Sent the 7-5 favourite, Flying Officer soared into the stretch to nail pocket-popper Kootenay Lager and win in the second division of the second prelim for the Century Milers Pacing Series on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Century Mile....read on

After racing at Northfield Park the last two weeks, Down On My Luck returned to Batavia Downs and his winning ways as he captured the $12,500 Open I Handicap pace on Saturday night (Dec. 7)....read on

Atlanta, Manchego and Plunge Blue Chip all made headlines in 2019 as part of that extremely deep 2018 three-year-old trotting filly crop that came back to the track as four-year-olds. Phaetosive defeated all three of those fillies in 2018, but her four-year-old campaign was not as noteworthy....read on

This week's edition of Rewind takes readers back to the decade of the 1970's in the monthly offering of Years Ago....read on

An aggressive drive by Andy Miller paid off in Freehold Raceway's Preferred Handicap pace on Saturday, as Rockin M went coast-to-coast for the victory....read on

“Mentally, that horse has never changed. That’s what’s remarkable about him. You see people sometimes; your attitudes go up and down throughout a racing season. You see that with horses; horses have lulls where they just don’t seem to be too keen. He’s never ever been that way.”...read on

It was a memorable Friday night at the office for driver Brandon Campbell who won half the 10-race card at Fraser Downs including a triumph in the $50,000 Lady Elements Open Final with the Jim Marino-trained Sell A Bit N....read on

After steamrolling over OSS foes all season, So Much More is now doing it to classy, older campaigners in the distaff division at Woodbine Mohawk Park....read on

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is assessing the two existing in-race interference adjudication approaches that are currently used in racing jurisdictions around the world....read on

After going off stride just after the half a week ago as the 4-5 favourite on the way to a ninth-place finish, Southwind Chrome rebounded in a big way Friday night, taking the featured $30,000 Preferred for trotters at the Meadowlands....read on

Favoured Dibaba N gave nothing else a shot Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway’s brisk $42,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace....read on

On Sunday (Dec. 8), Clinton Raceway will raise a toast to assistant race secretary Kathy Johnston, thanking her for 35 years of service to horse people across Ontario and wishing her well in her coming retirement....read on

Who will win the North America Cup first: a female driver or a female pacer?....read on

“She poured her heart out every week on the track for us and gave us thrills we will remember for the rest of our lives. She has been great to us and now it’s time for us to take care of her.”...read on

Officials with Racing Under Saddle Ontario have released information in regard to the organization’s upcoming annual general meeting....read on

Trot Insider has been informed of another update to the upcoming holiday draw schedules for Flamboro Downs and The Raceway at Western Fair District....read on

Winbak Farm of Ontario is pleased to announce that Stag Party will be standing his first year at the farm in 2020....read on

Word out of Europe indicates that Pine Chip (4,T1:51 [$1,710,858]), who was at one point the world’s fastest trotter, has passed away at the age of 29....read on

On Wednesday (Dec. 4), Wiggle It Jiggleit recorded his second consecutive qualifying performance with owner George Teague Jr. in the race bike....read on

Standardbred Canada (SC) is coordinating a 'microchipping tour' to facilitate the microchipping of all Standardbred racehorses by the end of 2020, as mandated by the Board of Directors, and to be consistent with the United States Trotting Association....read on

It has been announced that a deal has been struck that will see ‘Watch and Wager’ continue its Cal Expo harness racing operations through to May 1, 2025....read on

Standardbred racing participant Jean Hastie (nee Ferguson), of Hanover, Ont., passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2019 in her 74th year....read on

World champion Emoticon Hanover capped off her legendary career with a coast-to-coast 1:53.3 victory Monday evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park....read on

The Fall Final Four and TVG Finals made some changes to the 2019 TROT Magazine Fantasy Stable leaderboard but a few crucial spots remain unchanged from one month ago....read on

With the 2019 stakes season concluded, many participants in harness racing either head south or ship their horses to warmer climates for the winter. Tim Tetrick is going against the grain and heading as far north as the Standardbred sport can take him....read on

During the afternoon session of Prince Edward Island's legislature on Thursday (Nov. 28) three provincial parties made statements in strong support of the importance of harness racing to P.E.I....read on

The 2019 World Horse Culture Forum kicks off on Friday in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, and Standardbred racing in Canada will have a presence at the global event which is being held this weekend in the autonomous region of northern China....read on

In collaboration with the Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC) and Horner Stables Inc., a Canadian agri-technology company is currently field testing new technology that provides real-time monitoring of animals in transit....read on

As the stakes season winds down, the industry’s attention turns to year-end honours and awards. The 2019 O’Brien Awards, presented by Standardbred Canada will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Hilton Mississauga / Meadowvale....read on

Officials with Flamboro Downs have informed Trot Insider that the track will be altering its qualifying schedule, effective this Saturday (Nov. 30)....read on

The richest Canadian-sired Standardbred of all time, international trotting star Arch Madness has passed away at the age of 15....read on

“I think it’s money well spent (the $100 fee to enroll a mare in the Ontario Resident Mare Program). It can certainly be a good windfall down the road. [Century Farroh] wasn’t a real expensive yearling, but you can recoup some of that later on. They don’t all work out that way, but it gives you another avenue to be able to.”...read on

For most of the 1980s and '90s, and through the turn of the century, Doug Brown sat at, or near, the top of the heap of all Canadian drivers. When you talk to him, though, it’s the relationships he’s created over the years that seem to mean the most to him....read on / continuer à lire

Standardbred Canada recently launched a Microchip ID app which can be used with the Universal WorldScan Reader Plus microchip readers from Merck/HomeAgain®....read on

Online voting is now available for the 2020-2022 Standardbred Canada Election of Directors and proposed By-Law #1 and By-Law #2 Amendments....read on

Standardbred Canada would like to announce the nominees for the Board of Directors for 2020 to 2022....read on

Starting in March 2020, the AGCO will no longer be accepting paper forms, cash or cheques for horse racing-related licences and registrations....read on

If you have/are experiencing issues refreshing pages on the Standardbred Canada website, please check in with this notice for more information....read on