June 21, 2017:

It has been reported that horseman Fabrice Souloy has been handed a 15-year driving and training suspension and a $60,000 fine....read on

June 14, 2017:

On Thursday, June 8, the final decision of a panel of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) was released regarding an appeal by the Ontario Harness Horse Association against an earlier decision of the ORC Executive Director to allocate the Standardbred Revenue Allocation marketing funds...read on

April 10, 2017:

On Friday, April 7, Ian Proctor, a senior member of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal down under, denied the appeals of Shayne and Greg Cramp, who were handed 12-year bans from the industry in the fall of 2015....read on

April 10, 2017:

It has been announced that Standardbred trainer Lou Pena secured another legal victory last week in an appellate division of the Supreme Court....read on

March 14, 2017:

On Monday (March 13) the New Jersey Superior Court in Monmouth County rejected an effort by an owner of a New Jersey-bred horse to force New Meadowlands to host and race the New Jersey Classic and the Miss New Jersey Classic this year....read on

March 9, 2017:

On Tuesday, March 7, a North American racing commission handed down a default judgment of a 15-year suspension and a $40,000 fine to a Standardbred trainer after he failed to request a trial into the matter at hand....read on

December 27, 2016:

On Monday, the governing body for harness racing in France announced that five trainers had received fines and suspensions for horses racing with excessive amounts of cobalt....read on

November 21, 2016:

On Monday, November 21 in Ontario Superior Court, horseman Chris Haskell pleaded guilty charges to fraud and attempted fraud over $5,000 in relation to incidents in 2010 at the now-shuttered Windsor Raceway....read on

November 8, 2016:

Last week, an appellate division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled in favour of suspended trainer Lou Pena in his legal fight against the New York State Gaming Commission. In its ruling, the appellate court overturned the three-year suspension that the conditioner was serving....read on

July 27, 2016:

A Supreme Court has ruled that a two-year ban that was recently handed to a Standardbred trainer has been reversed due to a lack of impartiality of an official with a high rank in the racing commission....read on

June 25, 2016:

On April 1, 2016, legislation came into effect changing the way appeals of horse racing decisions are adjudicated in Ontario. Most importantly, a new adjudicative body -- the Horse Racing Appeal Panel (HRAP) -- is now responsible for hearing appeals of decisions made under the Rules of Racing....read on

June 14, 2016:

A stay has been ordered for three trainers in Maine after the state's harness racing commission suspended them for the use of cobalt. ...read on

June 8, 2016:

More information has come to light in regard to the cobalt positives that were announced in Maine late last week. The positives resulted in fines and suspensions for a number of racing participants....read on

June 6, 2016:

A racing participant that recently whipped another participant mid-race has been handed a ruling by the presiding racing commission....read on

April 11, 2016:

Late last week, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice handed former Standardbred horseman Derek Riesberry a sentence for fraud and attempted fraud. The sentence marked the end of a five-and-a-half-year legal process that stemmed from Riesberry’s illegal use of performance-enhancing substances in racehorses....read on