Race replays of the week – Chantilly can really fly!

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.

USA REPLAY 

Steve Wolf reported one a three-year-old doing all things right on Friday out of Saratoga with R Melina once again proving she’s one of the best going around with an impressive win in the $168,000 New York Sire Stakes dash for three-year-old trotting fillies. The Tyler Buter driven daughter of Chapter Seven cut the mile out in 1.54.1 to win by some 2 lengths over Sister Mary Maude and Sadbirdstillsing.

R Melina has 13 wins, two seconds and two thirds in 22 appearances, pocketing $714,514 in purse earnings as a result.

CANADIAN REPLAY

Nicholas Barnsdale reported on the rich $150,000 Ontario Sires Stake Gold Mid-Season Final for two-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday with Chantilly (Big Jim) coming away the impressive victor of the feature event. A smart 1.51.2 time meaning Chantilly was in a class of her own in the run to the winning post. Wickedpace was three-and-three-quarter lengths behind in second while Macapelo Seelster (Tyler Borth) was third.

The filly has now earned $132’000 in career stakes.

NEW ZEALAND REPLAY

Brad Reid covered some of the exciting action out of Alexandra Park on Friday night, among those to impress was the Purdon / Phelan trained Jeremiah. The Listed $200,000 NZB Harness Million Final placegetter proving too strong for a competitive field from the front of the race. He’ll certainly be one to watch in the coming weeks and months ahead as he’s a proven juvenile with some big targets ahead of him.

By Harnesslink Media