Trotting Under Saddle

For the 10 Standardbred riders going postward between the fourth and fifth races on Saturday, August 4 at the Meadowlands Racetrack, the 25,000-plus fans expected on Hambletonian Day may be the larges...

When Jenni Judin takes part in the Exhibition Under Saddle Trot on Monday, August 6, at Mohawk Racetrack, the 24-year-old will feel right at home.

Fifteen-year-old Schae Kelly of Russell, Ont. may be the first person ever to ride a horse and drive a horse on the same program.

On Sunday, August 5, the National Capital Region Harness Horse Association in association with Rideau Carleton Entertainment Centre will be presenting its fifth annual Night of Champions.

Trotting mares Frenchfrysnvinegar and Cedar Dove were repeat winners in the second leg of the Miss Versatility Series on Sunday evening at Mohawk Racetrack.

In the $10,000 Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Gerry Memorial Trot for Hall of Fame drivers, Ron Pierce was the best of a bunch that started the day with a collective $1.1 billion in earnings.

A rare spectacle occurred Sunday, June 24 in St-Hugues when a field of five lined up behind the starting gate and contested a pacing-under-saddle event over the rural Quebec bullring.

Followers of standardbred racing like nothing better than seeing fleet-footed equines don a saddle, take a rider on their backs and go for a whirl.

There was a taste of 'monte' racing at the Gaitway Farms training centre on Friday, April 27

On Saturday night, Yonkers Raceway played host to the $400,000 Fall Harvest Series, but prior to the program, the Raceway presented its first-ever Racing Under Saddle exhibition, featuring seven accom...