Norm Borg

With financial issues continuing to accrue, one of Ontario's longest established Fall fair harness racing meets is on its last legs

Despite many topics constantly coming to the fore as what harness racing is doing wrong, there are some places were people are doing things right.

Harness racing taking place sans purses or wagering for over a century, and it plays a tremendous role in the local economy. Is it a dream?

With the April Issue of Trot Magazine concentrating on the horseplayer, today's Trot Radio talks to a handicapper and business executive that doesn't agree with the line of thinking that "less is more...

"As North American racing continues to flounder around looking for solutions to its problems, it largely ignores one that could contribute more than any now being considered."

"With all sports, some folks will always dispute the call of the official but if you can get the information out there and have an explanation then at least it's a starting point."

A track is projected to lose over $620,000 in 2010. It's the only track of its kind in the jurisdiction projected to lose money. The board that oversees race dates, trying to be fiscally responsible, ...

"There appears to be a changing balance within the industry that has probably been to the detriment of overnight racing at Woodbine."

O'Brien Award winning trainer Casie Coleman is once again loaded with stable stars for the 2010 harness racing campaign, and on today's Trot Radio she provides an update on last year's freshman

In light of the recent announcement that The Meadowlands Racetrack will conduct harness racing only in 2010, Trot Radio discusses the move of select dates to the fall with New Jersey Sports and Exposi...

"I think it's time for the industry to look outside the box, to look at changing things up...and roll the dice a little bit because to stand pat is to go bankrupt

In the face of what's being termed a stop-gap year in British Columbia, the BC Standardbred Association's Executive Director remains optimistic about the long-term health of harness racing in the prov...