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Quality owned Southland mare Braeview Kelly (Bettor’s Delight) has produced her first foal, a colt by Captaintreacherous. Raced by Paul and Mandy Pierce, Braeview Kelly won eighteen races, was second thirteen times and ran third seven times, banking $459,030. For most of her career she was trained in Australia by Jack Trainor where she won […]
Worldwide harness racing website Harnesslink officially has a new owner. Harnesslink welcomes Australian businessman Mick Harvey as the new owner of the substantial harness racing website, after the deal was finalised with a handshake with international bloodstock agent John Curtin who’s owned and run the website for twenty three years. After so many years of […]
Double-duty stallions have reshaped the breeding industry Down Under From humble beginnings in the 1990s, the shuttling of stallions from the Northern Hemisphere to Australia and New Zealand has revolutionized the Standardbred breeding industry Down Under in just a few short decades. The result of last year’s A$500,000 Inter-Dominion Pacing Championship Grand Final, at Menangle, […]
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 like his brothers Roy, Sandy, Foster and Joe, he trained horses. For a number of years he worked for Hugh, and in 1958 he obtained […]
The win at Addington last night by Taketheplunge (Downbytheseaside) extended the fabulous record of harness racing broodmare gem Winter Rose. Bred by Jim and Susan Wakefield, Winter Rose as a racehorse, had nine starts for Cran Dalgety before she was retired. Arden Lodge at Tapanui owned Winter Rose for all of her breeding career. “Peter […]
On October 10, 2002, what was soon to become the largest independently owned harness racing media platform, Harnesslink.com was launched! For 22 years, Harnesslink has worked tirelessly to provide our ardent followers with the latest breaking news and events in the world of harness racing from around the globe. When Harnesslink.com launched in 2002, there […]
At 72 years young, international bloodstock agent, John Curtin is quietly entering a new chapter in a career that has seen him devote a lifetime to the harness racing industry. Having been involved with standardbreds for nearly 55 years, Curtin is understandably looking at taking a step back from his endeavours to spend more time […]
Captain Kobe (Captaintreacherous) was an impressive winner at Addington harness racing meeting today. Trained at Russley by Steve Dolan, Captain Kobe’s driver Sam Thornley pushed the three year old gelding out from gate five and he led all the way, coming away from a chasing bunch to win by ten and quarter lengths. He ran […]
The Mane Attraction doesn’t get into politics these days but, since the State of the Union address was aired recently, it was thought to be appropriate that we have a State of the Union message for our great sport—one definition of the word “union” being States joined together for a common purpose, as in the […]
Does any harness racing follower know that there was a World Trotting Conference being held last week? No information is available on any official website in New Zealand, Australia or the United States. Canada was the only official jurisdiction reporting on this Conference. Held every two years The World Trotting Conference is a place to try […]
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, […]
Harnessbid.com, a brand-new online trading site for Standardbred bloodstock, has officially launched with a mission to revolutionize how horse trading is conducted. HarnessBid is a game-changer for the Standardbred and harness racing bloodstock industry, providing buyers and sellers with an easy-to-use online platform that offers global reach, unparalleled transparency and convenience for its customers. What […]
Harnesslink’s CEO, John Curtin, is excited to unveil his latest North American tour for harness racing fanatics looking for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Having previously led successful tour groups over a decade ago, a recent visit inspired Curtin to recast his Harnesslink tour group in the rapidly changing and expanding North American market. The October tour […]
Kimberly Rinker, whose 40+ years as a harness racing journalist has earned her two Hervey Awards in feature writing, has joined the staff of Harnesslink. Rinker is a native of Springfield, Ohio, has a BA in Journalism from The Ohio State University, and is completing her master’s degree in film from Ohio’s Tiffin University. Rinker’s […]
The phone has yet to ring for Mike Tanev. And that is actually a good thing for Mike. Just a few years ago, Mike Tanev, a resident of Toronto, Canada, became a self-proclaimed harness racing horse agent/broker, buying racehorses from Australia and New Zealand, importing them to Canada with hopes of selling them to owners […]
The 10th of October 2022 represents a historic date for the team at Harnesslink.com with it marking the 20th anniversary since launching as a platform for global harness racing news. When Harnesslink.com launched in 2002, there were no smart phones, and Facebook was still in beta testing only officially launching to 50 campuses across American […]
If John Curtin is in possession of a bonnet then it would appear he’s got a rather big bee in it over the use and quality of standing starts in New Zealand harness racing. As outlined in this article (click to view) from last week when Mr Curtin proclaimed “standing starts should be a thing […]
