Jack Darling

Neon Moon Abuzz At Flamboro

September 04, 2018

After daughters of Shadow Play captured the first two Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots events for three-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday (Sept. 4) at Flamboro Downs, the Jack Darling Stables' Neon Mo...

Burn Out Hanover Wins Elora Debut

August 29, 2018

In just his second start since February, Burn Out Hanover ($12.00) proved up to a tall task in Wednesday evening's (Aug. 29) featured $8,500 Preferred 3 Pace at Grand River Raceway, holding his ground...

Write Me A Song Romps In Kin Elim - McNair Wins 6

Write Me A Song ($2.70) was unrivalled in her Kin Pace elimination on the Canada Day (July 1) card at Clinton Raceway, taking charge early and never looking back en route to a 1:55.3 score, the fastes...

Darling On TCO2 Testing

January 23, 2018

"With the recent advent of the Standardbred Racing Integrity and Accountability Initiative, I thought it would be a good time to give some thoughts on TCO2 testing and what can be done to level the pl...

Trainers On Grassroots Hopefuls

September 28, 2017

A total of $400,000 is up for grabs in Saturday’s Grassroots Championships at Mohawk Racetrack and in four of the division finals one of Ontario’s leading trainers will take aim at the top prize with ...

Lookslikeachpndale Repeats In Rowe

August 20, 2017

Lookslikeachpndale defended his title in the $75,000 Honourable Earl Rowe Invitation Trot featured on the Sunday night's (August 20) harness racing card at Georgian Downs, which also hosted a round of...

Darling Fillies Impress In Grassroots

Pacing fillies were in the spotlight at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening (July 21) with three Grassroots divisions for the sophomore lasses and five for their novice counterparts.

Neon Moon Lights Up Mohawk

After two attempts at a successful qualifying mile, Neon Moon was spot on for trainer-owner Jack Darling during Friday morning's qualifiers at Mohawk Racetrack.

New COSA Directors Elected

On Wednesday, April 26, the Central Ontario Standardbred Association’s auditing firm, KPMG, presented the 2017 election results at a meeting of the COSA Board of Directors.

Darling's Five Grassroots Contenders

September 21, 2016

Trainer Jack Darling shipped five pacing colts to Mohawk Racetrack for the Grassroots Semi-finals last week and all five will return to the Campbellville oval on Saturday, Sept. 24 for the $400,000 Gr...

Darling On His Thursday Starters

September 06, 2016

This Thursday evening’s (September 8) Ontario Sires Stakes test at Flamboro Downs is the final opportunity for the novice pacing colts and fillies to earn points toward a berth in the September 15 Gra...

Is Whipless Racing A Good Idea?

August 16, 2016

"I was a strong supporter of the limited use of the whip that we have now. As strongly as I supported that, I feel even more so that a driver must be allowed to carry a whip in a race for practical r...