In the 19th and early 20th centuries authors wrote extensively about the mechanics of the horse, the history of the horse, and celebrated the trotters and pacers of the period. This book written Captain Hayes is representative that period. The section on trotters and pacers features Rydsyk’s Hambletonian, John R Gentry, Cresceus, Arion, Star Pointer, Lou Dillon,…

Nelson 4209 was crowned the King of the Stallions in 1892. In September of 1890, Charles Horace Nelson, the owner of Nelson, traveled to the mid-west where Nelson completed in time trials. These efforts resulted in setting the world’s record for trotting stallions. During this period, time trials for champion caliber horses occurred quite often. Records recorded one…

John R Braden, a pacer that found fame in the 1920’s racing in Aroostook County and throughout the State of Maine,  was purchased by a club in Presque Isle, Maine. This purchase proved so successful that other Aroostook County towns (Caribou and Houlton) purchased pacers to dethrone the Aroostook County Champion. The storyboard below presents an article…

Plymouth, Maine – On March 20, 2015 at 10:30 in the morning, the “All Heart” Campaign, a grass roots initiative by Maine’s Harness Horsemen, will visit the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at the Maine Medical Center in Portland. Organized by “All Heart” founder, Laurie Ballard MacKenzie, Maine reinsmen, Kevin Switzer, Jr., Drew Campbell, Dan Deslandes, Eric Davis…

This post highlight a video that was shared by Mike Sweeney on the “All Heart” Campaign FB Group. This is a great video. Enjoy! The Stories of Maine Harness Horsemen