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Sportsmans Park

52 years ago, none better than this horse

By Kimberly Rinker · 26 July 2024

Fifty-two years ago this month, there was no better harness racing horse in the sport than Albatross. The aptly named pacer towered above all others that year, with one of his best performances coming in a world-record effort at Chicago’s Sportsman’s Park racetrack on July 2, 1972. With his trainer Stanley Dancer at the lines, the […]

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John Berry: from bowling to harness racing

By Harnesslink · 23 August 2023

John Berry has always focused on the positive. Because of his upbeat attitude, there’s little that the Chicago native, now 80-years-old, has not accomplished during his life. In fact, John has excelled at every occupation that has caught his fancy over the decades. Perhaps it was destiny, or maybe it was simply growing up in […]