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2 days ago | harnesslink.com | Adam Hamilton

Kiwi young gun Carter Dalgety will make a surprise appearance at Albion Park on Saturday night. And it could be the forerunner to more hit-and-run trips across the ditch. Dalgety will have two drives for trainer Michael Brennan, who has moved from Western Australia to Queensland to become private trainer for owner Josh Davine. “This just sort of fell into place,” Dalgety said.

2 days ago | harnesslink.com | Dave Di Somma

The one-time poster boy of harness racing in this country, Akuta (Bettor’s Delight) is edging closer to a race day comeback. The Mark and Nathan Purdon-trained star damaged a tendon in training last year and has not raced since finishing third in the Lincoln Farms 2023 Franklin Cup at Alexandra Park.

2 days ago | harnesslink.com | Adam Hamilton

THE Americans are doing their best to entice Australia’s premier driver James Herbertson to make the US home. Just days after resuming his working holiday in New Jersey, Herbertson has been swamped with driving bookings on Saturday. The 24-year-old will drive in 20 races across two meetings. Herbertson’s Saturday starts with four drives at The Meadows track in Pennsylvania. He then heads to Scioto Downs in Ohio for a staggering 16 drives – that’s a drive in every race.

3 days ago | harnesslink.com | Tim Bojarski

Plainville, MA — A pair of $25,000 tilts topped the harness racing card at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (May 13) afternoon and the winners of both events took new lifetime marks as a result of their impressive performances. First, in the fillies and mares Open Handicap pace, Taking The Miki A (Always B Miki) followed live cover en route to victory. Swedish Starlet N (Matty Athearn) took the lead from.

3 days ago | harnesslink.com | Dave Di Somma

The harness racing stable has three runners engaged but Ben Hope will be one and done at Addington’s midweek meeting today. All three of the Greg and Ben Hope-trained runners will be short priced favourites on the seven race card. Hope’s sole drive will be with Viva La Vida (Love You) in Race 2, the Unhinged Racing Syndicate Mobile Trot (4.55pm). At last look he was paying $2.15 in the six horse field. “He’s very short isn’t he?,” says Hope. “But he’s not a bad wee maiden ….