Maryland

Nezuko Kamado S in the Woodbine Mohawk Park winner's circle

Melander Aims For Big Breeders Crown Weekend

October 23, 2025

Marcus Melander has won five Breeders Crown trophies in his career so far, and the 33-year-old trainer will have multiple opportunities to add to that total this weekend at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Aetos Kronos S

Melander, Maryland And Maple Leaf Trot Monsters

August 28, 2025

With a one-two punch in the 2025 Maple Leaf Trot that includes the two morning line favourites and another talented trotter touted as the one to beat in stakes action on the undercard, Marcus Melander...

Emoticon Legacy

Emoticon Legacy, Maryland Headline Zweig

Emoticon Legacy, who in his most recent start won the Goodtimes Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park with the fastest mile ever by a three-year-old trotter in Canada, will meet returning Dan Patch and O’Bri...

Maryland winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Season-Debuting Maryland Headlines EBC Entries

The Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) for three-year-old colt and filly trotters will be raced on Friday, June 13 at Vernon Downs with a first post of 12:15 p.m. With 11 entered for each sex, the stakes w...

Captain Albano, winning at Delaware

Captain Albano Stretches It Out At The Big M

The third time was the charm for 2024 Dan Patch Award winner Captain Albano, a winner for the first time this season during the qualifying session on Saturday, May 31 at The Meadowlands.

Maryland and Dexter Dunn

Dunn Hoping To Break Through In Major Big M Stakes

He’s been by far the most successful harness racing driver in the United States over the last half-dozen years. During 2024, he won a record six Breeders Crown finals before going on to be named the D...

2024 O'Brien Awards Post-Event Interviews - Marcus Melander

Freshman Sensation Sets The Stage For More

February 17, 2025

Regally bred and carrying high expectations from the start, Maryland lived up to his lofty price tag and then some in his freshman campaign.

36th O'Brien Awards

2024 O'Brien Award Winners Announced

February 08, 2025

Standardbred Canada announced the winners of the 2024 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, at the Black Tie Gala on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 in Mississauga, On...

2024 O'Brien Award finalists - trotters

Which Trotter Could Win Horse Of The Year?

January 24, 2025

Of the trotters named as 2024 O'Brien Award finalists, which horse do you feel has the best chance of being named the 2024 Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year?

2024 Dan Patch Award winning horses

Dan Patch Divisional Awards Announced

December 24, 2024

Unanimous selection Twin B Joe Fresh, repeat winners Captain Albano and Jiggy Jog S, and the year’s leading money-earner Maryland led the way when divisional 2024 Dan Patch Award honours for pacers an...

36th O'Brien Awards

2024 O'Brien Award Finalists Announced

December 20, 2024

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 36th O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.

Maryland

Maryland Marvelous In Kindergarten Classic Final

November 09, 2024

Odds-on favourite and millionaire Maryland stayed resolute under an intense far-turn blitz and emerged a 1:53.4 winner in the $240,694 Kindergarten Series final for two-year-old trotting colts and gel...

Maryland and Dexter Dunn

Maryland Majestic In Breeders Crown Triumph

October 25, 2024

Maryland and driver Dexter Dunn fought off pressure on both flanks to prevail in the $972,222 Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot, held Friday, Oct. 25 at The Meadowlands, in a stakes re...