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Canterbury-based harness racing trainer-driver Kimberly Butt will get to experience a very different kind of race meeting when she competes at the acclaimed Vincent Delaney Memorial in England this weekend. Now in its 13th year, the VDM, as it’s known, has become a major international event, with thousands expected to swarm to Dunstall Park in […]
The Vincent Delaney Memorial (VDM) harness racing weekend in Ireland and the UK is pleased to welcome the Hambletonian Society onboard as a sponsor in 2024! The Hambletonian Society are the sponsors of the new Bernie Kelly International Ladies Charity Race. Named in honor of Bernie Kelly, the VDM racing secretary for many years, the […]
The VDM Committee is pleased to announce that the harness racing dates for next year’s Vincent Delaney Memorial Weekend will be August 10-11th, 2024. The festival will be held at a new venue in 2024, Wolverhampton Racecourse in the United Kingdom. “Wolverhampton is one of the biggest tracks in Britain. For them to reach out […]
The 2023 Vincent Delaney Memorial Harness Racing Weekend will be held at Tir Prince Racetrack in Wales, on August 12th and 13th, 2023. This is the 3rd time that the racing weekend will be held at Tir Prince. Tir Prince is located in Abergele, North Wales, and offers a world class hospitality experience for race […]
Anyone notice the trip of a lifetime that harness racing’s top pacer, Bulldog Hanover, enjoyed up in Canada last week? Well, now it’s your turn! Harnesslink is getting ready to celebrate its 20th anniversary covering harness racing throughout the world. The actual anniversary date is October 10 and Harnesslink is offering a “trip of a […]
The Vincent Delaney Memorial Committee is pleased to release the preliminary itinerary for the harness racing weekend of Aug. 9 thru Aug. 14, 2022. In the past, the VDM Committee and Oakwood Stud have graciously hosted tours for the foreign visitors to show them more of the country on their trip. Past tours have included […]
The VDM Committee is pleased to confirm that the Vincent Delaney Memorial Racing weekend will be held at Tir Prince Racetrack, in Wales, on August 13th and 14th 2022. This will be the second year that the harness racing weekend is held at Tir Prince, after a very successful first go at it in 2021. In an […]
This Saturday and Sunday (August 14-15) is the Vincent Delaney Memorial (VDM) Weekend of harness racing. Normally held in Ireland, the race weekend needed to be move and will take place this weekend for the first time at Tir Prince in Wales, UK. Vincent Delaney was Derek and James younger brother who tragically died in […]
Tir Prince Raceway in Wales, UK is delighted and honoured to have been asked to host the 2021 running of The Vincent Delaney Memorial Harness Racing Festival. The Vincent Delaney Memorial or “VDM” as it is commonly referred to, is the brainchild of Irish brothers and business partners Derek and James Delaney of County Offaly […]
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