Harnesslink.com celebrates 22 years!

On October 10, 2002, what was soon to become the largest independently owned harness racing media platform, Harnesslink.com was launched!

For 22 years, Harnesslink has worked tirelessly to provide our ardent followers with the latest breaking news and events in the world of harness racing from around the globe.

When Harnesslink.com launched in 2002, there were no smart phones, and Facebook was still in beta testing only officially launching to 50 campuses across American as FaceMash in 2003.

Back in 2002, only 9% of the world’s population was using the internet. Today that figure is 63.1%. The average internet user was online for 46 minutes a day. Today that figure is 413 minutes.

From it’s humble origins of four staff working out of Curtin’s family farm in Drury, Harnesslink today employs over 17 staff stretching across four continents.

“I’m really proud of the team we have put together and at present I truly believe we have the best group of international journalists covering the sport by far. Hall of Famer Steve Wolf in the USA is my longest employee, nine years now, and at the time he was president of the United States Writers Association. He and John Berry are both Hall of Famers in their craft as journalists,” said Curtin.

“We have a great blend of youth and experience who all have their own styles of writing and the ability to breathe life into their reporting through words.

“To do that, you have to be passionate about what you are covering, and we have got a team together who are deeply passionate and care about the industry. It has fostered an environment internally where each and every one of our staff are committed to doing the best job, they can for Harnesslink, and I think that shows in the content we are producing.

“170,000 unique IP users a month would tell you that our followers think so too,” he said.

Harnesslink was, and still is a pioneer for an industry that in many ways has been slow to let go of traditions and move with the times.

We want to take this opportunity to thank you, our followers, for joining us on this journey and helping us to continue in our quest to be the leading harness racing media platform.

by Harnesslink Media