Pari-mutuel harness racing is dead in Chicagoland but it has come alive downstate, thanks to the annual mini-harness meetings at the State Fairs in Springfield and DuQuoin. The races, under the ...

Three laps, 3,140 meters and a demanding pace made no difference to Epic Kronos. The son of Muscle Hill delivered a spectacular performance in Saturday’s (Aug. 15) $300,000 Åby Stora Pris, giving ...

In all the decades I spent time participating in pari-mutuel wagering, I recall scores of people who told me about their most recent betting victories. I never prompted them for the information nor ...

Detectives Jerry Hooley and Richard Marchais watched a leaf skitter across the hood of their unmarked black Range Rover. The Rover idled near barn 6, on the backstretch of Pioneer Downs Racetrack, two ...

Harness racing has its issues. We all know that. But why we continue to act as though we need to squeeze every possible minute out of every possible racing day is beyond me. We have somehow managed to ...

• Field set for the 33rd Dan Patch Stakes at Harrah’s Hoosier Park ...

The Hambletonian belongs at The Meadowlands. That was my belief the day the news broke last September that the Hambletonian Society was accepting bids for a new home. It’s still my belief 11 months ...

Owner Patty Key of Winning Key Farm knows what it’s like to be in the winner’s circle on Hambletonian Day, having been there in 1993 when American Winner won the big dance. This year, Key was back, ...

Why are Swedish trainers so dominant in North America? That is a question you occasionally hear in Swedish harness racing circles. My answer is that dominant is probably the wrong word. What we are ...