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It is all part of a plan. Star New South Wales harness racing filly Ripples (Bettors Delight) is making her third trip to NZ this week as part of her push to be the Australian and NZ 3YO Filly of the Year. The Queensland Oaks winner is on a hit-and-run mission to qualify for the […]
The maiden win of four-year-old pacer Typhoon (Art Major) at Ballarat (July 27) was anything but just another harness racing success. Instead, it marked the culmination of nearly two years of painstaking rehabilitation to give a special horse one last chance. For Victorian horseman Tyrone Abela and the team at Balliang-based Evolution Lodge, the victory […]
Outstanding filly Ripples (Bettors Delight) finally broke through for a classic success with her harness racing victory in the Group 1 $150,000 Ladbrokes Queensland Oaks on Saturday evening. In a blistering pace favourite Ark Sea was caught wide early with Sparkling Sea on the move three wide. Eventually Ark Sea took up the running and […]
Champion pacer KINGMAN (Always B Miki) has added another major milestone to his outstanding career, being officially named the NSW Harness Racing Horse of the Year. The honour caps off a stellar season for the elite pacer, whose victories in the New Zealand Cup, Victoria Cup and the Christian Cullen 4YO Classic established him as […]
Victorian Breeder of the Year Michael “Mick” Harvey has made a bold statement at the 2026 Nutrien Yearling Sale, securing a blueblood trotting filly for a record-breaking $250,000, the highest price ever paid for a trotting filly at auction in Australasia. The filly, a daughter of global trotting sensation Walner (USA), boasts one of the […]
Sydney entrepreneur and harness racing enthusiast Mick Harvey may not operate on the same scale as the major commercial breeders, but what he does possess is a sharp eye for a broodmare — and the results are speaking for themselves. Harvey’s journey into breeding began with a mare he raced himself, Gotta Go Dali Queen. She […]
Sydney-based owner and breeder Mick Harvey has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the sport, being named Victorian Breeder of the Year at the 2025 Victorian Harness Racing Awards held at Melton Entertainment Park. Mick Harvey’s success is particularly notable given it has been achieved with a small and carefully selected broodmare band in Victoria, producing a string […]
Top trainer Luke McCarthy has announced that Kingman is set to cross the Tasman for one of Australasia’s richest harness races, following his strong recovery after his Miracle Mile campaign. “He has thrived since the Miracle Mile. I’ll have him back to his best for The Race by betcha race next month,” McCarthy said. Kingman’s […]
Kingman (Always B Miki) will take his place in the $1 million Miracle Mile — and owner Mick Harvey says the horse will answer his critics on the track. Speaking with Gareth Hall on the Giddy Up podcast for SENTrack, Harvey confirmed the star pacer had pulled up perfectly after his latest run and would […]
Exciting four year old Hesitate (Sportswriter) gave a dazzling harness racing display from last to first in taking out the Group 3 $50,000 Hip Pocket Workwear Castlemaine Four Year Old Bonanza on Saturday evening. Resuming from a spell Hesitate was drawn on the outside of the second row and was eased back to the rear […]
Harness racing driver Nathan Jack has spoken of a terrifying race against time after a tyre blowout turned into a fully-engulfed truck fire as he transported horses to Saturday night’s (Jan 31) Cranbourne Cup meeting. Jack was travelling on the Hume Highway near Kilmore with four horses aboard when a rear tyre blew out on […]
Harnesslink is proud to be building stronger relationships in France as part of its ongoing mission to connect harness racing communities around the world. Owner Michael (Mick) Harvey has travelled to France for the country’s biggest and most prestigious harness race — the Prix d’Amérique — a world-famous event that attracts top horses, drivers, trainers, […]
Leviathan owner Mick Harvey has just left New Zealand, but can’t wait to return. Harvey said his two weeks in Christchurch with Kingman were “by far” the best and most enjoyable of his many years in racing. Remember, Harvey was a part-owner of the great King Of Swing, who won a record three Miracle Miles […]
“He loves Addington and he’s got that old style New Zealand Cup walk about him. He’s just an absolute machine,” trainer driver Luke McCarthy said after Kingman (Always B Miki) easily won the $125,000 Group One The Christian Cullen Four Year Old Classic. McCarthy stayed out of the early rush. “I was happy enough to […]
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 […]
In the most remarkable run ever seen in a New Zealand Cup, Kingman (Always B Miki) sat three wide for the last lap and still had the horsepower to beat champion Leap To Fame. “I’m actually out of breath. What a great horse. I didn’t get away quick enough to get any handier. I thought […]
When Australian driver Luke McCarthy takes the reins on Kingman (Always B Miki) in Tuesday’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup it’ll be his third drive in the great race. His first drive was on Washakie in 2009 which finished fourteenth and his second on For A Reason which ran third in 2014. He might not […]
Victoria Cup winner Kingman (Always B Miki) is a lock for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 11. Owner-breeder Mick Harvey ended days of speculation and added an exciting new dimension to the Cup when he confirmed the harness racing raid was a goer. “We’re going,” he said. “We […]
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 […]
“It’s so satisfying to win such a prestigious Group 1 race.” The speaker is successful Sydney businessman with interests across logistics, infrastructure and investment Mick Harvey, after watching his homebred four-year-old Kingman (Always B Miki) outgun a top class harness racing field in the $250,000 Victoria Cup (2240 metres) at Melton last Saturday night. Despite […]
A CHAT over a beer with a new friend in beautiful beachside Manly near Sydney was the spark for Mick Harvey’s splurge into harness racing. From that first chat about a decade ago with well-known Aussie racing media man Gareth Hall, Harvey has gone from no involvement in the sport to one of Australia’s most […]
Kingman’s (Always B Miki) win in the $250,000 Group One Victoria Cup on Saturday night at Melton served to highlight a great breed that’s resurfaced at the highest level. Kingman was bred in New Zealand by the horse’s owner Australian Mick Harvey and is out of Dali mare Gotta Go Dali Queen, the winner of […]
VICTORIA Cup winner Kingman (Always B Miki) could be a shock late entry for the $1million IRT NZ Trotting Cup. Owner-breeder Mick Harvey dropped the bombshell on Melbourne radio SEN Track this morning. “We’ll see how the next few days go once Luke (McCarthy, trainer-driver) gets him settled back home, but if you asked me […]
Sydney, Australia – October 14th 2025 I’m pleased to announce that I’ve taken over Harnesslink, the world’s leading independent harness racing news and information platform. Harnesslink has been a trusted source of global harness racing coverage for more than two decades. What John Curtin has built over the past 23 years is truly remarkable — a […]
