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Welcome to the Harness racing task force of WikiProject Horse racing.
Scope edit
Harness racing worldwide and harness racing horse breeds, including but not limited to:
Participants edit
To do list edit
- Add Standardbred module to all horse "biography" infoboxes where relevant
- Tagging all harness racing article talk page project boxes with new parameter: |harness=yes as shown:
{{WikiProject Horse racing|class=|importance=|harness=yes}}
To produce:
 | Horse racing NA‑class | ||||||
| |||||||
Popular pages edit
- Horse racing/Harness racing/Popular pages A bot-generated (monthly) list of pageviews, useful for focused cleanup of frequently viewed articles.
Articles to create edit
Drivers:
- Carmine Abbatiello
- William Popfinger
- Frank Popfinger
- Joe Marsh Jr.
- Buddy Gilmour
- Ted Taylor (harness racing)
- Bea Farber
- Del Insko
- Glen Garnsey
- George Sholty
- Peter Haughton
- Vernon Dancer
- Ken McNutt
- Real Cormier
Events:
- An article on the 1970s superfecta scandal could be used. Some of the drivers listed above were indicted.
Horses:
- Annual winners of the Hambletonian Stakes and the Little Brown Jug (horse race)
Guidelines edit
Project scope includes horses, people, tracks, equipment, and so on. Discussion at talk whether project tagging is appropriate for things that are related to both harness and flat racing (such as racetracks that offer both types of races, etc.)
Resources edit
Project tagging: Add the parameter |harness=yes to {{WikiProject Horse racing}}
Userbox edit
- See {{User Harness racing}}
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Infobox edit
Purpose edit
This module is intended to expand Template:Infobox racehorse to include the extra parameters required for a Standardbred:
- Gait
- Driver
- Mile record
- Groom
Usage edit
Include this module in a Standardbred racehorse article by adding it within the Template:Infobox racehorse using its |module= parameter, like this:
| Dan Patch | |
|---|---|
 Dan Patch in harness | |
| Breed | Standardbred |
| Gait | Pace |
| Sire | Joe Patchen |
| Grandsire | Patchen Wilkes |
| Dam | Zelica |
| Damsire | Wilkesberry |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 29, 1896 |
| Died | July 11, 1916 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Dark bay |
| Breeder | Daniel Messner, Jr. |
| Owner | Daniel Messner, Jr. Manley E. Sturges (1902) Marion Willis Savage (1902-1916) |
| Record | undefeated |
| Driver | John Wattles (1900) Myron McHenry (1901-1903) Harry Hersey (1904-1909) |
| Mile record | 1:551⁄4 unofficially 1:55 |
| Honors | |
| Harness Racing Hall of Fame (1953) Hall of Fame Immortal | |
{{Infobox racehorse
After the "breed parameter:
...
| module1 = {{Infoboxmodule Standardbred <!--gait will only appear after breed if "module1" is specified-->
| gait = [[Pace (horse gait)|Pace]]
}}
...
| module = {{Infoboxmodule Standardbred
| driver = driver goes here
| mile_record = mile record goes here
| groom = groom goes here
}}
...
...
}}