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So many of the Jewels runners went through some of their final preparation for Jewels day last Saturday (May 28) at Ashburton Raceway. We've got our hands on the video, run the rule over the workouts and made the following determinations that may...

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...

Gold Ace has been gifted the tactical advantage in the next round of his ongoing harness racing war with Terror To Love - next Saturday's (June 4) Harness Jewels Final. The two glamour three-year-olds have drawn alongside each other in their...

In recent weeks Harness Racing New South Wales has worked in conjunction with Harnesslink to clean up the image of the sport that has been portrayed in such an ordinary fashion in their comments section. Early last week, Harnesslink implemented a...

Hobart harness racing driver Nathan Ford will head to this week to participate in the 2011 Australasian Young Drivers' Championship in Christchurch. Originally scheduled to run concurrently with the Inter Dominion, the series will now coincide with...

Champion junior driver Dexter Dunn looks almost certain this week to break his record for the number of driving wins in a harness racing season. Currently sitting on 202 wins Dunn needs just three more to rewrite history once again and crack the 204...

The first five of a possible seven races have been drawn in the Lone Star Riccarton Australasian Young Drivers Championship. Some even, fascinating harness racing fields have been assembled with no clear indication as to which driver may hold the...

A last minute change of mind will see globe-trotting squaregaiter Lets Get Serious do his future racing in Australia. This time last week the 9-year-old gelding was booked on a flight back to the United States by prominent American harness racing...

The latest Harnesslink - New Zealand TAB fixed odds competition winner is Mike Rowell, formerly of Oamaru - but these days based in Auckland. Rowell grew up in a harness racing family and attended New Zealand's best secondary school - St Kevin's...

Yet to win in eight Victorian runs, drawn wide on the second line (11) and one of the lowest assessed pacers in the race, it may seem curious that Bendigo-based gelding Jukebox Music occupies the third line of harness racing betting for Friday...

Three drives and three placings, including a win, have given Oamaru harness racing driver Matthew Williamson a commanding 10-point lead after three rounds of the Australasian Young Drivers Championship. Chasing him are Tasmania's Nathan Ford (27)...

Three drives and three placings, including a win, have given Oamaru harness racing driver Matthew Williamson a commanding 10-point lead after three rounds of the Australasian Young Drivers Championship. Chasing him are Tasmania's Nathan Ford (27)...

The issue of the sire service returns for the 2010/11 New Zealand breeding season make interesting reading and provide food for thought for our administrators as they plot a path forward to rescue the beleaguered harness racing industry. More...

The Noel Taylor New Zealand Trotting Hall Of Fame presented New Zealand harness racing legend Tony Herlihy with its first ever Achievement plaque at Alexandra Park last Friday (May 27). The Hall Of Fame committee confirmed at its meeting last month...

Lancome farewells racing in style; Lancome said goodbye to harness racing with an easy win in the opening event on Harness Jewels Day at Ashburton today (Saturday June 4) when she won the Group One $150,000 Diamond for 4-year-old pacing mares. ...

Lancome farewells racing in style; Lancome said goodbye to harness racing with an easy win in the opening event on Harness Jewels Day at Ashburton today (Saturday June 4) when she won the Group One $150,000 Diamond for 4-year-old pacing mares. ...

Looking forward to the next few weeks are the harness racing connections of Fly Like An Eagle, who clocked a terrific 1:54.61 in taking the Two-Year-Old Emerald in a Mark Purdon whitewash. More...

You knew it was special when harness racing driver Jim Curtin flourished his whip in a rare display of emotion as Franco Emirate passed the finishing post, a brilliant winner of yesterday's Four-Year-Old Emerald. Curtin, renowned for his coolness in...