Mark Steacy

The connections of Sylvia Hanover after winning the 2023 Fan Hanover

Steacy Makes O'Briens History With Sylvia Hanover

February 16, 2024

It's rare enough to train an O'Brien Award winner. Factor in winning Horse of the Year, even tougher. More than one Horse of the Year? Exceedingly rare. But now Mark Steacy has achieved something no o...

2022 Breeders Crown two-year-old winners

Connections Reflect On Crown Jewels

October 31, 2022

Joe Holloway got some help from several horseflies to get Ammo to the races this season, which resulted in one of the biggest upsets in Breeders Crown history this past Friday (Oct. 28) at Woodbine Mo...

Sylvia Hanover winning the Breeders Crown at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Sylvia Hanover Streaks To Breeders Crown Victory

October 28, 2022

Sylvia Hanover, with Bob McClure at the controls, was at the top of her game down the lane to take Friday’s $810,000 Breeders Crown final for two-year-old pacing fillies at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Mark Steacy

The Resiliency And Rise Of Team Steacy

October 27, 2022

Four years removed from a devastating barn fire, the Steacy stable has persevered to reach new heights in 2022. Team Steacy can add to its record bankroll in the 2022 Breeders Crown, sending out a pai...

Warrawee Xenia winning her Hambletonian Oaks elimination

Warrawee Xenia Looks To Keep Rolling In Oaks

August 02, 2022

Her resume pales when compared to most of her foes, but Warrawee Xenia’s current winning streak stands at seven, and her connections hope she can extend it to eight Saturday afternoon at The Meadowlan...

OSS Title Winner Steacy Praises His Team

October 27, 2020

“There’s so many that play a role. All of our staff I’m super proud of... People don’t talk about the hard work, behind the scenes stuff, that they do every night. As a team they are fantastic.”

Ontario Harness Ready And Waiting

“None of the trainers stopped, they’re training their horses every day. If they announced harness racing was starting next week, these horses are ready. That’s a big difference from any of the other s...

First Line Barn Fire Update

December 22, 2018

Officials with the Central Ontario Standardbred Association have provided an update in regard to the surviving harness horses affected by the December 21 barn fire at First Line Training Centre that c...

Barn Fire Claims Five Standardbreds

December 21, 2018

Reports indicate that an early morning fire on Friday (December 21) has claimed the lives of five Standardbreds at First Line Training Centre outside Campbellville, Ont.

A ‘Charmed’ Ownership Life

September 24, 2018

Shelly MacMillan doesn’t consider herself a horse whisperer. Not in the least. But on the morning of September 17, 2016, as she often does, she leaned in close to a young filly and offered up a few en...

Fourth Sires Stakes Win For Royale Elite

September 12, 2018

The Hudson Standardbred Stable's Royale Elite ($5.80) parlayed a pocket trip into a fourth Ontario Sires Stakes win this season, as he captured his $18,450 Grassroots event for two-year-old trotting c...

Steacy Sends Three In 'Camnation'

August 24, 2018

Trainer Mark Steacy sends a trio of freshman pacing fillies in Saturday’s (Aug. 25) $251,347 Eternal Camnation Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Phaetosive Gets Gritty PASS Win

August 21, 2018

Nearly scratched after tying up Monday (Aug. 20), Phaetosive turned in a gritty first-over performance that carried her to victory in Tuesday’s (Aug. 21) $165,038 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at The Meado...