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The Anto Russell Memorial Cup now sits pride of place on the mantelpiece of Colin McTaggart’s home in Ballyclare following the success of GD’s Blizzard in the harness racing feature race on the program at Racetime Raceway (Belfast) last Saturday. A top field of Irelands best pacers was assembled to contest this preferred free-for-all with […]
One of the highlights of the Irish harness racing calendar, the Anto Russell Memorial Cup, is being staged at Racetime Raceway this Saturday (July 29) and a record attendance is expected to descend on the venue which is just located outside Belfast in Northern Ireland. Five of Irelands fastest pacers will go to post in […]
Harness racing resumed in the province of Ulster last Saturday when Racetime Raceway just outside Belfast held their second meeting of the 2023 season. Yet again the attendance was healthy and those present enjoyed an action-packed afternoon of their favorite sport with County Cork man Michael Goggin stealing the limelight once more by racking up […]
A bumper crowd witnessed some top-class harness racing at a sun-drenched Racetime Raceway last Saturday where owner/trainer/driver Michael Goggin secured top honours with a double courtesy of John Barley and Brynllo Caio. In the opener for Maiden & Novice grades, Brynllo Caio lowered the colours of red-hot favourite Rock Me Mama in 2.02 with Elusive […]
Racetime Raceway are set to launch their fourth season of harness racing this coming Saturday (July 1) afternoon on the crest of a wave having announced a record number of new owners and trainers licenced, an increased number of additional horses to boost field sizes and more importantly a raft of new sponsors on board […]
The inaugural Northern Ireland Standardbred Association (NISA) Turf Track Championships were held at Nutts Corner, Crumlin (Northern Ireland) last Sunday (Sep. 4) with Neil McDermott’s A Kind Of Magic victorious in the feature harness racing event on the seven-race program the Bell Mans Cup. Four heats were staged on the day with the first two […]
Standard fare was the order of the day at Racetime Raceway (Belfast, NI) last Saturday and although there was a lack of quantity of horses in competition it more than made up for in the quality on offer with some top-class performances on the day from some of Northern Ireland’s up and coming pacing stars. […]
On yet another great Saturday afternoon (August 6) of harness racing at Racetime Raceway (Belfast) Alex Patterson’s homebred Alpha Papa (Connors Dragon) won both his heat and the grand final of the days feature event the Klondyke Memorial Cup. Four heats were held in this event all ran over a mile and a quarter with […]
Belfast, IR/UK – Damien Mooney’s Big Pete (Table the Nukes – Crazy Chick) retained his pinto harness racing pacing crown at Racetime Raceway on Saturday (July 23) to the delight of a record attendance that had converged on the Northern Irish venue to witness the annual Pinto Pacing Derby – the clash of the coloreds. Always […]
Of the three harness racing meetings that were staged in Ireland over last weekend Racetime Raceway in Belfast was the only venue that boasted a sub-2:00 minute mile when Phils Dragon paced 1:59.5 to win the high-grade pace for owner/trainer/driver North Lucas. Quality was on display in abundance and the sun shone brightly on competitors, […]
Having experienced rain of biblical proportions at its previous meeting, the weather was much kinder to competitors and patrons at Racetime Raceway (Belfast) last Saturday where the five-race harness racing program was held in golden sunshine. The opening event for maiden and novice grade pacers was won by owner/trainer/driver Tiernan Grimes with Camenna (Pro Bono […]
A bumper crowd converged on Racetime Raceway in Belfast (UK) last Saturday for their opening meeting of the 2022. This kickstarted the tracks third season of racing and the venue has gone from strength to strength with each passing year providing grass roots harness racing for the locals in the province of Ulster. All prizemoney […]
Belfast, UK – The curtain fell on NISA’s 2021 season at Racetime Raceway in Belfast last Saturday where the star of the show was Barry Reavey’s Oakwood Maverick, who won both his heat and the grand final of the Klondyke Girl Memorial Cup, sponsored by the Lyttle Family and Thompsons Feed Innovation. Three heats were […]
Belfast, UK – The curtain is set to fall on the 2021 harness season at Racetime Raceway in Belfast this Saturday where the career of top free-for-aller Klondyke Girl is celebrated through a series of heats and a final sponsored by the great racemare’s owners Peter Lyttle & Family. Three Heats will be run with […]
BELFAST, IE – The harness racing track records for both the mile pace and the mile trot fell at Racetime Raceway Saturday (Sept. 4) with Peter Lyttles Rio Bravo and Finbarr Brickleys Socrates Du Noyer going into the Northern Irish history books. Going to post the joint favourite alongside John Barley on the bookmakers boards, […]
Belfast, IE – Damien Mooneys Big Pete ran out a game harness racing winner of the Pinto Pacing Derby which was staged at Racetime Raceway Saturday afternoon. A huge attendance descended on the Belfast venue to witness one of the highlights of the UK calendar and they were served up a vintage renewal of the […]
Belfast, IE – On a day of shock upsets, collisions and other drama it was one of Irelands leading lady harness racing drivers, Andrea Lockhart, who stole the show at Racetime Raceway last Saturday week. Driving her own Castlewood Glensman, the partnership established a four length lead from the outset in the Maiden Class pace […]
BELFAST, UK – Sometimes just inches separate sweet victory from agonizing defeat with punters treated to a series of desperately close harness racing finishes at Racetime Raceway last Saturday. The first of these came in the opener when Paul Telford’s Ballycoan Major won by a rapidly diminishing short head to spare over Alex Patterson’s Alpha […]
It was a day of firsts at Racetime Raceway (Belfast, UK) on Saturday when drivers Darren Smith and Blake McCullough got their first ever winners under rules and the first ever sub 2 minute mile was recorded at the venue when Michael Goggins John Barley claimed the scalps of 3 rivals in the top class […]
