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As we head into 2013, Trot Radio looks back at some of Canadian harness racing's best moments from 2012.

Today's episode of Trot Radio looks back at 2012, a year that for those in Ontario's horse racing industry meant a year of questions, frustration and uncertainty.

"We've never been this far or this firm with anybody. In the past we've had the design of what we wanted to build and never really found the funding we needed.

After surgery and stem cell therapy to treat an injured ankle in September, San Pail's trainer and co-owner Rod Hughes received an progress update from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Kentucky on...

"We had people coming in from Montreal and Quebec City by organized buses, as well as people just coming in on their own from the townships of Montreal and so on. It became a bit of a social occasion....

In an article published by CBC on Monday discussing the OMAFRA Panel Report on transitioning racing from the slots-at-racetracks program, Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin noted, “Often at races, y...

"We think the basis of it, which is tying the amount of purses and therefore the available number of race days to the amount of handle available - to actually the participation of the horseplayers and...

"I think there's widespread concern across the province, not just with the racing element, but with the government's so-called modernization program.

"I think the days of having a racetrack simply for racing are gone by. We have to merge and find ways of giving a real complete entertainment package - that's really a big part of this."

On Wednesday, October 10, the Province of Saskatchewan announced that, effective March 31, 2013, it will no longer be taking the 10 per cent tax it currently collects on horse-racing wagers.

With a new track and a renewed interest in harness racing, horsemen in the province of Saskatchewan are now left pondering their future after losing government support effective next year.

On Sunday night at Rideau Carleton Raceway, Canadian driving legend Herve Filion will be making a special guest appearance competing at the Ottawa-area oval. According to Filion, these will be his "la...