Purses

Friday Exhibition Park Purse Increase

August 29, 2016

The purse increase comes after a generous donation of $4,000 came from the exhibition association. Horse Racing New Brunswick will be adding to the existing purse amounts for the overnight races, and...

Purse Increase At Tioga Downs

August 23, 2016

Tioga Downs officials announced today a 20 per cent across-the-board purse increase, applied retroactively to races from Friday, August 19, and effective through the end of the current meet (Saturday,...

Dayton Preparing For Third Season

August 13, 2016

Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway is eagerly preparing for the start of its third season of live harness racing action. A matinee card on Monday afternoon, September 12, will be the first of 75 progr...

Hippodrome 3R Purse Cheque Update

Trot Insider has learned that purse cheques from Hippodrome 3R will now be mailed out directly to the members.

Update on Ontario Sires Stakes Cheque Distribution

Since the possibility of a strike by employees of Canada Post has been put on hold for at least 30 days, Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) cheques will be mailed as usual.

Postal Strike Update From WEG

The Woodbine Entertainment Group today (Tuesday, July 12) issued an update regarding purse cheque distribution for Mohawk Racetrack and all Alliance racetracks.

Kawartha Statement On Purse Cheques

Due to the uncertainty of the postal situation currently, Kawartha Downs did not mail the purse cheques from its July 2 card of racing which were not picked up this past Saturday night.

Canadian Purse Cheque News

Seeing as though there is uncertainty in regard to the services of Canada Post at this time, multiple entities within the horse racing industry have issued releases explaining their contingency plans ...

Rideau Training, Purse Cheque Update

Officials with Rideau Carleton Raceway have issued two important notices for horsepeople. The first notice pertains to purse cheques, while the other is in regard to the track being closed for trainin...

Notice Regarding OSS Purse Cheques

Due to the impending postal disruption at Canada Post, the Ontario Sires Stakes Administration will not be mailing out OSS cheques until the situation is resolved.

Notice Regarding Quebec Purse Cheques

In the event of a postal strike, Standardbred Canada has forwarded last week's purse cheques from Hippodrome 3R to the attention of Francois Carignan (QJC) at Hippodrome 3R.

MA Allots More Funds For S-Bred Racing

It has been reported this week that changes in the way Massachusetts distributes revenue it rakes in via slot machine taxes will provide a financial boost to the state’s harness racing industry.