Retirement

Beauty Is Blind winning at Hippodrome 3R

Beauty Is Blind Bags 50th Lifetime Win

December 01, 2025

Beauty Is Blind closed from seventh on the final turn to record her 50th career victory in dramatic fashion in an optional-claiming contest at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday, Nov. 30.

Surreal Ideal

Surreal Ideal Great For Eight Straight In Dayton Open

November 16, 2025

Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway hosted another victory for one of the Midwest’s best open pacers and honoured one of the area’s greats on Saturday, Nov. 15 as Surreal Ideal scored his eighth straig...

Abuckabett Hanover winning at Meadowlands Racetrack

Harris Reflects On Abuckabett Hanover's Career

November 12, 2025

Harness racing’s biggest stars will battle on the track this Saturday, Nov. 15 in the 2025 FanDuel Championships and Fall Four stakes at Meadowlands Racetrack. For the last few years, retirement cerem...

Derf Hanover Joins OSAS

November 05, 2025

The Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society (OSAS) welcomes in the tough campaigner, Derf Hanover.

Sylvia Hanover

Sylvia Hanover Retired

November 01, 2025

Betty and Tony Infilise of Hudson Standardbred Stable, together with Mark and Shawn Steacy, have announced that Sylvia Hanover has been officially retired from racing.

Windemere Best Man winning at Inverness Raceway

Windemere Best Man Tops Inverness Pacers In Blanket Finish

October 19, 2025

Windemere Best Man and trainer/driver Danny Gillis emerged in a blanket finish to take the Winners Over Pace featured on Sunday, Oct. 19 at Inverness Raceway.

Wheels On Fire

Wheels On Fire Joins OSAS

September 16, 2025

Recently retired racehorse Wheels On Fire has joined the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society (OSAS), where he’ll be trained for a second career after excelling at his first.

Robbie Robinson winning his last drive with McWicked Time

Robinson Goes Out A Winner

Longtime Ottawa-based horseman Robbie Robinson made his last drive a winning one as he heads into retirement after a career spanning more than 40 years.

Hippodrome 3R leading trainer Marc-Andre Simoneau and top driver Pascal Berube

Quebec's 2024 Champions Honoured

The annual Quebec Champions Gala, organized this year by l'Association Trot et Amble du Québec (ATAQ), took place on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Delta Trois-Rivières with the 2024 harness racing seaso...

Dabarndawgswatchin winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Dabarndawgswatchin Retired From Racing

February 19, 2025

Top class pacing mare Dabarndawgswatchin, a multiple Ontario Sires Stakes winner as a youngster and regular among the Preferred distaff ranks at Woodbine Mohawk Park in recent years, has been retired ...

Bud Teeters at Northfield Park

Longtime Northfield Judge Teeters Retiring

January 28, 2025

Lester “Bud” Teeters has seen more live racing at MGM Northfield Park over the last four decades than anyone. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, he will judge his final race high above the Home of the Flying Turn...

Shadow Place winning at Charlottetown Driving Park

New Home For Gold Cup And Saucer Champ Shadow Place

January 21, 2025

Shadow Place, whose accomplishments during his storied career included winning the coveted Gold Cup and Saucer, recently found a forever home through the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society (OSAS).

Gotfaithincowboys with Angus Gillis and Martin Bates

A TROT Tribute To 14-Year-Olds

December 21, 2024

Every year in the Holiday Issue, TROT Magazine takes a closer look at a number of 14-year-old warriors that raced right into their final year of eligibility. Sometimes they’re household names, and som...