A pacer named Yankee won the mile at Harlem Race Track in New York. For most, however, harness racing is synonymous with trotting races. The difference between pacers and trotters is in their gait.
Trotters use the diagonally opposite legs.
The all-time high for trotter victories goes to Goldsmith Maid, who won 350 races from 1864 through 1877. The triple crown for trotters includes the most famous and richest race in North American harness racing, The Hambletonian. The Kentucky Futurity and Yonkers Trot complete the trio. Trotting races go back in history to 1554 when they were first held in Valkenburg, the Netherlands and there are traces of trotters in England in the 1590s. See the horses line up across the track.