Emoticon Hanover

“It was an easy decision to put her in (the Breeders Crown) after her last two starts. I think she’s got a good chance, to be honest with you. If you look at the horses she raced with in her last star...

Dispatched as the 5-1 fourth choice in the second heat after a strong runner-up performance behind International Moni in the first heat, Snowstorm Hanover ($13.60) proved a gutsy winner in the $420,00...

Quebec-owned Emoticon Hanover recently lowered the world record for four-year-old trotting mares. Her trainer, Luc Blais, has commented on the achievement. When asked if he was surprised by the record...

Emoticon Hanover went wire to wire to take the $150,000 Joie De Vie Mare Trot on Sunday, August 27 at Tioga Downs, which was contested along with the $158,000 Artiscape Mare Pace and $170,000 Crawford...

Trainer Luc Blais’ dream of a Hambletonian Day breakthrough will be tested this weekend.

Many of the sport’s biggest and brightest stars made their way to the Meadowlands Racetrack Saturday evening (July 15) to compete in a long list of rich stakes events, and Trot Insider has all the det...

Mohawk Racetrack hosted 14 qualifying races on Friday morning under clear and sunny skies with stars out...on the racetrack.

A 14-race card of qualifiers on Friday morning at Mohawk Racetrack featured some of Canadian harness racing's top talent making seasonal debuts or tuning up for a return to the track.

In 2016, Ontario Sired and Ontario Bred horses once again made history, both within the Ontario Sires Stakes program -- producing two new, all-time speed records, as well as just the third competitor ...

Luc Blais, who has shared in two O'Brien Awards already as trainer of millionaire trotter Intimidate, says his favourite part of the ceremony is the video highlights of the finalists.

On Tuesday, December 20, Standardbred Canada announced the finalists for the 2016 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.

Ontario-based driver Sylvain Filion, a two-time Breeders Crown winner (with older pacer Goliath Bayama and two-year-old trotting colt Wheeling N Dealin), will get three chances to add to his total Sat...