1979 in Sports - Harness Racing

Harness Racing

  • The Hambletonian is awarded to Meadowlands Racetrack, starting in 1981.
  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace - Happy Motoring
    2. Little Brown Jug - Hot Hitter
    3. Messenger Stakes - Hot Hitter
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian - Legend Hanover
    2. Yonkers Trot
    3. Kentucky Futurity
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Rondel
    • Trotters: No Response

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Famous quotes containing the words harness and/or racing:

    “O thou day o’ th’ world,
    Chain mine armed neck, leap thou, attire and all,
    Through proof of harness to my heart, and there
    Ride on the pants triumphing!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they don’t get fat is that they maintain a profligate level of calorie expenditure. The very same people whose evenings begin with melted goat’s cheese ... get up at dawn to run, break for a mid-morning aerobics class, and watch the evening news while racing on a stationary bicycle.”
    —Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)