Robert Smith

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls a special promotional day held at Yonkers Raceway back in 1969. The piece also delves into the introduction of driving helmets which began around 1960.

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls the start-up of Hazel Park Raceway, the first ever five-eighths mile track used for harness racing.

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith recalls what is regarded as one of the greatest days in Canadian Harness Racing history.

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith takes a look back at some of the personalities and events from the decade of the 1950s in the ongoing feature Years Ago. Also included in today's Rewind...

In this week's 'Rewind,' Robert Smith takes readers back to an event from 1972 held at the then fairly new Windsor Raceway. On this day, eight of the top drivers in the sport engaged in a friendly com...

In the wake of the recent devastating fire at Classy Lane Training Centre on January 4th, in this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls a similar tragedy from over 50 years ago. A huge fire at Batavia D...

A collage of old photographs and a yellowed newspaper clipping help to tell the story in this week's edition of Rewind as Robert Smith recalls the nature of annual get-togethers long before the O'Brie...

In this week's edition of Rewind, Robert Smith takes a look back at some of the personalities and events from the decade of the 1940's in the ongoing feature Years Ago.

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls an interesting happening from 1970 involving a young driver's first win and more importantly the landmark decision that accompanied the event.

​In this week's Rewind Robert Smith takes a look back to 1973 and 1974 when the Ontario Sires Stakes Program was first introduced and then became a reality.

In this week's Rewind which has a Maritime flavour, Robert Smith relates a rather unusual story of an unlikely combination of professions: one being a breeder, owner and trainer of harness horses.

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls a rather important milestone from 50 years ago when winter racing first came to Greenwood Raceway in Toronto.