Sportswriter

Decisive Debut For Powerful Chris

John Pentland's Powerful Chris ($12.60) lived up to her name on Tuesday evening (July 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, unleashing a powerful push to the fore up the backstretch en route to an eight and th...

McNairs Top OSS Standings

October 21, 2014

For the third straight year, trainer Gregg McNair has topped the Ontario Sires Stakes' standings on the training side. This year, he's joined by his son -- driver Doug McNair -- for a father-son sweep...

Sportswriter Staying In Ontario

October 02, 2014

Trot Insider has learned that Sportswriter will continue to stand stud at Tara Hills Stud Farm in Port Perry, Ont. through the 2015 breeding season.

The Season Of Sportswriter

September 29, 2014

The main story to emerge from this year’s Ontario Sires Stakes rookie pacing division is the dominance of sire Sportswriter, whose first crop of colts and fillies have been admired from the moment the...

Sportswriters Making Headlines

The first crop of Sportswriter has exploded onto the Ontario Sires Stakes scene as the two-year-old pacers start their racing season.

Sportswriter Fillies Impress

It was another good morning for pacing sire Sportswriter, who produced a pair of two-year-old qualifying winners during Friday’s nine-race session at Mohawk Racetrack.

Kadabra, Sportswriter Books Full, Closed

Tara Hills Stud of Port Perry, Ont. has announced that the 2014 books for Kadabra and Sportswriter are now full and closed.

Sportswriter To Stay At Tara Hills In 2014

September 09, 2013

On Monday, September 9, Tara Hills Stud Farm announced that Sportswriter will continue to stand at stud at their Port Perry, Ont. location through the 2014 breeding season.

North America Cup Night Set

Pepsi North America Cup night will not only feature some of, if not the best harness racing in Canada this year, but also loads of contests, draws, music and entertainment for fans on track this Satur...

Sportswriter's First Crop Takes Off

February 14, 2013

Canada's 2009 Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year, Sportswriter’s first crop of yearlings are currently on offer at the Australian Pacing Gold yearling sales and are being snapped up by astute traine...

MacDonald On His Hiatus From Racing

It was right around this time in 2010 when Mark MacDonald urged Sportswriter to victory in the 27th edition of the Pepsi North America Cup. Two years later, after having endured significant injuries a...

Regally-Bred Youngster Arrives

February 13, 2012

Foaling season is in full swing throughout the racing industry, and on Saturday night an O’Brien Award-winning mare gave birth to a colt by an O’Brien Award-winning sire

Sportswriter Book Full And Closed

January 27, 2011

Tara Hills Stud and Southwind Farms have announced that World Champion Sportswriter p,2,1:49.2, 3,1:48.3 ($1,649,411) (Artsplace–Precious Beauty) who will stand his first season at stud at the Port Pe...