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The Dream Team: Annie, Lynn, Iggy & Co.

September 19, 2022

Trainer Annie Stoebe had never even heard of harness racing eight years ago -- she was a rodeo competitor from Montana (think Yellowstone). Owner Lynn Curry groomed Standardbreds at The Meadows in the...

Three horses in a field

"Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind"

September 11, 2022

"Standardbred racing in Canada, like The Ex, was pretty much the only game in town back then - speaking in our case, about when it came to the gambling dollar. Unfortunately you’ve heard this song bef...

Beach Glass winning the Meadowlands Pace

"We Live On In What We Leave Behind"

August 22, 2022

"On Saturday, July 16, 2022, I sat with my son once again, and watched a Hollywood script unfold right in front of us as a colt from the last crop of Somebeachsomewhere won the only race his dad could...

Bill Cass

People Person Extraordinaire

August 15, 2022

In 1959, Bill Cass left his home on Cape Breton Island and hitch-hiked to Toronto - but it wasn’t to work with horses. The 18-year-old was a mechanic, and he was coming to Ontario to make a life for h...

Pebble Beach winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

"If It Was Only About The Money Most Of Us Wouldn’t Be Doing This"

"Pebble Beach deservedly earned $500,000 with his North America Cup victory on June 18, and his connections were ecstatic. So were his fans, as well as the betting public that made him the 1-2 wagerin...

Noel Daley with North America Cup champion Pebble Beach and Todd McCarthy

Winning Is Never Boring

Noel Daley might consider himself to be a tad boring, but there’s nothing boring about winning, and that’s something that this native Australian has been good at for many years.

Horse racing, horses heading behind the starting gate

Horse Racing Is The Best

"Racing struck it rich when Rich Strike won the 2022 Kentucky Derby and I don’t care if he’s a Thoroughbred, a Standardbred, or a buggy horse, if this tale doesn’t move you then I don’t think anything...

An empty grandstand at Pompano Park

#LongLiveTheDream

"For me, and I’m guessing for a lot of you, I was drawn in by the racetrack experience. Now I’m in -- I’m in for life. I never have to attend a track again and I’m still in for life. But we don’t need...

Collage of 2021 USHWA Media Award winners

Canadians Dominate U.S. Media Awards

January 21, 2022

Debbie Little, writing for TROT Magazine, Clive Cohen, Michael Burns and Woodbine Entertainment were among the winners of the 2020/2021 United States Harness Writers Association Media Award winners an...

Tell TROT Your 2021 Highlight

December 28, 2021

The past two years have taken their toll on the world's population in general but at TROT Magazine we believe that makes it even more important to look at the glass half full once in a while....read o...

Seasons Greetings From TROT

December 22, 2021

TROT Magazine would like to wish everyone in harness racing a happy holiday season. As a special festive feature, all of the 2021 Holiday ads from December's TROT are now available for viewing online.

Perspective

"I realize that things that happened to other people years ago don’t help us today when it comes to paying our bills, making our stakes payments, or schooling our children. I’m not belittling anything...

TROT Fantasy Stable Closes Today

TROT Magazine is pleased to launch the eighth edition of the TROT Magazine Fantasy Stable contest. Enter for free (online or by mail) and play along all year, with a chance to win great prizes!....rea...