How to Use harness racing in a Sentence

harness racing

noun
  • But, now with three days a week (two in harness racing), the budget can get a little tight.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
  • That means thoroughbred and harness racing must share the track, and take turns with each style of racing.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • That meant thoroughbred and harness racing have had to share the track, taking turns with each style of racing.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The House had amended the bill to save harness racing, but the Senate declined to go along.
    — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 19 May 2021
  • The track was scheduled to switch from harness racing to thoroughbred racing in March.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This year, however, harness racing is feeling the lethal blows of the coronavirus.
    — Tom Canavan, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Then Calabrese got into harness racing and at one time owned about 50 standardbreds.
    — Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • During a normal harness racing season, the 3-year-old trotters will tend to race six, seven or eight times before the final.
    — Tom Canavan, Star Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Proven harness racing royalty will sit in the sulky behind Bully Pulpit.
    — Bob Roberts, cleveland.com, 5 June 2019
  • The property had one point been considered for a combination harness racing track and casino.
    — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Customers buy lottery tickets, or bet on the harness racing on television, in the hope of unlikely relief from hardship.
    — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2022
  • At one point, the property had been considered the site of a combination harness racing track and casino, or racino.
    — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2023
  • More than 30 years later, Mattox still beamed with pride when recalling his first harness racing win, around 1992.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • The owner of Meadowlands, Jeff Gural, has been among the leaders in harness racing trying to curb doping.
    — Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The track at Pompano Park is the lone facility in Florida that features harness racing.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Among the activities to be featured Wednesday are harness racing, a culinary competition and more.
    — Beacon-News Staff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Then, Hawthorne will switch to harness racing from July to September, with thoroughbreds returning for the fall.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Buyers get food, drink tickets and programs which detail the harness race schedule, a fair official told the Capital Journal.
    — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The Hambletonian is usually the week the sports world takes more than a passing glance at harness racing with the running of trotting's most prestigious race.
    — Tom Canavan, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • But the term truly got its start in the mid-19th century in a particular kind of harness racing, in which two horses raced together in a double harness.
    — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The Red Mile harness racing track and casino is also near the UK campus but is not having live racing currently.
    — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Steve Wiseman, who made his mark in harness racing in California, died on Saturday at age 53.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Miami Valley Gaming also has a harness racing track and offers simulcast and seasonal live horse racing.
    — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Storied harness racing track Balmoral Park near Crete, later converted to a horse show-jumping venue, is on the market with an asking price of $4 million.
    — Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Featuring agriculture displays and competitions, food, rides, harness racing, pageants, drag racing, kiddie tractor pull, car cruise in, live entertainment and more.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 18 July 2022
  • Miller, who is in his sixties, had owned a trail-riding business in coastal Mississippi until a friend advised him to upgrade to harness racing, a sport that makes use of what are essentially chariots.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Until the late 1970s, when the racetrack ended betting, Goshen was a destination on the harness racing circuit, where weekend crowds numbered in the tens of thousands.
    — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The fashion brand, which fuses luxury sports fashion with harness racing, is opening a holiday pop-up store at 10 Greene Street in SoHo.
    — Layla Ilchi, WWD, 25 Nov. 2024
  • At Hawthorne Race Course in west suburban Stickney, the board awarded 50 dates of thoroughbred racing and 63 dates of harness racing.
    — Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The failures have prompted harness racing participants to renew their call for state legislation to revoke Hawthorne’s veto power over any competing new racino in the south suburbs.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026

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