Forum: Harnesslink News NZ

The bravery of his handlers may be all that saved New Zealand Messenger and Harness Jewels winner Franco Emirate from perishing in last Thursday's fires in Canterbury. The outstanding pacer was one of four harness racing horses that had to seek...

Champion Kiwi trotter I Can Doosit's Australian harness racing campaign is back on after an extensive veterinary examination failed to find too much wrong with him. And that will mean he is a plane to Melbourne tomorrow (Wednesday January 30). ...

Former All Black Zac Guildford punched the wrong person when he was drunk at a house party earlier this month, says the father of the victim. The Sunday Star-Times can reveal the victim of Guildford's attack was Ryan Kerr, son of well-known Kaiapoi...

We are likely to see more of Border Control in New Zealand over the next few months than we initially expected. More...

It would be a fair enough statement to say; former New Zealand harness racing champion Elsu, hasn't to date, made the impact at stud that many thought he would. Sure he has left 168 NZ bred winners and some handy types like Anvil Best Ever, Stormy...

Another bumper crowd, which included many of the Canterbury rugby team, turned up at the Banks Peninsula harness racing meeting run at Motukarara raceway today (Sunday January 27) and twelve races were run under beautiful conditions. More...

If you're an Invercargill local and you are looking for somewhere to party tonight (Saturday January 26), Ascot Park raceway is likely to be more eventful than any bar or pub. The 'rowdy' What Ever Syndicate will party well into the night after...

How good a harness racing trainer is Ray Green? . . . Very good! More...

There was only six hundreds of a second between their winning times but God Forbid and Angelina Jolie were victorious in the first 2-year-old filly pacing events of the 2012-13 harness racing season at Alexandra Park tonight (Friday June 25). ...

Former World Champion driver Mark Jones isn't planning on giving up harness racing for a tilt at the world boxing title, but he is planning on putting plenty of training into his hobby sport over the next month or so. More...

Clash of Gold Ace, Sir Lincoln highlights return to harness racing at Alexandra Park tonight. Gold Ace will be looking to make a slight correction to the great anomaly of his career at Alexandra Park tonight. More...

Devil Dodger's an upbeat character who has adjusted well to his new Queensland lifetsyle, but tomorrow night (Friday January 25) the former Kiwi will face his toughest harness racing test yet in the Group One $150,000 Ballarat Pacing Cup at Bray...

Dreams of success in harness racing's greatest races won't come true this weekend, but plenty of them could be shattered. More...

Got a spare $200 for the next year? - then top New Zealand harness racing commentator Mark McNamara could have the horse for you. For that price you can be one of 100 owners in 6-year-old mare, Ataahua Tiki. More...

Radar may have won the seventh race at tonight's (Thursday January 24) harness racing meeting at Addington Raceway, but the big winner was third-place getter Far Too Rusty. More...

Devil Dodger's an upbeat character who has adjusted well to his new Queensland lifetsyle, but tomorrow night (Friday January 25) the former Kiwi will face his toughest harness racing test yet in the Group One $150,000 Ballarat Pacing Cup at Bary...

Terror To Love recently made the swap from the old-fashioned Bryant Sulky he used to win two New Zealand Cups to the new UFO Sulky. Now his West Melton trainers Graham and Paul Court have continued his wardrobe makeover and have gone out and had a...

He won 26 races and just over $1 million in 69 starts more than two decades ago, and now at the spritely age of 26 Camluck has firmly etched himself in the harness racing history books. The brilliant son of Cam Fella and Lady Luck (Striking Image)...

Tony Herlihy is no stranger to bringing horses across the ditch for a mission at our premium Group 1 harness racing events but with Our Bettor Dream he is starting with the softly, softly approach. More...

Hello all, there's lots of harness racing happening all over the continent right now. More...