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Allentown, New Jersey…Sept. 25, 2025…The National Standardbred Horse Show concluded its 31st extravaganza on Sunday (Sept. 22) with champions crowned in 140 events with the breed known as the standardbred showing its true versatility off of a racetrack. Bolstered with over 100 sponsors from The Hambletonian Society and the U.S.T.A. to the leading breeders, horsemen […]
Allentown, New Jersey, September 19, 2025…The Horse Park of New Jersey is hosting the 31st edition of the National Standardbred Horse Show, featuring standardbred entrants in over 200 classes contested over the September 19-21 weekend. Well over 100 standardbreds, many retired and retrained to display their versatility in the show ring, are competing—including, this year, […]
Allentown, N.J…June 24, 2025…Veterinarian Michelle Clarke said it best, lamenting, “People just don’t realize the versatility of the standardbred horse. “After a racing career is over, they are the most agile athletes of all equine breeds and can be used as a riding horse, show horse, therapy horse and much more for anybody in need. […]
Woodstock, VA…June 6, 2025…The United States Harness Driving Club (USHDC) has teamed up with Shenandoah Downs to, once again, form an alliance in supporting the National Standardbred Horse Show, which will take place at The Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown, September 19-21, 2025. In making the announcement, USHDC Treasurer Tom Eichas lamented, “For […]
Freehold, New Jersey, January 17, 2025…Though Freehold Raceway has been silenced, Freehold, New Jersey will be in the limelight again on Sunday, February 16, 2025 as the iconic Standardbred Horse Show will present their Awards Banquet at the equally iconic Radisson Hotel. This black-tie event will be held in the hotel’s Crystal Ballroom and will […]
From boiling blood to chilling out…that was the range of emotions recently as our sport faces uncertain “times” in the future. The “boiling blood” was the result of a farm manager stating the preference of the kill pen over those entities rescuing our beloved standardbreds after their racing careers are over to train them for […]
In covering last week’s National Standardbred Horse Show, there were participants from all walks of life both in and out of harness racing. One participant whom I found to be especially interesting with a deep insight into many different facets of our grand sport was Veterinarian Michelle Clarke. Harnesslink now shares this insight with our […]
In speaking with a few of the BDHC (Broken Down Horseplayers Club) membership this week, a few were really excited that The Meadowlands would be back in action with top notch, competitive harness racing with many of the best drivers and trainers competing. “Da Big Tree,” uttered Vinny from New York, “Da Big M, Hoosier […]
ALLENTOWN, N.J.— Harness racing’s American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) presented yet another donation to another charitable cause, this time to the Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of New Jersey (SPHO-NJ) over the weekend of Sept. 22. President Anthony Verruso presented the check, a $2,000 donation, to the SPHO-NJ during its National Standardbred Horse Show at The […]
