aged horses return as crowd favorites. On Wednesday (6/14) two-year-old pacers and trotters competed at Eldon, IA. As the evening card commenced, Fengshuiprosperity looked to make her second start a winning one. With trainer/driver Duane […]
On Saturday, November 19, Iowa Harness Horse Association held their annual meeting and awards banquet in Marshalltown, Ia. Starting off the meeting, USTA District 4-A director, Gabe Wand, reviewed all proposed rule changes to the members. After discussion, the membership gave Wand direction on how to vote in the upcoming USTA meeting. The association general […]
Iowa Registered harness racing freshmen pacers and trotters competed Saturday (8/13), at What Cheer, on a full fourteen race card. Chicken N Dice (Millionaire Cam) looked to keep a perfect record as he took to the track in race four, Iowa Registered Pacing Two-Year-Old Colts and Geldings. With Will Roland holding the lines, Chicken N […]
Freshmen harness racing trotters and pacers took to the track in Eldon, Iowa on Wednesday (6/15). Cory Larson had the lines on first time starter, Marc Box Twenty (Marced Card), in race three, the second division of the Marvin Saner Memorial 2 Year Old Pace. As the gate folded, Marc Box Twenty quickly sprinted for […]
As Championship Weekend grows closer, Iowa two and three-year-olds look to improve their points standing over the weekend at What Cheer. Continuing her domination of two-year-old filly trotters, Toast The Host (My MVP) destroyed the competition in the first race on Saturday (8/28). Owned, trained and driven by Mark Mintun, Toast The Host charged from […]
Iowa harness racing drivers were as hot as the temperatures in Humboldt, Iowa on Saturday (8/21) and Sunday (8/22). Race one for two-year-old trotting colts/geldings started off the two-day meet Saturday. Royal Roland and Fox River Luke made a break before the start, but quickly settled into the race. Getting away second, Roland made his […]
The 2-day harness racing meet at What Cheer, Iowa was filled with multiple wins for Iowa drivers. Saturday (8/14) Adam Hauser started his win streak in race six, two-year-old pacing fillies. Driving for trainer Joel McDanel, Hauser picked up the lines on Huntress. Leaving smartly from the two-hole, Huntress wasted no time in taking the lead. […]
It was Iowa sophomores taking the track at Humboldt on Saturday (7/3) to start two days of holiday harness racing. With a full card of eleven races, four divisions of trotters competed in the Glenn and Lorraine Jenson Memorial 3 YO Trot and four divisions of pacers competed in the Mark and Ethel Insko Memorial […]
