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The 2010 Breeders Crown champion - Devil Dodger - is peaking at just the right time as the Ardmore 4-year-old sets out to defend his title won at Melton's Tabcorp Park on August 21. Tonight (Friday May 20) the talented gelding won his first race...

Many harness racing fans were again left searching for superlatives to describe the brilliant Carabella as she won the $125,000 Group One New Zealand Oaks at Addington Raceway tonight (Friday May 20th). More...

It was a statement that made everyone snap to attention. Here was top harness racing driver Ricky May, the pilot of champions like Christian Cullen, and New Zealand Cup heroes Monkey King, Mainland Banner, Iraklis and Inky Lord, labelling Carabella...

Australian harness racing commentator Chris Barsby is living a life-long dream. The Queensland caller has always wanted to be involved harness racing from an early age. His deep passion for the sport eventually sending him on the right track to...

An unheralded former Southland harness racing pacer named Baby Bling, who flopped at a low class meeting in New South Wales, could rid Kiwis of a mystery leviathan punter, who has been wreaking havoc with tote dividends. More...

Young Victorian trainer Craig Demmler knows he has a harness racing name and a reputation to uphold. The son of legendary horseman, Ted Demmler, made a move to Bacchus March in Victoria two years ago in order to forge his own career as a harness...

New Zealand harness racing trainer Brendon Hill is looking to target the rich New South Wales prizemoney in the coming months with Timeless Perfection and Ultimate Player. While Hill will not be making a fulltime move to Menangle he has hinted he...

Former kiwi filly Our Dolly Would will line up in this week's New South Wales Trotters Derby after winning last week's NSW Trotters Oaks at Tabcorp Park Menangle. The daughter of Artsplace started her harness racing racing career as a pacer and...

Tuesday's (May 24) win by Summer Man at Addington Raceway meant so much more to harness racing trainer Alan Russell than on-lookers could have imagined. It was Russell's first official win in the sulky and Summer Man's last race before retiring, but...

Classic Families is now free to everyone on the planet for the next three years on www.classicfamilies.net. No logins, no registration required. It was designed for current and future generations to wonder at the world of harness racing. More...

Twenty-year-old harness racing driver Matthew Williamson believes the New Zealand representatives in the up-coming Australasian Young Drivers Championship have a distinct advantage over their Aussie counterparts. More...

Tuesday's (May 24) win by Summer Man at Addington Raceway meant so much more to harness racing trainer Alan Russell than on-lookers could have imagined. It was Russell's first official win in the sulky and Summer Man's last race before retiring, but...

In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained, 'We didn't have the 'green thing' back in my...

The on again - off again harness racing career of one of New Zealand's finest but seldom seen trotters is finally over. Stig will now spend his retirement with fellow New Zealand trotting giants Lyell Creek and Take a Moment at Lindsay Kerslake's...

First it was ducks, then a cat and yesterday a dog. What will it be next? A frisky feline narrowly avoided being roadkill when it ran out in front of a harness racing field near the finish of the last race at Alexandra Park on Friday night, just...

Although ninth was the best he could muster in last month's Inter Dominion grand final his American harness racing owner Joe Muscara never lost faith in Lets Get Serious. In fact before he won his two races at Alexandra Park tonight (Friday May 27)...

Fly Like An Eagle is the horse to beat in Saturday's Harness Racing Jewels $200,000 2YO Emerald at Ashburton after a sensational workout on the course yesterday. More...

The German trotter Brioni, driven by Joakim Lovgren, won the 60th edition of harness racing's prestigious trotting event - the 2011 Elitlopp - in a photo finish on Sunday (May 29), where he just got his nose in front at the last step before...

Brilliant driver Dexter Dunn is set to re-write the harness racing record books again. The driving genius has surpassed 200 driving wins in a season for the second time in his short career, and following a double at yesterday's (Sunday May 29)...

Pukekohe harness racing trainer Dave McGowan is setting his sights high with up and coming pacer Pure Power. McGowan trains the powerful son of Grinfromeartoear in partnership with his wife Clare, long-term the pair would desperately like to have a...