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 on some hot New Jersey Sire Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies action on Friday with the rich $192’000 final going the way of Reckless Abandon (Cattlewash) Todd McCarthy combining his useful talents with some not so reckless abandon of his won in winning after a mid-race move three-wide to be at the sharp end of affairs at the three-quarter mark, the last furlong was nice to watch for fans – Reckless Abandon flying to a 1.51.3 victory. Watch the footage below

CANADIAN REPLAY

Trey Colbeck covered some Hanover Raceway action for us last week with one of the main features being the running of the Dream of Glory. Raced for a large $50’000 purse, the main feature saw a competitive field assembled. In the end the quality shone through with Magic Dealer finding the magic to best race rivals in 2.00 flat. Watch the memorable win below.

NEW ZEALAND REPLAY

Bruce Stewart covered one of the easier wins you’re likely to see last week when Tactical Bid showed race rivals how to trot in one of the early races to come out of Addington. After finding the front of the field early Robbie Close and Tactical Bid speared away from the field over the final furlong winning by a margin of some 6 lengths at the line. The nature of the victory meaning this could well be the start of something good for connections of the R Todd trained horse.

AUSTRALIAN REPLAY

John Dunne covered some Dangerous Threats last week – not to anyone in particular apart from those wanting to beat the animal! A strong win in the $30,600 HRNSW 3YO NSW Bred Final meaning that the KerryAnn Morris trained runner is now shaping up the GR1 Victoria Derby. You can take in the strong victory below.