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The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association (FSBOA) will wrap-up the 2025 harness racing season this Saturday (November 29) with the Florida Breeders Stake at the* Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Center (sunshinemeadowsdelray.com/sunshine-meadows) in Delray Beach, Florida. There will be eight race events for two and three-year-old trotters and pacers starting at 11:00 am. Each of the eight […]
This Saturday morning (November 22), harness racing driver Joseph Fiorello will suit-up in his designed racing silks and put his undefeated winning streak on the line in the Florida Stallion Stakes at Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Village in Delray Beach, Florida. Most harness racing drivers begin their careers in their teens and see more losses than wins at […]
This Saturday, November 15, the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association (FSBOA) will host the eight harness racing finals of the Florida Sunshine Stakes at Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Village in Delray Beach. Each of the eight finals are for two and three-year-old trotters and pacers. The first race gets underway at 11:00 am. Nola Christian […]
The second leg of the Florida Sunshine Stakes for two and three-year-old trotters and pacers takes place this Saturday (Nov. 8) at the Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Center in Delray Beach. The races are sponsored by the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association. All eight of the opening round harness racing winners from last week are […]
Leon J. Zimmerman, a member of the Harness Racing Communicators Hall of Fame, has written and published a memoir of his favorite stories during a remarkable 65-year career as an award-winning journalist and government affairs consultant. In the book, “From Bylines to Storylines,” he takes the reader from the newsroom to the corridors of government, sharing behind-the-scenes […]
Coral Springs, FL – The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association will be hosting the opening leg of the Florida Sunshine Stakes Saturday morning (November 1) at the Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Village in Delray Beach. The eight-race harness racing program gets underway at 11:00 am and will feature two and three-year-old trotters and pacers competing over […]
Light Blue Movers (Ready Cash) was the 6-1 upset harness racing winner and Hellabalou (Sweet Lou) the bettor’s choice winner in the $18,000 co-feature Open Handicap Trot and Pace at MGM Northfield Park Sunday, January 1, 2023. The New Year’s Day program saw Magical Muscle Man (Kurt Sugg) first on the lead in the 2nd […]
The most anticipated battle of the 2024 Manitoba harness racing season is finally going to happen. Five three-year-old fillies draw into the first leg of the Silk Lace Stakes but handicapping the race is far from easy. Although it is only the first leg, a lot is at stake in the $7617 pace. 2023’s MSSBA […]
A full field of eight four-year-old harness racing pacers will compete Sunday, August 18 at the Hippodrome 3R (H3R) in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec in the return of the Prix d’Ete Grand Circuit race with a purse of C$200,000. A total of ten horses were entered in the prestigious stakes event that was last held at H3R […]
Last year’s Quebec-bred champion filly trotter, Sensi Amnesia (Muscle Mass), started off the 2024 stakes season at the Hippodrome 3R (H3R) in Trois-Rivieres in fine fashion, winning in a romp in the opening round of the Breeders Trophy Series Friday (July 12). There were three divisions of the series for three-year-old Quebec-Bred colt and filly […]
This Sunday (May 5) is opening day for the 2024 harness racing season at the Hippodrome 3R (H3R) in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. And no one is more excited for the start of the season than four-time defending driving champion Pascal Berube. Berube led all drivers last season at H3R with 81 wins, 24 wins ahead of […]
Sumomentsomwhere A (Somebeachsomewhere, Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) and Oberto (Yankee Glide, Billy Davis Jr) won their respective $18,000 Open Handicap harness racing races at Northfield Park on Sunday (Feb. 25). Mull Of Kintyre (Billy Davis Jr) took the early lead in the Open Handicap pace, followed by The Real Way (Justin Irvine). Sumomentsomwhere A moved from […]
After winning 13 of his 15 starts, $1.633 million in purses and a harness racing world record mile of 1:46.1, Confederate (Sweet Lou – Geothermal – A Rocknroll Dance) was named the 2023 Harness Horse of the Year by the United States Harness Writers Association Sunday evening at the annual Dan Patch Awards banquet held […]
Tony’s Mom (Heston Blue Chip) and harness racing driver Yannick Gingras were able to overpower a field of mare rivals in capturing the $35,000 Invitational Pace Friday (Feb. 23) at Yonkers Raceway. The 6th race feature got underway with Gingras sending race favorite Tony’s Mom right to the lead from post four and cutting the […]
Caught in the crosshairs of one of North America’s most farcical decisions is harness racing trainer Kevin McDermott. A man who has had a near-lifetime involvement in the sport having trained horses since the age of 23 (1990). He’s trained grand circuit performers such as Hypnotic Blue Chip, the first-ever 1:47 pacer on Hambletonian Day. […]
The Quebec Jockey Club is proud to announce that their signature race, the Prix d’Ete, will return at the Hippodrome 3R for their 2024 race season with a purse of $200,000(C) for four-year-old pacers plus a $50,000(C) consolation race if 14 or more horses enter. The race has not been held since 2019 due to […]
After once again wiring the field in the $32,000 Open Pace at Miami Valley Raceway today (Jan. 18), Carbine (Somebeachsomewhere) now owns two of the five fastest harness racing miles in North America this season. Last week Carbine and driver Trace Tetrick ended in a dead heat for win finish with Rockin Speed (Jeremy Smith) […]
Oamaru harness racing trainer Phil Williamson and Wyndham horseman Craig Ferguson line up some key players at the Northern Southland meeting at Ascot Park Invercargill tomorrow. Williamson has won the Group Three Prydes Easifeed Southern Lights six times and this year has a three pronged attack on the $40,000 Group Three trotting feature. Jimmy Carter […]
In the harness racing trotting sector, all over the world, the name of Filippo Lago is considered as an emerging young man. He is no longer emerging; Filippo Lago, age 31, is now most certainly a large part of the international trotting scene. An interview with him was recently published in Paris Turf and his […]
Late Wednesday (Jan. 9) night, harness racing owner-trainer-driver Jim Slendorn electronically entered his three horses to race at the Meadowlands this coming weekend. By noontime he was not a happy man. “To be honest with you,” said Slendorn. “I’m kinda disappointed. “I called the race office later that morning,” Slendorn explained, “to see if a […]
There has been another Class 1 positive test for Methamphetamine in Ohio. Samuel Schillaci’s harness racing horse, Gardys Legacy A, was found to be positive for Methamphetamine at Northfield Park in September. Schillaci has been fined $1,000 and a one-year suspension. It was not yet known as of press time if the ruling has been […]
Apparently with most avenues exhausted, the New Jersey Racing Commission last week updated their rulings on eight prominent harness racing trainers, all of whom were found back in 2020 to have raced horses with the presence of Phenylbutazone in their systems. The aforementioned group were taken aback when a number of horses in their care […]
It took the photo finish camera to declare 13-1 longshot Barry’s Berries (Downbytheseaside) the harness racing winner by a nose over race favorite Tellmeaboutit in the $25,000 Open Handicap Pace Thursday (Dec. 28) at Dayton Raceway. The 4th race feature got underway with Brookview Bullet (Josh Sutton) first on the lead and then coming first-over […]
Anna’s Boy (Majestic Son) came with a late charge up the inside to win the Caltex Durban Chief Westport Trotters Cup at Patterson Park harness racing track today (Dec. 28). The five year old trained by Greg and Nina Hope and driven by their son Ben, got up to beat Tu Tangata by a neck […]
