After going winless in her first 18 career starts at various tracks across Ontario, three-year-old pacing filly Literally Hanover has taken a liking to The Raceway at Western Fair District and recorded her fifth win in a row on Friday night (December 4) at the London oval....read on

“Really, I couldn’t have asked for a better year, even with all the downsides of it. I’m just going to keep plugging along and see how much more I can get accomplished before the end of the year.”...read on

Driver Yannick Gingras was the star of the Friday (Dec. 4) card at Harrah’s Philadelphia Friday, piloting six winners and sweeping all four $11,200 featured events....read on

Forty years of outstanding success in training horses has earned Harry Poulton the call to the Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame as part of its 2020 class of inductees....read on

Winbak Farm is proud to announce its 2021 stallion roster. The farm is standing stallions in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Ontario and Pennsylvania for the upcoming breeding season....read on

With a little more than a year to go before his mandatory retirement date rolls around, veteran trotter Zeus Lightning still proved he has plenty of fight left in him....read on

The 2020 annual meeting of the Grand Circuit officers and stewards took place via a video conference on Wednesday (Dec. 2). Most of the Grand Circuit tracks were represented at this video conference....read on

In a presentation made by Dr. Clara Fenger at the Association of Racing Commissioners International Model Rules Committee Meeting in New Orleans, La., on Thursday (Dec. 3), she described some unexpectedly high serum concentration levels found in experimental horses that were demonstrated to be caused by environmental contamination in the study she submitted as part of her proposal....read on

A pair of seven-horse fields of trotters went to post tonight at Yonkers Raceway in the North American Amateur Drivers Association series which was presented before the betting card got underway....read on

The Thursday (Dec. 3) card at Harrah’s Philadelphia featured a pair of $12,800 features for younger horses working their way up the class ladder....read on

Nancy Takter was voted 2020 Trainer of the Year by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) – and her year was so spectacular, the decision to have her receive the award did not even have to go to a vote....read on

Long shot players had their way over the course of the 26-race weekend that took place at The Meadowlands Nov. 27-28....read on

Scene A Magician ($8.40) finally snapped a three-month losing streak on Wednesday night (Dec. 2), capturing the $8,500 Preferred 3 Trot at The Raceway at the Western Fair District after a long stretch of minor placings in similar events through the fall....read on

Open trotters and Open distaff pacers went to post for $8,500 in their respective Wednesday evening (Dec. 2) features at Batavia Downs, and two local favourites notched additional wins to their already impressive resumes....read on

Two $20,000 first-round divisions of the final Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund series of 2020 for three-year-old pacing fillies kicked off the Wednesday (Dec. 2) action at Dover Downs....read on

Caviart Cherie took a 1:50.1 lifetime mark in the $11,600 distaff handicap pacing feature Wednesday (Dec. 2) at Harrah’s Philadelphia....read on

"Unbelievable. I’ve never seen someone drive with two broken wrists. And then to win the two biggest races of the year in Alberta."...read on

Equine Guelph is calling on horsepeople to participate in their Ontario Horse Racing Industry Survey....read on

Stacey Thompson of Guelph, Ont., closes out the year as the December photographer in the 2020 Heart of Harness Racing Calendar with her photo of Qaligirl Blue Chip getting a warm bath from Heather Young at First Line Training Centre after a morning of jogging....read on

Batavia Downs has announced that it will be increasing all purses by 20 per cent for the final week of racing of the 2020 meet....read on

Driver Brett MacDonald motored Power And Grace to the point and never looked back in the $11,500 Preferred 2 Handicap Trot on Tuesday (Dec. 1) at Flamboro Downs, scoring a going-away victory in 1:57.3....read on

More than $1 million was wagered on the Tuesday night (Dec. 1) card at MGM Yonkers....read on

Scirocco Rob dominated the Open Trot at Dover Downs on Tuesday night (Dec. 1)....read on

On a day (Tues., Dec. 1) when Hollywood Dayton Raceway introduced its new 20-cent Jackpot Pick 5, with a guaranteed $5,000 payout for a unique single-ticket winner, the surprising bigger news was the Tuesday handle came in as the second highest figure in the track's seven-year history....read on

Hazardous conditions — including snow, diminished visibility and a sloppy surface — forced The Meadows to cancel Tuesday’s (Dec. 1) scheduled 13-race card after six races....read on

The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) is advising veterinarians and racehorse trainers and owners that medroxyprogesterone is a prohibited substance in Canada because its use has been associated with deaths in horses....read on

With harness racing's stakes season concluded for this year and many of the sport's stars shut down or retired, the movement on the TROT Magazine Fantasy Stable leaderboard over the next month will largely come down to the human participants....read on

Stall applications for the upcoming 2021 live harness racing season at Buffalo Raceway are now available through several different sources....read on

Betty Jean Goveia, of Deland, Fla., passed at her home Nov. 21, 2020, at her home. She was 82....read on

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 Caretaker of the Year. The award, sponsored by Art Zubrod and Leah Cheverie’s Fair Island Farm in conjunction with the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), recognizes the unsung heroes of the sport....read on

Longtime harness racing industry participant Dianne Gass of Cornwall, P.E.I. passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at the age of 73....read on

The owners of the millionaire racemare Custom Cantab 2,1:55.3; 3, 1:53; 4,1:52f ($1,031,193) have announced her retirement from racing....read on

Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office would like to inform horsepeople that this week’s training day has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday due to inclement weather expected for the Mohawk area....read on

"A lot of people don't understand the hours and the time we spend here. 'How do you do it?' It's like a high, you search for that high. Every time you get to the winner's circle, you look for that the next week."...read on

With a flurry of foes charging across the track up the backstretch, Major Custard raced blindswitched but managed to jostle out of traffic and rip down the center of the course to win the aptly-named $92,840 Western Canada Pacing Derby on Sunday (Nov. 29) at Century Mile....read on

“It doesn’t really sink in to be honest ... I just dreamed of driving over here from when I was a young kid, so it’s pretty crazy. It’s been a crazy year, but like I said I drove [for] some great trainers and drove some great horses.”...read on

Caviart Ally took full advantage of her inside starting position and worked out a perfect pocket-sitting trip to surge past the pace-setting Shartin N in mid-stretch and score a swan-song victory by a neck in 1:52.1 in the $100,000 Blue Chip Matchmaker Invitational at Yonkers Raceway....read on

Woodbine Mohawk Park would like to urge all horsepeople to use Standardbred Canada’s online self-serve entry system, as the Mohawk Race Office staff will now be working from home....read on

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith takes readers back in time to some 38 years ago. The year was 1982 and a horse nicknamed "The Pacing Machine" Cam Fella and his trainer-driver Pat Crowe were having quite a year....read on

In conjunction with the initiative created by the Libfeld-Katz Breeding Partnership, Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing and Casino raised $126,189 as part of the Breeders Crown Charity Challenge....read on

It took Mike Keeling all of two minutes to know what he had with Marion Marauder....read on

Flamboro Downs wishes to advise participants of revised COVID-19 protocols that the track is enforcing, effective Saturday, Nov. 28....read on

On Thursday, Canada’s Justice Minister David Lametti unveiled proposed legislation to legalize single-event sports betting across the country while keeping horse racing in a separate system....read on

Big Petes Style is a chart-topping North American hit in 2020....read on

"Before we all pat ourselves on the back too much however, for giving our grooms this kind of recognition, one weekend each year, let’s think about it a bit more and try to put it into perspective"....read on / continuer à lire

Horse Racing Alberta has released the live racing schedule for 2021, including 109 days of Standardbred racing across the province allocated to three tracks: Century Mile in Edmonton, Century Downs in Calgary and The Track On 2 in Lacombe....read on

With Halton Region currently in the red “control” zone, Woodbine Entertainment has released updated protocols for owners attending the races at Woodbine Mohawk Park....read on

Whether it was winning races, drinking, drugs, or gambling, it was never quite enough to make Isaac Waxman happy - he always searched for more. Now, with the love of his wife and family, and an inspirational sponsor, Isaac is finally starting to win at life, and he couldn’t be happier...read on / continuer à lire

You can conduct most of your horse-related business with Standardbred Canada online via SC’s eShop....read on

Standardbred Canada (SC) is pleased to launch Self-Serve 2.0, the upgraded and improved online entry program for SC member trainers....read on

The most up to date information from the North American harness racing industry pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic is located here. Coverage includes news, closures and access changes....read on

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