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Harness racing on April 13, 2019, in Seinäjoki, Finland. Sweden is "the locomotive" of harness racing in Scandinavia. It is a professional all-year event, even at very high latitudes during the winter. In Sweden there are 33 racing tracks, and in Finland 43. For comparison, there are only three thoroughbred racetracks in Sweden.
The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing where they compete at either a trot or pace. Developed in North America, the Standardbred is recognized worldwide, and the breed can trace its bloodlines to 18th-century England. They are solid, well-built horses with good dispositions.
Varenne holds the record as the most widely traveled horse in the history of horse racing, winning in 7 countries and on two continents. He is the sole European trotter to win the Breeders Crown (2001) in the US, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] where he set the world speed record ( 1 mile in 1.51.1 - average per kilometer 1.09.1).
Bret Hanover: one of only nine pacers to win the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers; had 62 wins from 69 starts; the only horse to be made Harness Horse of the Year three times; Brigadier Gerard: winner of 17 of 18 races in England, including the 2000 Guineas and 11 other Group I races; joint third highest Timeform flat rating of all time
Trotting and Pacing harness racing horses Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. K. Kentucky Futurity winners ...
Includes standardbred horses, trotting and pacing. ... Pages in category "Harness racing in the United States" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 ...
The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the "Father of the American Trotter."
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 25 December 1991, the future of the breed seemed unclear, as rich Russians interested in harness racing preferred the faster Russian Trotter and American Standardbred horse breeds. Therefore, in 1997, the International Committee for the Protection of the Orlov Trotter was established.
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