Wikipedia:WikiProject Horse racing/Harness racing

Dan Patch
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

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Scope

Harness racing worldwide and harness racing horse breeds, including but not limited to:

Participants

To do list

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:

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Articles to create

Drivers:

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

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

Project tagging: Add the parameter |harness=yes to {{WikiProject Horse racing}}

Userbox

See {{User Harness racing}}

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Infobox

Purpose

This module is intended to expand Template:Infobox racehorse to include the extra parameters required for a Standardbred:

Gait
Driver
Mile record
Groom

Usage

Include this module in a Standardbred racehorse article by adding it within the Template:Infobox racehorse using its |module= parameter, like this:

{{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
  }}

...

...

}}