David Heffering

Breeders Crown champion Beau Jangles and caretaker Riley Noble

"Cheeky" Beau Jangles In Line For Year-End Awards

October 29, 2025

A few hours before being crowned, Ontario-sired prodigy Beau Jangles was dancing slightly in his stall at Woodbine Mohawk Park; ears up, eyes bright, grooving and bobbing slightly like a boxer laser-f...

The connections of Metro Pace champion Beau Jangles in the winner's circle at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Beau Jangles' Connections Reflect On Metro Win

September 23, 2025

With the battle won and his perfect record intact through eight starts, Beau Jangles towered over the Woodbine Mohawk Park winner’s circle late on Saturday night, Sept. 20 – ears sharp, a crisp white ...

2023 O'Brien Award Winners - David Heffering

Heffering Putting Tara Hills On Path To Breeding The Best

February 07, 2024

"It has its ups and downs for sure. All of us as breeders, we'll come out of [the sales] feeling good some days and other days, we're like, wow, it's just like were hitting ourselves with a hammer... ...

2023 O'Brien Awards - Tara Hills Stud Farm

Tara Hills Reaps Success From Long-Term Planning

January 23, 2024

In harness racing, success does not come overnight, particularly in the breeding business where the outcome of building relationships and the day-to-day hard work that goes into raising future racehor...

Heffering, Hochstetler On COSA TV

David Heffering, owner of Tara Hills Stud Farm, and harness trainer Jay Hochstetler joined the special Sunday (April 11) edition of COSA TV to remember the life of Kadabra, while Heffering also talked...

Youth Literary Derby Kicks Off

The 2018 Youth Literary Derby kicked off its opening day festivities on schedule May 10 at Seelster Farm’s Standardbred nursery in Lucan, Ont., followed by a busy weekend of visits by eager young hor...

A Mother's Day Miracle

Two tragic losses turned into a Mother's Day miracle when a Standardbred owner from Sarnia, Ont. came to the rescue recently.

Mach Three Euthanized In NZ

January 20, 2017

It is with profound regret and sadness that Tara Hills Stud in Port Perry, Ont. reports that pacing stallion Mach Three was euthanized Friday morning (January 20) at Alabar Farms in Waiau Pa, New Zeal...

Marion Marauder To Race In 2017

November 21, 2016

The connections of 2016 Trotting Triple Crown winner Marion Marauder 3,1:51.3 ($1,908,588) have announced that plans to syndicate and stand the stallion at Tara Hills Stud in Ontario have changed.

Marion Marauder Retired, To Stud

November 09, 2016

Marion Marauder, one of only nine trotters in the history of the sport to win the difficult Triple Crown, has been retired to stallion duty.

Mr. Game Changer

David Heffering said he will never forget the phone ringing late one night just before U.S. Thanksgiving in 1995. It was his brother, Richard, on the phone with a simple message: “Happy Thanksgiving, ...

Control The Moment Adds Owners

A new group of owners will be watching on Saturday night when O'Brien Award winner and Spring Book favourite Control The Moment competes in his 2016 Pepsi North America Cup elimination.

Mach Three's 2011 Book Full, Closed

On Thursday, May 5, Tara Hills Stud of Port Perry, Ont. announced that the 2011 book for Mach Three is full and closed