Trot Magazine

When Shark Week became the first Standardbred in history to win sub-1:50 on Western Canadian soil, people celebrated the feat nationwide. The truth is, however, that there is much more to this story t...

"I’m the first to complain when I think the-powers-that-be in Standardbred racing aren’t doing enough to market our sport and seek out our next generation of fans, so let me be amongst the first to ac...

Race announcers are a small and unique bunch, so TROT called on Western Fair’s Shannon ‘Sugar’ Doyle to speak to new Hall of Famer Frank Salive and see what the pair could come up with in terms of tho...

In 2009, after years of losing money owning Standardbreds, Richard & Joanne Young were down to just one racehorse, and after her, the plan was to get out of the business.

From the time Chris Christoforou can remember, donning a set of driving colours for a living seemed like his destiny.

"When top professional sports make significant changes to their rules to speed up games, it’s not done on a whim. They look at analytics and focus groups to see what changes might [pique interest and ...

TROT reached out to a number of trainers, owners, assistant trainers and grooms, and asked them to tell us the name of, and the story behind, the best two-year-old they’ve ever been associated with.

"I’m not saying people should be robots and just do as they’re told. I’m not saying, in a million years, that you shouldn’t have an opinion. Of course you should, it’s your livelihood. What I am sayin...

An all-around horseman with a career that most would envy, the only thing that had been missing from Mark Etsell’s resume was a bonafide superstar. Then, in the fall of 2020, he managed to make his wa...

"Many people will tell you that, in horse racing, there’s really no wrong way to do things. What might work on one horse or for one trainer, might not work for another, but in most cases there isn’t n...

A one-time bullfighting cowboy from Manitoba, Daryl Thiessen had suffered his fair share of injuries over the years.

In 2006, while at the peak of his profession, Brett Pelling left racing and moved back to Australia for some family time. When he returned to America 11 years later, some doubted his chances of gettin...