Do you have an eye for photography that captures the Heart of Harness racing? The ‘I Love Canadian Harness Racing’ fan club wants to see your photos!

For the past two years we’ve been overwhelmed with the photos that we receive for our Heart of Harness Racing Calendar. The 12 photos that we chose represented hundreds of great photos that we received. So now we are excited to announce our six month ‘ZOOM Photography Challenge.’

From April to September we’ll pick a theme for the challenge and invite photo submissions from all amateur photographers that reflect the theme.

To kick things off, April’s theme is 'Instagram Free for All!' Show us your best photos that capture the Heart of Canadian Harness racing with a twist; they need to be ‘Instagrammed.’ Get those iPhones and Android phones out!

A committee will select a handful of the best entries, which will be included in a poll on SC’s website. We’ll also post the entries on our Facebook page. Readers will then have the chance to vote for the photo they like the best.

The monthly winner will receive a great Fan Club Swag Prize package ($50 value) and the six monthly winners will be eligible to win a Grand Prize, which will include a $50 gift card to the racetrack of their choice and an enlargement of their winning photo framed or plaque mounted!

Contest Guidelines:

• Open to fan club members only, not a member? Join HERE for free! (IMPORTANT: photo submissions entered by non fan club members will NOT be considered for the contest)

• Only amateur photographers may enter this contest.

• Photos should be taken during the contest period.

• Photos must be a minimum 72 dpi, however 150 dpi is preferred.

• Photos may not appear to be digitally altered.

• Upon submission, you are releasing your photographs to Standardbred Canada and we reserve the right to publish them on our website, Facebook page, Pinterest Page & in print if we so choose (due credit will be given)

• Contests will open on the 15th of the month, and end exactly one month later

• Please include your name in the filename of your photo

• When you submit your photo, please include your name, address, and details about the subject matter that you photographed, (any names, location) as well as the date that the photo was taken.

Here are the timelines for the first month’s contest:

• March 16 – Contest opens

• April 15 – Entry deadline

• April 15 – Announce theme for next month

• April 18 – Announce contest finalists; voting opens

• April 22 – Deadline for voting

• April 30 – Reveal first winner

Think you’ve got what it takes to win the ‘ZOOM Challenge?’ Submit your photos to [email protected]. Good Luck!