Trot Magazine

"Yes, even people that don’t attend our racetracks these days, often have some connection to us. We’re part of the landscape and have been for decades."

At the Black Book Yearling Sale in 2006, Ken Sucee bought back an Art Major filly by the name of Arts Diva, on behalf of her co-breeder, Dr. David Legge, for $20,000. Then, over the next five years, K...

In 2020 and 2021, when pandemic-induced racing shutdowns had many horsepeople at an all-time low, at TROT Magazine, we tried to look at the glass as being half full rather than half empty, and we aske...

"TROT doesn’t just cover racing and its history, it’s now become part of racing’s history. It’s yours and it matters to you, and I guess that’s partly why the magazine continues to thrive -- even duri...

In the January 2024 issue largely dedicated to the O’Brien Awards, TROT Magazine caught up with a former O’Brien Award-winning Trainer of the Year and finds out that even though he no longer trains ho...

"I see no negatives whatsoever to having an audio/video feed in the judges booth, and having the details for every inquiry and placing described in real-time to the fans."

TROT Magazine would like to wish everyone in harness racing a happy holiday season. As a special festive feature, all of the 2023 holiday ads from December's TROT are now available for viewing online.

A successful Standardbred trainer since early in his career, at a younger age, David Menary was mostly concerned with two things: winning races and drinking. As the years passed, however, family becam...

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John MacMillan is as passionate and as involved in Standardbred racing as anyone could be. The former GM of Rideau Carleton Raceway, a trainer with almost 1,800 wins and more than $10 million in purse...

"Well, we always say that our grooms are our unsung heroes, so I think that it’s about time that somebody decided to sing about Giselle." 

When Bug Content’s Michael Smith and Jeremy Grant signed on to be the Executive Producer and Director of the Ontario Lottery & Gaming’s horse racing documentary, Unfiltered, neither of them had any ex...