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The media release was brief but things don't look good for 2011 Inter Dominion champion - Smoken Up and his harness racing driver/trainer Lance Justice following the findings of a B sample obtained from the Australiasian mile record holder. The...

The harness racing trainer of New Zealand's most exciting pacer believes the barrier draw conditions for Saturday's Harness Jewels are unfair. Jim Curtin says that is not just because his superstar pacer Franco Emirate has drawn the outside of the...

Jody Jamieson knows just how talented a reinsman Tony (The Iceman) Herlihy is - now the 34-year-old is looking forward to meeting New Zealand's next harness racing star, Dexter Dunn. Jamieson, who will represent Canada for a fourth time at the World...

Josh Marks loves standardbreds so much the 28-year-old is prepared to travel across the world to fulfil his harness racing dream. 'It's all I know and if it means coming to New Zealand to get drives then I'll do it,' he told Harnesslink. More...

The TAB launches the much anticipated Triple Trio with a $1 million prize pool guaranteed for its debut at the Wellington Races’ Telegraph Handicap Day at Trentham this Saturday. Hugely popular overseas due to the massive pay-outs people...

Racing Integrity Unit chief Cameron George has issued a warning to all codes that trainers infringing the drug rules can expect harsher penalties in future, after the 11th positive swab in the last five months was revealed yesterday. Harness racing...

Excuse the pun but Australia's main UFO harness racing man is over the moon. The chief executive for UFO Sulkies in Australia and New Zealand, Frank Ranaldi, is delighted with both the sales and the results since the official launch of his company...

After discussion this morning, the above harness racing date has been abandoned. Horse numbers in the North have been stretched in recent weeks and it is felt that this meeting would further stretch the horse population available at this time. ...

MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries) have advised us that the Australian Quarantine Inspection Services (AQIS) have made it compulsory from 1st March 2012 that all colts to be exported to Australia have to be blood tested for EVA (equine...

In many parts of the world the month of May is a month of celebration. In this part of the world, commonly known as 'Down Under', there is a celebration between two of the major harness racing stud farms - Alabar and Stallion Station - with...

Cowgirls N Indians' unbelievable Australasian Breeders Crown triumph has come at a cost. The sensational Kiwi filly injured herself winning her A$312,000 final at Melton on Sunday (August 21) and is unlikely to race for six months. More...

Do you remember who won the Easter Cup at Addington Raceway in 2005? Here's a hint, she was a quality harness racing mare and was trained and driven by a man whose nickname is 'Mango'. More...

Australian harness racing trainer and driver Lance Justice will fight any charges following his horse Smoken Up's positive drugs test after winning the Interdominion title at Alexandra Park last month. The Racing Integrity Unit will take action...

With the recent announcement that leading New Zealand trainer Mark Purdon is ready to close his Auckland training establishment and is weighing up his future in Christchurch too it is no surprise to hear the collective "groan" from rival Australian...

Contrary to reports which have circulated, the CEO of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club - Shane Gloury - is not leaving Addington Raceway for greener pastures at Harness Racing Victoria. More...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing when you are assessing harness racing stallions and one that a lot of breeders resort to when stallions exceed expectations or fail miserably.... More...

Harness racing can be a cruel game at times with some horses forever seeming to have bad luck.... More...

About 150 nails have been scattered around a New Zealand horse racing track, which race officials are calling an "act of terrorism" against the industry. An anonymous phone call 90 minutes before racing was due to start at Ascot Park Raceway in...

Leading three year old pacer Gold Ace is getting better and better all the time according to harness racing trainer Steven Reid. More...

Many Canterbury residents awoke this morning to find a heavy blanket of snow covering the ground right throughout the region. The snow began to fall early yesterday (Sunday) evening and continued to get heavier late last night and into the early...