There are a few ways to get in touch with a web site that sells harness horses for racing and for adoption...
1. Try telephoning the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.) within your community. It may be initially for a dog pound, but, they can give to you any web site or telephone number where there is an adopt a horse program available.
2. Telephone the harness tracks within your state and ask for the racing secretary's office and explain to him what you wish to do, buy/adopt/train/employment opportunities/etc.
3. Buy a local newspaper, or harness horse program on the day of any harness meet at any local news stand that sells newspapers and magazine. Especially, the news stands and candy stores closest to any racetrack or off track betting parlor. You can purchase a program from any harness racetrack on the day a harness racing program is under way and check the racing program for any harness horses scheduled to run in any claiming race. Often that racetrack will have a web site for the days racing program before and after the race days activities. The racing program may have a web site or advertisements with web sites.
4. Check with any equine veterinarian (yellow pages) and discuss your intentions with him/her and they may even recommend a horse for you to buy to meet your needs or wishes. There are harness horse magazines available on many news stands that will have a web site on the inside by the contents or index section...
5 NEVER-NEVER buy any horse without a full physical examination by a veterinarian other than the veterinarian provided by a any owner. Get in touch with a veterinarian who has never treated the horse and have that veterinarian examine the horse. Once you purchase a horse, you must care for that horse 24/7 or place the horse in a reputable equine facility that will cost you. Find out, first, what your expected costs will be to train, ride, care (at least twice a year vaccinations), ferrier costs-how often, blamkets/sheets during the cold wintry season, saddles, bridals, harness equipment, etc. Costs to train a harness or thoroughbred race horse vary from track to track and from trainer to trainer. Get exact quotes.
5. And, there have been instances where on track trainers and farms have given horses away to people for free. Always remember, whether you pay for a horse or not, have that horse examined by an equine veterinarian before you accept ownership. Many horse farms have web sites available.
6. Check with the racetrack (Racing Secretary's Office-Public Relations Office) closest to you and ask when is the next auction for harness horses and you would like to obtain a catalogue to attend the sales. You could have the catalogue mailed directly to your mailbox.
7. In buying or accepting any horse, try to remember, you are on your own. Reputations of previous ownership usually have some merit. Use your gut instinct. If you believe something is wrong, it usually is.
8. Check your local yellow pages for tack shops. Tack shops usually have free magazines and periodicals available with web sites for customers to look at and keep.
9 Good luck !