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Harness racing reinsman Scott Phelan has been having a quiet time recently by his own high standards but he made up for it yesterday with a couple of wins at the Harness Racing Waikato meeting at Cambridge.... More...

Harness racing meetings at Oamaru always seem to bring the best out of horses trained by Margo Nyhan and her partner Peter Davis.... More...

The long awaited return of one of last season's harness racing glamour girls in Ideal Belle took place at Alexandra Park on Friday night and as expected the daughter of American Ideal was a comfortable winner.... More...

Harness racing and the Dickie family have had a long association and that looks set to continue for a long time into the future the way John and his son Josh have been churning out the winners this season.... More...

Premier harness racing is back at harness headquarters with the next three weeks stacked ... More...

Harness racing followers in New Zealand from twenty years ago will have no trouble remembering the name Neil Brady.... More...

It was a funny week for the ringaround with Westport being abandoned but we hope you followed the same horses on to Reefton as they performed well there.... More...

Harness racing breeders are never slow to pick up the trends about new sires and these days are pretty quick to abandon any stallion who they think is not delivering on the track.... More...

You can sign up now in case you have not received the most recent Harnesslink newsletter called Insider Access, and here is your chance. ... More...

Pompano Beach, Fl...March 9, 2015...As Pompano Park harness racing fan Gary Andrews lamented, "They could have just shown the replay from last week!" ... More...

Any harness racing breeder will tell you there are no guarantees when it comes to breeding standardbreds regardless of their racing record or pedigree.... More...

At the recently concluded 24th World Trotting Conference (Conference) a number of International Media Awards were presented by the President of the International Trotting Association (ITA), Mr Geoff Want, to representatives of the winning...

Harness racing followers on both sides of the Tasman were in shock this afternoon when the news came through that the champion mare Adore Me has been retired.... More...

'New Zealand Standardbred Breeders Association (NZSBA) chairman John Mooney asked at Alexandra Park Friday evening has there ever been a harness or thoroughbred Premier race meeting anywhere in the world where a mare (Scuse Me) was the dam of a...

It is hard to remember any time in harness racing's history in New Zealand where one mare has had such an influence on the industry as Scuse Me.... More...

Sometimes the hype around one some of our Cup and Classic races is so big that everyone feels a bit let down when the race doesn't live up to all the pre race predictions.... More...

All week the harness racing pundits looking at tonights Great Northern Derby at Alexandra Park agreed about one thing and that was that Have Faith In Me would be crossed early and would end up back on the inner and need luck from there.... More...

The All Star barn are always to the fore in any two year harness racing classic in New Zealand and the Young Guns series at Alexandra Park in Auckland has become a favourite early season target for the all conquering stable.... More...

Every harness racing trainer will tell you that you never know where your next good horse is coming from.... More...

Everybody involved in harness racing knows the dangers that are ever present when you are racing 500 kg horses at thirty miles a hour in very close proximity to each over.... More...