Rambling Willie

2020 & 2021 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Standardbred Inductees

Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame Welcomes Classes Of 2020 & 2021

August 03, 2022

On Wednesday (Aug. 3), the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame formally inducted its 16 newest members in a long-awaited event to recognize the CHRHF classes named in 2020 and 2021.

He Was My Bobby Orr

August 29, 2020

"Other kids my age loved Darryl Sittler or Jim Palmer...maybe it was Bobby Hull or Reggie Jackson. I can’t lie, I did like Bobby Orr, but who didn’t? To me though, Rambling Willie would become just as...

The Horse That God Loved

Many would agree that the sight of a stakes race on a major TV network is welcome and good for the sport. But it takes a special kind of horse to be invited as a guest on a late night talk show segmen...

Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame Class Of 2020 Announced

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the people and horses being recognized as inductees in 2020. Five people and five horses have been elected from a very deep ballot of can...

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame 2020 Ballot Announced

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its 2020 ballot. A total of 30 people and horses comprised of 15 Thoroughbred and 15 Standardbred candidates, have been selected to appea...

SC Rewind: Rambling Willie Visits Dresden

September 23, 2017

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith recalls the visit of one of the sport's most famous horses to a small town track in southwestern Ontario.

Bob Farrington Arrangements Set

October 14, 2014

The man most associated with fabled pacer Rambling Willie, horseman Bob Farrington passed away Monday afternoon from an apparent heart attack at the age of 85.

Special Joe Proves Best In Rambling Willie

A compact but classy field of six Illinois conceived and foaled pacers headed to the track for Saturday’s $14,000 Rambling Willie Stake on Saturday night at Balmoral Park