C.k.g. Billings Harness Driving Championship Series

Aided by live three-wide cover from prohibitive favourite JK Panache, Jet Airway ($29.00) and 24-year-old driver Atlee Bender teamed up to spring a 13-1 upset in Saturday (August 13) evening's $10,000...

Talk about dominating -- well that’s exactly what Bob “the Lumberman” Troyer and Heza Rube have been doing in the Midwest region of the C.K.G. Billings Amateur Driving Series.

Still the granddaddy of all amateur racing organizations, the CKG Billings Series reached the halfway point in its 2016 Eastern Region season and on Thursday, the top eight series point-earners conven...

Amateur racing is certainly escalating. On Friday, July 14, the amateurs emulated the pros when a group raced during the afternoon at Monticello Raceway and then traveled to Saratoga Raceway for two E...

If you think amateur racing isn’t an integral part of the sport don’t tell Monticello Raceway’s director of racing Eric Warner because he just won’t believe you.

“Lawbook Larry” Farley, a recently retired attorney from Toledo, Ohio, scored his first driving victory in this season’s C.K.G. Billings Amateur Driving Series on Wednesday night (July 6) when he guid...

The sport’s greatest travelling roadshow, the C.K.G. Billings Amateur Trotting Series, moved on to Goshen’s Historic Track for two events on Saturday afternoon, July 2, and to no one’s surprise “Hurri...

Smalltownthrowdown threw down the gauntlet early and held on late to win his $61,300 leg of the New York Sire Stakes for the three-year-old trotting colt and geldings in a track record 1:56.2 at steam...

In harness racing, there’s such a thing known as a good trip; or sometimes referred to as a perfect journey. It is this that can be a great equalizer and the result of getting a good journey can be vi...

Medusa brought her gaudy resume to The Meadowlands on Friday night (June 17) and passed a stern test with flying colours, taking on a deep field and winning the $25,000 featured Fillies and Mares Open...

His participation in the C.K.G. Billings Amateur Driving Series has been diminished in recent years, but when Bob “the Lumberman” Troyer jumps up behind a trotter he produces great results.

The 2016 debut for Canada’s Older Trotting Horse of the Year in 2015 wasn’t exactly headline material, but his follow-up performance in Monday’s $34,000 Preferred Trot at Mohawk Racetrack certainly wa...