Race replays of the week

On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the champion trotter is celebrated as a king of the track.

In Harnesslink Race Replays Of The Week we bring you a snapshot into the very best contests from around the harness racing tracks of the world.

AMERICAN FEATURE 

The $250,000 Spirit Of Massachusetts Trot took place at Plainridge Park on Sunday afternoon. Garnet Barnsdale covered the feature which saw It’s Academic put its best hooves forward to secure a memorable win in the feature. Watch the 1.51.4 effort below.

CANADIAN FEATURE

Nicholas Barnsdale covered the action out of Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday with some excellent Ontario Sires Stakes Gold racing events decided. One effort that caught the eye was that of Midnight Nation who continues to impress. Watch the winning effort – the slick 1.49.3 – below.

AUSTRALIAN FEATURE 

John Dunne reported on the rich Group 1 $400,000 Blacks A Fake at Albion Park on Saturday. In the end it was something of a slight upset with Swayzee bettering the big talk horse of the moment in Leap to fame to secure the major win. Watch the fine victory below.

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by Harnesslink Media