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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...

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...

Well respected Southland horseman and harness racing identity Henry Skinner has died aged 78. Skinner was best known for his deeds with Honkin Vision, a gun juvenile which he trained in partnership with Alan Devery to win 16 races and over a half...

In his first U.S. appearance, New Zealand's 21-year-old leading harness racing driver guided McClelland to victory in the eleventh race on Saturday, June 25 at Meadowlands Racetrack. Dunn and the Aaron Lambert trainee pounced off a perfect second...

New Zealand harness racing driver James Stormont will fly to Sydney later this week to drive at Saturday's Tabcorp Park Menangle meeting for local trainer Kevin Pizzuto. Stormont is set to drive in five races but will return home next week before...

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...

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. ...

One of racing's oldest stars stole the headlines from two of its youngest heroes as the season wound to a close this weekend. The end of the racing year in New Zealand is the 31st of July. All horses are a year older on the 1st of August. More...

Former Pukekohe harness racing driver Nicole Molander has scored her first training and driving success in Australia. The win came behind $3.30 second favourite Quote Me at Tabcorp Park in Menangle yesterday (Monday August 16). More...

Leading Australian harness racing trainer Lance Justice would have had a better night's sleep following an intense first day (Tuesday August 23) of the Smoken Up hearing in Wellington which cast major doubts over the testing and analysis procedures...

I have called on the Government, more importantly the Minister for Racing Craig Foss, to take charge and bring the major players in the harness racing, greyhound and thoroughbred industries together to come up with a positive platform for change. I...

The Mark Purdon and Grant Payne trained Smolda certainly has no fears of the Alexandra Park way around after landing his second success at harness racing's northern headquarters within the space of seven days tonight (Friday December 16). More...

The people have spoken: Christmas at the Races is the country's best way to celebrate the festive season. Christmas at the Races, a unique and innovative partnership between the New Zealand Racing Board and participating racing and harnbess racing...

The Auckland Racing Club yesterday appointed Cameron George as chief executive officer. George has more recently served the industry as head of the Racing Integrity Unit which overseas harness racing, galloping and greyhound racing in New Zealand. ...

Jivin Cullen hinted last Monday that Alexandra Park's right-handed way around wouldn't be a problem. The gifted 4-year-old more than rubber stamped that in tonight's (Friday November 23) feature harness racing event at Alexandra Park - the $10,000...

In the end it was the whistling that Auckland harness racing trainer Bunty Hughes didn't like. More...

*This is the first of a new weekly segment on Harnesslink.com where we will highlight one trial or workout meeting per week in attempt to find winners and indentifying rising talent.... More...

With the Harness Jewels nearly upon us, the top twenty in each division are listed as nominations on the Harness Racing New Zealand website. It is from these nominations that the final fields will be selected. We thought an evaluation of the sires...

Last nights all age sale conducted by the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Standardbred Breeders Association had all the ingredients for a successful sale bar one.... More...