"You took a very fragile agricultural industry, and you chopped away and chopped away at its foundation...And the fact that there was much of anything left is shocking."...read on

Bella Bellini and Dazzling Reign, both winners at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono last Sunday but in different classes, were united this Sunday (June 13) in each capturing a $37,500 division of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for three-year-old trotting fillies at the northeast Pennsylvania oval....read on

Two retired Standardbred race horses were featured in the 2021 Aquafest parade in Rice Lake, Wisconsin on Sunday (June 13) to promote harness racing at both The Barron County Fair and Running Aces, and to spotlight the versatility of the breed as well as promote cross training for careers for retired racers....read on

St Lads Beat It used a strong early turn of foot to achieve the lead from post 7, and from there, he never looked back en route to a 1:59 score in Sunday's (June 13) opening day feature at Clinton Raceway, a $5,800 Preferred 3 Pace....read on

Have you been reunited with a horse through Standardbred Canada's Full Circle Program? If so, then this call to action is for you!...read on

With nearly 500 driving wins to her credit, it’s perhaps a stretch to refer to Valerie Grondin as an amateur. But she has not driven third-party horses professionally, and recorded her last win in 2013 in a Maine Amateur Driving Club event....read on

Circling to the lead past the quarter, Wheels On Fire showed no doubts in cruising to a 1:51.2 victory as the 2-5 favourite in the $34,000 Preferred Pace on Saturday (June 12)....read on

A $5,000 conditioned pace topped the first card of the 2021 season at Kawartha Downs, with trainer-driver Mario Baillargeon posting a 1:54.2 victory in the afternoon’s feature with odds-on choice First Glance....read on

After a sophomore season with nine top-three finishes from 10 starts, pacing mare Randomirogeo looks to be maintaining that form — if not improving — as a four-year-old....read on

Five rivals faced off in the weekly feature on Saturday (June 12) with three of those horse boasting top-class wins already this season....read on

After four O'Brien Award wins in February, Dr. Ian Moore once again appears to have a stable to be reckoned with this year after capturing half of the eight baby races on Saturday (June 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park....read on

Aaron Merriman had a big night at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday (June 12), winning six times on the 15-race program....read on

Thanks to a big "rush" past the three-quarter marker, Daylight Rush was able to put plenty of "daylight" between him and the rest of the field in Buffalo Raceway's $12,300 Class AA-Open Handicapped Pace on Saturday night (June 12)....read on

Speed was the order of the day at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Saturday (June 12) with class-dropping older horses, first-start claimers and emerging sophomores alike encouraging double takes at the teletimer....read on

Harness racing action returned to Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday evening, and headlining the 11-race program was the $30,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace....read on

Woodbine Mohawk Park would like to inform the horse racing community of its upcoming training schedule....read on

Longtime industry participant Merle Coleman, of Virden, Man., passed Saturday (June 5) at the age of 93....read on

The Irish Harness Racing Association have reported extreme satisfaction with how their inaugural Irish American Weekend passed off over June 5 and 6 at Portmarnock Raceway....read on

It is with heavy hearts that Seelster Farms announces the sudden passing of Thinking Out Loud due to colic complications during surgery at the University of Guelph on Thursday, June 10....read on

The AGCO announced Thursday (June 10) that the commission is implementing several housekeeping rule changes to the Thoroughbred and Standardbred Rules of Racing to streamline and reflect existing practices....read on

Longtime harness racing industry participant Robert Thomas “Bob” Lackey of Alliston, Ont. passed away on Friday, June 4, 2021 at the age of 80....read on

Congratulations to Debi O’Brien-Moran of Carlisle, Ont., for winning the “Meet My Horse” Photo Contest in celebration of Canada’s National Horse Day....read on

Standardbred Canada’s FREE Self-Serve online entry program is available for trainers to enter horses to race and quality, and it’s available 24-7! Racetracks across the country are requesting that trainers use Self-Serve....read on

Officials with the Nova Scotia Harness Racing Industry Association (NSHRIA) are pleased to announce that horses will be able to start preparing for the upcoming season of harness racing at the Nova Scotia tracks this week....read on

The Ontario government’s Stay-at-Home order is in place until at least June 2, 2021, with the potential for racing to resume on June 14, 2021. In anticipation of racing potentially resuming upon expiry of the order, the following revisions have been made to the Standardbred Rules of Racing....read on

Standardbred Canada’s newly named “Racing Services” Department will launch, with the first phase in Ontario, effective today....read on

Due to the current racing shutdown in Ontario and the resulting postponement of the start of the 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes season, organizers have extended the deadline to enter the 2nd annual COSA Fantasy Stable Contest to a date that has yet to be determined....read on

Since the first lists of 2021 two-year-olds in training were published earlier this year, Standardbred Canada has received submissions from coast to coast for our popular and comprehensive nation-wide list....read on