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Senses (American Ideal – Lettucereason) has the pedigree of a champion and the form of a genuine Group 1 filly, yet she is a $71 chance in TAB’s Eureka market. In our view, that price says more about her absence than her ability. While her famous half-brothers Leap To Fame and Swayzee are both being […]
Birdsong (Huntsville – Dizygotic Lass) showed exactly why owner Ben Settree holds her in such high regard at Menangle last night, sweeping around the field to win the Nutrien Equine NSW Breeders Challenge 2yo Fillies Semi Final 1 by 9.2 metres. Trained by KerryAnn Morris and driven by Robert Morris, the bay filly started the […]
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 […]
Sometimes the most spectacular victories come from horses who appear to have absolutely no chance turning for home. That was certainly the case at Dayton Raceway on Saturday night (October 10), when New Zealand-bred Alta Revelry N produced a breathtaking last-to-first performance to capture the $30,000 Open Pace. With a fierce battle for the lead […]
Rose Of Juliana (American Ideal – Countess Kaeleigh) is a 7-year-old harness racing mare bred, owned, trained and driven by Arthur Clancy. On Monday evening at Canberra the 83 year old Clancy drove Rose Of Juliana to an upset victory as the $61 outsider It was the 7yo mares 131st race start and she had […]
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 […]
A year ago, Jye Coney was best known around Bathurst as one of two teenage mates sitting near the top of the NSW drivers’ harness racing premiership. Now he is a regular in the biggest races in the country. Since March, the young reinsman has driven the champion mare Captains Mistress in the $1 million […]
While the country’s best open class pacers line up in the SEN Victoria Cup at Melton on Saturday night, the most popular of them all will be racing at home in Brisbane. Leap To Fame (Bettors Delight – Lettucereason) has drawn barrier two in the seven-horse Somerset Farms Open Pace over 2138m at Albion Park, […]
Enjoy Life (Always B Miki – Perfect Life) has won 10 of his 11 harness racing starts, and on Saturday night he showed he can win the hard way too. The Emma Stewart-trained colt took out the first heat of the Woodlands Stud Victoria Derby at Melton by a half head, booking his place in […]
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 […]
Watch live video of the card of harness racing on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Woodbine Mohawk Park featuring eight $350,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Super Finals. For complete race entries, click here. From Harnesslink Media
The 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale final session begins Thursday , Oct 8th at 12pm ET, (New Zealand, 12pm Friday 9th October, Australia, 10am Friday 9th October) at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Kentucky. You can stay up to date with all the coverage throughout the week long sale right here at Harnesslink with […]
In the aptly named Master Blaster Mobile Pace at Ascot Park today, Cruise Maguire (Always B Miki) had his opposition gasping for air a long way from home. And when the winning time of 2-37.0 was posted, those on course and the gelding’s trainer Alister Black were staggered. “I’m dumbfounded. That time is unreal. He […]
Soho Trump (Captain Crunch – Aussie Made Lombo) heads into the second heat of the Woodlands Stud Victoria Derby at Melton on Saturday night on the back of two dominant front-running harness racing wins. Trainer Mick Stanley considered skipping the Derby for a Western Australian campaign in late September, but the colt has officially accepted […]
Two years ago, Ben Said sat behind a young pacer in trackwork for the first time and fell for him. Now The Last Trip (Poster Boy – Fususi) is one of the hottest names in Eureka betting, rated a $4.50 second favourite behind Loucasso for the $1.5 million TAB Eureka at Menangle on November 21. […]
At Methven on Sunday Vertigo (Peak) produced a stunning finish to claim the Yabby Downs Farm-sponsored race for the fairer sex. With a capacity field of 17 runners, the Lawrence McCormick-trained mare looked an unlikely winner as she turned for home near the rear of the field. But driver Wilson House had other ideas, unleashing […]
It’s a huge weekend of harness racing across North America, with the $575,000 Kentucky Futurity taking centre stage on Saturday Hambletonian champion Apex renews his rivalry with Big Ranger in the 134th Kentucky Futurity. Apex starts from post seven for Marcus Melander and Dexter Dunn, while Big Ranger has post nine with Tim Tetrick. Melander […]
This week’s Race of the Week comes from Pocono Downs, where two-year-old pacer History (Downbytheseaside) produced a breathtaking finishing burst to break his maiden in 1:52.1. The Downbytheseaside colt looked to have plenty of work ahead of him approaching the final turn. Driven by Jack Pelling for his father, trainer Brett Pelling, History was sixth […]
A spectacular night of harness racing awaits at Woodbine Mohawk Park with $3.5 milllion in stakes up for grabs, featuring the Mohawk Million, Metro Pace, Shes A Great Lady, Canadian Trotting Classic and Elegantimage finals. With unbeaten Shalom Hanover chasing Metro Pace glory and Athenas Girl aiming to give Marcus Melander a third consecutive Mohawk […]
Canadian raider Redland Rocket Man (Bulldog Hanover) and Adios champion Al Papi (Papi Rob Hanover) booked their places in the $550,000 Little Brown Jug final with contrasting elimination harness victories at Delaware on Thursday (Sept. 24). REDLAND ROCKET MAN REPLAY Redland Rocket Man produced the faster of the two heats, storming home from last […]
The stage is set for the 81st edition of the $650,000 Little Brown Jug, with 11 three-year-old pacers chasing one of harness racing’s most prestigious titles at the Delaware County Fair on Thursday (September 24). The third leg of pacing’s Triple Crown headlines a 19-race programme, with two $50,000 elimination heats scheduled as races 15 […]
Just when Palladium looked to have the Carousel Pacers Final safely in his keeping, Nymbal produced a devastating late burst to snatch victory at Menangle on Saturday night. The New Zealand-bred son of Lazarus found himself hopelessly boxed in four back on the pegs as favourite Palladium took control and reeled off a blistering 26.9-second […]
Harnesslink will have a slot in the 2027 $1.25 million TABtouch Nullarbor, with the full list of 10 slot holders for next year’s feature now confirmed. Harnesslink, represented by Mick Harvey, is one of three first-time slot holders for the April 23 event, alongside Gloucester Park’s Michael Radley and Solid Earth Pty Ltd, represented by […]
Johnny Lincoln (Lather Up), a New Zealand bred three-year-old, led throughout to post his first success at only his second start on North American soil in a fresh lifetime harness racing mark of 1:50.8 at Plainridge Park on Monday (September 7). JOHNNY LINCOLN N REPLAY The Riverina bred gelding Mach’s Legacy notched his third […]
