Focus on harness racing as police conduct raids on stables GREG TOURELLEDAVID WALKER/StuffNational Manager Criminal Investigations Detective Superintendent Tim Anderson briefed media in Christchurch on raids at properties across the country in relation to match fixing in harness racing. WHAT IS HARNESS RACING? While thoroughbreds gallop with jockeys aboard, harness involves standardbreds being driven from sulkies. The code is administered by Harness Racing New Zealand, which oversees 265 race meetings a year run by the 47 harness clubs at 38 venues. The Racing Integrity Unit, which passed on information leading to the police investigation, is effectively the racing industry's law enforcement body.

Source: Stuff September 04, 2018 05:32 UTC