THE Irish harness racing community are meant to be on holiday at the moment, but the machine rumbles on. Around eight horsemen left Dublin on Sunday, November 1st to attend the fabled Standardbred Horse Sale (‘Harrisburg’ in conversation) in Pennsylvania.
The sales company has always shared common directors with Hanover Shoe Farms, ‘the greatest name in harness racing’ being the indisputable claim of their advertising. The stud is a few miles away in the Pennsylvania Dutch country.


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