Bill O'donnell

There are multiple reasons Ontario’s harness racing industry should celebrate the fact Bill O’Donnell permanently deferred his spot in electricians’ school as a young man – not the least of which is t...

William (Bill) O’Donnell, who had one of the greatest careers a driver has ever had and has stayed a major influence as president of the Central Ontario Standardbred Association, has been voted the wi...

Canadians are well represented among the 2025 nominees for the Dan Patch Awards.

To kick off its second half century, the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program will expand to six Grassroots Series opportunities in 2025 with purses for each division increasing to $25,000.

Woodbine Entertainment and the Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) jointly announced on Tuesday, April 23 the agreement of a new three-year deal that includes capital investments in each y...

Two Nova Scotia native sons who are both Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame members will be returning to their home province to be part of Truro Raceway’s Remembering Sackville Downs Day being planned...

One of the silver linings that came from the winter storm that snowed in those attending the 2023 O'Brien Awards in Prince Edward Island this past weekend was literally running into people with time o...

On Wednesday, Aug. 9, the Bill Galvin Racing Alliance (BGRA) announced the launch of the “Drive To Win” VR (Virtual Reality) Harness Driving Experience, sponsored by the Central Ontario Standardbred A...

In this week's edition of Rewind Robert Smith takes readers back about 38 years ago to 1985 as he recalls a very big day of racing at the Meadowlands track which was then in just its tenth year of exi...

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith looks back some 40 years to recall a milestone event in harness racing history. That year, which was 1981, a then 33-year-old Canadian born horseman became the firs...