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Per Eriksson

Alf Palema's Hambletonian victory still unbelievable

By Harnesslink · 2 August 2022

If timing is everything, harness racing driver Mickey McNichol’s and the trotter Alf Palema (Speedy Somolli – Highland Bridget by Super Bowl) were impeccable 30 years ago. Pulling one of the greatest upsets in Hambletonian history, unheralded Alf Palema took the lead two steps from the finish line and whisked past stablemate King Conch for […]

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Fontaine to HOF, Antonacci, Eriksson on ballot

By Harnesslink · 7 July 2022

GOSHEN, NY – The Hall of Fame Screening Committee of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), after meeting with a select group of Harness Racing Museum Trustees, announces that Lucien Fontaine has been elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, through a Veterans designation, and that Frank Antonacci and Per Eriksson would be […]