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YOU can tell the iconic New Zealand Cup Week is just around the corner. Three of Australia’s biggest stars will step out across two harness racing meetings on Saturday night with their sights set firmly on NZ. While Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) and Gus (Majestic Son) are right on target and their runs are […]
THE amazing Leap To Fame (Bettor’s Delight) is set to add more harness racing history to his phenomenal CV. The Queensland megastar will almost certainly become the first pacer to be crowned Australian Grand Circuit champion four times. Having won the past three titles, he still holds a 10-point lead with just two legs of […]
OSOYOOS, BC – October 18, 2026 – A tragic accident during the fifth race at Desert Park Raceway today resulted in the fatality of harness racing driver Scott Knight. The #1 horse, Dillon James, driven by Don Ross, broke stride, lost his step and went down on the track. The trailing drivers and horses were […]
Leap To Fame (Bettors Delight – Lettucereason) did not get a headline on Saturday night, and in our view that suited him just fine. While Captains Mistress was making history in the Victoria Cup at Melton, the champion was in Brisbane at Albion Park, winning a $21,378 Open Pace by 26.1 metres. It was the […]
BANGOR, ME – On a brisk, but sunny autumn afternoon at Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway in Bangor, Maine, four respective $100,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes Finals on Saturday (Oct. 17) delivered some chalk and an upset in the annual culmination of Pine Tree State-bred 3-year-old trotters and pacers. Of course, for harness racing aficionados the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sent off at 26-1, Gentleman’s Club (Downbytheseaside) sustained a first-over grind for a half mile to overpower 2025 Breeders Crown champion Beau Jangles in a divisional track record 1:48.3 in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace harness racing eliminations on Saturday (Oct. 17) at Eldorado Scioto […]
The two $25,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Trot eliminations on Saturday night (October 17) at Eldorado Scioto Downs saw Diabolic Hill and Big Ranger emerge victorious. An elimination winner in the Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt Trot in 2025, Diabolic Hill, driven by Todd McCarthy, repeated that feat in 2026, tallying in a lifetime-best 1:51.2. Diabolic […]
Brilliant four year old Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous) became the first harness racing mare to win the Group 1 $250,000 SEN Victoria Cup at Melton on Saturday night. As expected Captains Mistress went to the lead but momentarily gave away the front when Nyack charged around the field to take up the running. But as Nyack […]
Blazin Lou made it look easy as he captured the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers (race 5) at Scioto Downs. The son of top pacing sire Sweet Lou endured a first over trip in easy fashion to prevail in 1:50.4. Dexter Dunn drove the youngster, giving him […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lifetime Dreamer (Ecurie D Dk) and Wrong Sounds Right (Tactical Landing) took their respective Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt & Geldings Trot eliminations on Friday night (Oct. 16) at Scioto Downs. In the first elimination, carded as Race 6, Presidente, leaving from post six in a field of seven, glided to the front […]
Let the “Million Dollar Chase” begin. Last year, NSW harness racing trainer Jason Grimson thwarted the great Leap To Fame’s agonisingly close quest to land Victoria’s $1 million Summer of Glory bonus. This year, Grimson is eyeing it off himself with wonder mare Captains Mistress (Captaintreacherous). And it all starts with Saturday night’s Group 1 […]
For the first time ever, Whoomp will stray from her home track, and breeder/owner Pat DeLong feels she has earned the opportunity. The daughter of Rockin Image-Nightcap will compete in the first of Saturday’s (Oct. 17) two $25,000 eliminations for the Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Pace at Eldorado Scioto Downs. It will be […]
After enduring a difficult year in 2025, breeder Mark Adams has found a level of comfort in watching the exploits of 2-year-old male pacer Mr Bear in 2026. Mr Bear, a son of Rockin Image-Mama’s Lil Beach who will head to Friday’s (Oct. 16) harness racing eliminations for the Grade 1 Breeders Crown at Eldorado […]
You’d be hard pressed to find a person in harness racing not delighted to see Ben Settree crack it for an exceptional two year old filly. The much respected horseman has the good fortune to own the fleet footed Birdsong (Huntsville – Dizygotic Lass), winner of six from eight including the Bathurst Gold Tiara Final […]
Harnesslink is delighted to welcome John Tapp OAM to its team, delivering exclusive Australian harness racing news, stories and insights to a global audience. ▶ Watch Tappy’s welcome message https://harnesslink.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/welcome_tappy.mp4 John “Tappy” Tapp is one of Australia’s most celebrated race callers and storytellers. Across a career spanning more than five decades, he called over 50,000 […]
Memories of the late great Vin Knight will come flooding back if Kingman (Always B Miki) can win Saturday night’s Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton. Of all the great horsemen in Australian harness racing history, none have been as colorful or charismatic as the incomparable Knight, who dominated the major races through the 1980s. […]
Columbus, OH – Eldorado Scioto Downs will host harness racing eliminations for the $8 million Grade 1 Breeders Crown this weekend, and there will be no shortage of past champions and up-and-coming stars in action over the two-days of competition. Eight of last year’s Breeders Crown titlists will race on Saturday (Oct. 17) when Scioto […]
WONDER mare Captains Mistress is poised to create history from a perfect barrier draw in Saturday night’s Group 1 Victoria Cup at Melton. No mare has won the Victoria Cup, dubbed the Cox Plate of harness racing, since its inception in 1974. But such has been Captains Mistress’ splash into the big league, she is […]
Cranbury, NJ – Six horses were supplemented to the 2026 Grade 1 Breeders Crown at Ohio’s Eldorado Scioto Downs by Monday’s (Oct. 12) noon deadline, equaling the most in a year since 2014. The six horses supplemented were 4-year-old male pacer Best Chip in the Open Pace, 6-year-old female pacer Francent N in the Mare […]
Emma Stewart dominated the Victoria Derby and Oaks heats at Melton on Saturday night, training four of the five winners on a feature-packed harness racing card a week out from the Victoria Cup. Stewart won two of the three Woodlands Stud Victoria Derby heats with Enjoy Life and Brooklyn Dan, and both Prydes Easifeed Victoria […]
MILTON, ON (OCT. 11, 2026) – Jersey Bulldog (Bob McClure) smashed the Canadian, track and OSS record with an ultra-impressive 1:48.1 victory in the $350,000 OSS Super Final for rookie pacing fillies on Saturday (Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Sent off as the 5-2 second choice, the daughter of Bulldog Hanover out of Gallie […]
MILTON, ON (OCT. 11, 2026) – Another chapter was written in one of the best feel-good stories in harness racing Saturday night (Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Little Brown Jug victor Redland Rocket Man, driven by Jody Jamieson, wired the field in the $350,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for 3-year-old pacing colts […]
MILTON, ON (OCT. 11, 2026) – Cant Turn You Down turned up the volume to full blast in the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday night (Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The 2026 OSS Grassroots champion had earned respect with an eight-race win streak coming into the $350,000 […]
MILTON, ON (OCT. 11, 2026) – Totally Tyler (Bulldog Hanover) found the winning path in the $350,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday night (Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The group of 10 rookies put on a standout show for what seemed to be nearly every […]
