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Jordan Ross experienced a number of “firsts” as a result of participating in last week’s World Driving Championship, which featured four days of competition in three Western European countries. Some of the firsts were related to traveling overseas for the first time, others to the harness racing, such as going in a clockwise direction at […]
Mons (Ghlin) this day (Aug. 16) hosted the first harness racing leg of the 2023 Tour European Trotteur Francais named the Prix de l’Amitie Franco-Belgique (purse 25,000€, 2300 meters autostart, 11 starters). The victory went to 5.1/1 odds Diable du Vauvert (10m Prince d’Espace-Pop Star) in rein to trainer Bertrand LeBeller. The 1.14.0kr timed winner […]
Standardbred Canada reports that harness racing driver Rick Ebbinge, representing The Netherlands, is the point leader heading into the fourth and final leg of the 2023 World Driving Championship (WDC), which returns to Germany on Friday, Aug. 18. Ebbinge, who vaulted to the top of the leaderboard in round two of the WDC on Tuesday, […]
Hightstown, NJ — Rick Ebbinge, the defending WDC champion from the Netherlands, dominated Tuesday’s (Aug. 15) action in the World Driving Championship. He won three of the five races and finished second in the other two to open a 34-point lead over second-place Huygens. Also winning races Tuesday were Blair Orange (New Zealand) and Miodrag Pantic […]
Canada’s Doug McNair drove two winners in his five races to finish atop the harness racing standings in the first leg of the 2023 World Driving Championship (WDC) on Sunday, August 13 at Victoria Park Wolvega in The Netherlands. McNair finished the first day with a total of 49 points, tied with Australia’s representative Peter […]
The opportunity to see Australian champion Pete McMullen compete against the top reinsmen from 10 countries in the 2023 World Driving Championship in Europe and to see the best young trotters in North America vie for the prize in the Hambletonian. They are among highlights of the 2023 World Driving Championship Tour being conducted by […]
The thought of representing the U.S. in August’s World Driving Championship already has kept harness racing driver Jordan Ross awake at night. But in the best possible way. Ross, a 25-year-old Tennessee native who enjoyed a breakout season on the Indiana circuit in 2022, has been selected by the U.S. Trotting Association to wear the Stars […]
