Little Brown Jug, Final, Sept 23, 2010, Race 18, Delaware County Fairgrounds

Rock N Roll Heaven obliterated his seven rivals winning the $289,969 second heat of the Little Brown Jug in 1:49.2 for driver Dan Dube and trainer Bruce Saunders, setting a new harness racing two-heat world record on Thursday afternoon at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.

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[bgardiner2000]

@hem1934 Boring was a bit OTT. There's 1 other significant rule that has affected the way that the sport have evolved either side of the equator. In the US there is a hand up rule. I.e. if a horse is pressing for the lead outside the last 1/2 you have to hand up the lead. This rule doesn't exist in ANZ. The impact is huge. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing a horse run a fast mile, but the best t'bred races are the 10-12F races, not the sprints up the chute. And the same applies to pacing. IMO.

[hem1934]

@bgardiner2000 I agree with you. I've extensively watched harness racing in North America and Australia and North American harness racing is very one dimensional. I don't agree that it's necessarily boring, but there's certainly less scope for tactics as you suggest, at least in comparison to Aust/NZ. The main problem is that all races tend to be over a mile. Here in Canada this is certainly the case. Short straights don't help either.

[bgardiner2000]

@jcpride13 I'm not talking about thoroughbred racing vs harness racing you complete retard... I'm talking about harness racing in America. Try reading my post again, perhaps ask Mum or Dad to help you understand the big words. I have harness horses in Australia, so I am well aware of the skills associated with preparing them to race. I'm calling AMERICAN harness racing boring and predictable... not harness racing in general. Thanks for the response though.

[jcpride13]

@bgardiner2000 if you knew anything about harness racing youd know that osnt true at all, it takes a lot more skill to train a harness horse than a throughbred. your so fucking closed minded its ridiculus. We have 4 harness horses, and its no easy job and its certainly not predictable.

[bgardiner2000]

I hate to sound overly negative... but don't you get a little bit tired of harness racing in America. I mean, it is so 1 dimensional and predicatable. I can't for the life of me see the entertainment value in American harness racing. I like the whole speed aspect of it but it makes it so sanitized and there seems to be next to no tactical scope in it at all. Given that these are the best horses in the world I believe more could be done t make the racing entertaining rather than a speed duel.