HarnessNation (aka "HN") is an online virtual standardbred horse racing simulation game. In this game, each user (aka "stable") has the ability to manage every aspect of their horses, which includes: purchasing/selling; claiming; breeding; training; racing; and much more. This exciting and free ongoing game is family-safe and enjoyed by people of every age group from all over the world. With plenty of instructions hroughout the game and technical assistance just a click away, users don't even need any knowledge of horses or how horse racing works. There is also a very friendly community of members that frequent the message boards that can provide advice and help.

Although membership is entirely free and there are no time limitations on gameplay, HN does offer optional account upgrades. Upgrading a stable will give that stable premium status and access to several different features that are not available to free accounts. The account upgrades are paid for annually at a very low and reasonable price. Most of the other horse racing games have several various monthly fees that can total more than our one-time annual fee! A few of the benefits of upgrading an account at HarnessNation include: the ability to watch race replays using our new race viewer; the opportunity to participate in several prestigious stake races; access to international races and much, much more! More information about account upgrades and prices can be found by clicking here.

How It Works

Each stable competes against each other in HN. Each horse has it's own "stats" that represent their abilities. These stats and several other factors, including preferences, are used in a formula that calculates the times that horses earn in fastworks, qualifiers and races. The races take place on a daily basis at several different preset times in accordance to the conference that the race is located in. These races are based on the racing system used in North America, which includes: claiming, preferred, open and stake races. Training is also an important part in managing a stable and HN provides several different training methods that can be used once a week per horse in attempt to improve their performance. Some training methods include: fastworks with settings for laps, distance and instructions; swimming; start schooling; breaking-in; obedience and much more.

Our Goal

HarnessNation strives to be the most enjoyable and realistic harness racing game on the internet. We are continuously introducing new features and improving existing features to increase the quality of the game. Most of the realistic horse racing games on the internet have large monthly costs and usually only offer temporary free memberships. Here at HN, however, we allow stables to play for free as long as they wish or pay one low annual fee to have special privileges for their stable.

Brief History

HarnessNation is the third of several virtual horse games developed by Jacklyn Wyatt. Her horse games began with the development of Equination.net, a realistic virtual thoroughbred horse racing game that has been online since 2002. After much success with it, a virtual horse showing game called EquineLand was developed and introduced in 2008. Finally, after completing a career as a jockey and finishing school, Jackie decided it was time to create a virtual harness racing game, of which there are very few (if any) available online. HarnessNation began development in late 2009 and officially launched in March 2010.

About Jacklyn Wyatt

Jacklyn Wyatt, or Jackie as she is known in Equination, is the founder and owner of Equination. She is a 25 year-old from Ontario, Canada that has several years of experience working at the racetrack with Thoroughbred race horses as both an exercise rider and jockey. Prior to working at the racetrack, Jackie was involved in show jumping for over ten years. In 2007 to 2008 she was an apprentice jockey at Woodbine Racetrack and Fort Erie Racetrack. However, her riding career was put on hold due to a pesky injury. In 2012 she plans on returning to the saddle and has utilized her time off to create an in-depth harness racing game for everyone to enjoy.