On North American 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.
Here’s our latest offering from the last seven days (week ended 31st January)
EUROPEAN FEATURE
The running of the richest harness race in the world took place on Sunday with the Prix d’ Amerique being run at Vincennes. The field was one of great quality and depth despite the absence of Face Time Bourbon who was recently retired. The feature proved an exciting watch as Davidson du Pont attempted to run down the runaway leader Galius over the final stages. WATCH the replay courtesy of LeTrot here.
NORTH AMERICAN FEATURE
Norm Parker brought up a milestone number at The Meadows on Friday of last week. The 1000th winning steer coming behind Dew A Little Dance. Evan Pattak reported on the milestone and you can watch the memorable moment here.
AUSTRALIAN FEATURE
Adam Hamilton reported on the V.L Dullard Trotting Cup during the last week which saw a strong field assembled at Melton. Majestuoso showed known qualities to master race rivals on this occasion.
NEW ZEALAND FEATURE
The Garrard’s Premier Mares Championship at Group 2 level took place at Addington Raceway on Friday night. The race tends to ensure a top-class winner with Blossom Lady, Amazing Dream and Dibaba just a few of the victors from years gone by. This year saw a strong field headed by the Mark Purdon and Hayden Cullen trained Bettor Twist. Run at a hectic pace it proved to be a case of being at the right place at the right time.
We’ll be back next week with more Race Replays of the Week
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