Harness

A Historical Approach To The Harness Racing

Harness racing represents a form of horse-racing in which the horses race at a specified speed. They usually pull two-wheeled carts named sulkies.

Harness racing was the most successful sport in the years before the Civil War. After the management of the Thoroughbred, racing was no longer in the hands of the South. Northern horseman desired to take control, but a depressed breeding market, a lack of strong jockey clubs to regulate the sport and an absence of promoters who could put together good races, kept the track in the doldrums. By the 1850s, there were more viewers who watched racing than any other sport. Also there were seventy tracks nationally, seven of which were in the area of New York.

In almost all jurisdictions the harness races were practiced with Standard bred horses. Cold-blooded horses, so named because of a stable, calm temperament, raced alongside European horses which commonly have either Russian or French descendents. The standardbred horses are named so for the reason that only horses who could sprint a mile in an average time, or whose offspring could do such a thing, were qualified into the book.

Standardbreds have shorter legs than the Thoroughbreds, but they compensate with their longer bodies. The standardbreds are also of a more submissive temperament, as would suit horses who participate in races that employ more techniques and a lot more acceleration than the Thoroughbred races.

The founding sire of today’s Standardbred horse was called Messenger, a gray pure-bred brought to America in 1788 and purchased by Henry Astor, who was John Jacob Astor’s brother. From this particular horse descended a great-grandson, Hambletonian 10. It received extraordinary appreciation for its racing ability. Nevertheless, it is his breed line for which he is most remembered. The lineage of almost every American Standardbred horses can be followed from his sons.

The races can be split into two different steps: trotting and pacing. The distinction is made by the trotter who moves its legs forward in crossways, striking the ground at the same time, whereas a pacer moves its legs sideways.

In continental Europe races are conducted entirely between trotters, whereas in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States races are also held for pacers.

The pacing races correspond to almost 90% of Harness racing performed in North America. The pacing horses are quicker and, most importantly to the bettor, they are less likely to break stride (a horse that starts to run needs to be slowed down and taken out in anticipation of regaining the pace). One of the reasons which make pacers less likely to break their stride is that they often wear hopples. These are straps which connect the horses legs on both sides.

There is an opinion that hopples are meant to produce this type of gait. That is wrong, the hopples are merely an accessory to hold up the pace while gaining top speed.

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