Mark Ford

Harness racing at Meadowlands Racetrack

New Jersey Legislature Renews Industry Support

The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) announced on Wednesday, July 2 the full restoration of the $20 million USD horse racing purse supplement in the newly adopted FY...

Craig Coughlin watching his namesake and other yearlings in the field with Heather Zitone and Julie Miller

Coughlin Visits Fair Winds Farm

New Jersey State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin visited Fair Winds Farm, where he met with members of the Standardbred community on Monday, May 19 to hear concerns regarding a proposed cut to the sta...

2023 SBOANJ Meeting Results

November 17, 2023

The Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) held its annual meeting via zoom and live stream on Facebook on Thursday, Nov. 16.

Craig Coughlin at Gaitway Training Center

N.J. Assembly Speaker Coughlin Visits Gaitway

New Jersey State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin spent part of his Monday morning (May 16) at Gaitway Farm Training Center, where he toured the grounds, talked with horsemen and horsewomen, and even c...

Gingras, Ford Off To Great Start At Big M

January 13, 2022

Two horsemen stood out in front of the rest during the first weekend of racing at The Meadowlands in 2022 as driver Yannick Gingras recorded eight winners over the course of January 7-8 while trainer ...

Roll With Angel Ascends; 4,000 For Ford

August 01, 2021

The Roll With Joe mare Roll With Angel got the winner’s share of the $13,000 purse in the Sunday feature at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono after Crazy Cute, who was first in a blanket photo finish, d...

Ford On Brennan, Fuscos, Pandemic

“This has happened so fast. I know that it’s been two weeks now since it’s happened, but people are walking around in a daze. It’s just rocked our whole world. It’s one thing to cancel the racing, whe...

Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book: #10

The countdown to the 2019 Pepsi North America Cup is on, with Trot Insider profiling the horses predicted to be the top contenders for Canadian harness racing's richest prize.

Ford Calls For Legislative Action In NJ

January 18, 2019

Mark Ford, president of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ), has issued a statement calling on the New Jersey Legislature to act on a bill introduced four months ag...

Revised ‘Big M’ Race Date Application

October 16, 2018

At the request of the New Jersey Racing Commission, the Meadowlands Racetrack has submitted a revised 2019 live racing schedule application.

Update: Possible Shakeup At The ‘Big M’

October 11, 2018

On Thursday (Oct. 11), the Meadowlands Racetrack announced that it will be forced to reduce the amount of race dates it will host in 2019 and most likely cancel some Standardbred stakes races unless p...

Ford: Low Purses Killing NJ Racing

September 07, 2018

"There was a time in New Jersey when the best of the best came to compete at Freehold Raceway on Labour Day. It was not long ago, but seemed a distant memory Monday when the track was closed because o...

Can Slow And Steady Win The Race?

August 17, 2018

“I think he just sort of plods along and it depends on what the other ones do. He goes one speed and if they come back to him, I think he’ll finish up good...I don’t think he’s the kind of horse where...