Retired

When trainer John Bax recently discussed winning his first Johnston Cup, he confirmed that it was first Ontario Sires Stakes training title. He also confirmed that it would be his last.

Driver Aaron Hall gave Amarettigone a tactically savvy steer to capture the $12,000 Polar Express Late Closer Series #2 final on Monday (Dec. 19) at Cumberland.  

Double millionaire trotting mare When Dovescry has been retired from racing.

Multiple Ohio stakes winner Gulf Shores has been retired from racing and will stand stud in 2023.

The Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association and Batavia Downs will honour three 14-year-old veteran race horses who will officially retire on Jan. 1, 2023.

Ayers Ratliff, the longtime announcer at MGM Northfield Park, will bring the curtain down on his career at the Northeast Ohio facility on Friday, Dec. 30.

After pulling “double duty” for two years with racing and breeding, Catch The Fire has officially been retired from racing to stand as a stallion.

World champion Ecurie D DK has been retired from racing and will stand stud commencing with the 2023 breeding season.

Woodbine Entertainment and Ontario Racing said farewell to Bulldog Hanover with a special retirement ceremony on Saturday night (Dec. 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Temporal Hanover, the second-richest son of world champion trotting stallion Walner, will stand his debut stud season in 2023.

Cuatro De Julio 2,1:51.3; 3,1:51 ($879,061), a trotting male known for his blazing speed on the racetrack throughout his career, has been retired to stud duty.

True to his name, 2021 Dan Patch Two-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year and Breeders Crown champion King Of The North (3,1:50.3, $1,370,242) will head north of the border as the heir apparent to the t...