Trotting On The Rideau

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Honouring Rideau Canal Ice Races

February 05, 2018

There may not be live harness racing on the frozen Ottawa Canal for Winterlude 2018, but that has not stopped Standardbreds from having a presence – albeit it a frosty one.

Remembering The Rideau Ice Races

February 04, 2017

Thirty-eight years ago today, a pair of Canadian Prime Ministers -- one acting and one future -- were among some 40,000 hardy souls who lined the banks of Ottawa’s Rideau Canal in sub-zero weather on ...

Trudeau & Trotting On The Rideau

November 04, 2015

On the day Justin Trudeau officially becomes the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, Trot Insider looks back at his brush with harness racing with some rare photographs profiling an iconic day in Canadian ...