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High Voltage Deo Sets Record In Lindsay Construction Cup

High Voltage Deo became Truro Raceway’s fastest pacing gelding ever as he captured the $7,500 Lindsay Construction Cup Invitational on Friday, July 4 in his third straight victory.

A Clean Deal Turns Heads In OSS Gold Win

A Clean Deal impressed in her second career start on Friday, July 4 as she blitzed the Woodbine Mohawk Park oval in 1:50.4 to win the first Ontario Sires Stakes Gold two-year-old contest of the season.

Marquis Takes First Driving Win

Yannick Marquis earned his first pari-mutuel victory in the sulky as he drove Doc Houston, whom he owns and trains, to victory in an amateur contest on Friday, July 4 at Hippodrome 3R.

First Foals Flash Speed Friday At Mohawk

A pair of first foals flashed the fleetest of foot during the Friday, July 4 session of two-year-old qualifiers at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Babies And Big Names Qualify At The Big M Friday

The Fourth of July Breakfast With The Babies session, sponsored by Fashion Farms, got underway at 9 a.m. on a perfect summer morning at The Meadowlands.

Emoticon Legacy Defeats Maryland In Zweig Memorial

Emoticon Legacy, Canada's fastest three-year-old trotter of all time, outlasted 2024 Dan Patch and O'Brien Award winner Maryland to capture the $438,356 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial for sophomore trotters at Vernon Downs on Thursday, July 3.

Buckhead Ridge Wins Seventh Straight In Charlottetown Open

Buckhead Ridge extended his winning streak to seven as he captured the Open Handicap Trot to stay unbeaten since joining the Landon Campbell barn on Thursday, July 3 at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Five For MacDonald At Mohawk

Canada’s four-time defending Driver of the Year James MacDonald put in a strong shift at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday, July 3, winning five of the night’s 10 races.

Canada's Leading Racehorses At The Half

With the first half of the 2025 harness racing season in the books, Trot Insider takes a look at some of the top performing Standardbreds in Canada in the wins, earnings and speed categories.

TROT Magazine Fantasy Stable Standings Live

Standings for the 2025 TROT Magazine Fantasy Stable have been posted online.

Chuck

Chuck Charges Late To Buffalo Open Victory

Chuck used some deep-stretch fireworks to take the $21,918 Open Trot at Buffalo Raceway on Friday, July 4 with a three-quarter length victory over the favoured Big Baller Beane in 1:56.4.

Horses behind the starting gate at Harrah's Philadelphia

Pilar Hanover Off The Mark With Philly Win

Pilar Hanover, on the board in all four of her initial 2025 starts, was quite impressive in finally reaching this year’s win column, winning a $19,178 handicap pace for up-and-coming female pacers at ...

Save America

Save America Returns To Red Shores Saturday

Save America will make his third seasonal start on red soil Saturday, July 5 in Preferred action at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

Odds On Chesapeake

Sophomores Seek Sires Stakes Perfection Saturday At Scioto

Six sophomores are undefeated through two legs of the 2025 Ohio Sires Stakes. Three of them are trained by Virgil Morgan Jr.

Premier Desirey

Premier Desirey Prevails In Aces Open

Driver Luke Plano orchestrated a perfect trip in the $20,205 featured Mares Open Pace at Running Aces on Thursday, July 3 to pull off a 12-1 upset win with Premier Desirey.

John Calabrese

Calabrese Romps In NAADA Trot Thursday

John Calabrese cleared command easily with Draco S and pulled away from the competition to post an open-length score in the $17,495 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers R...

Pennsylvania Fair Racing

Record Book Demolished At Hughesville Fair

Three-year-old trotters and pacers took to the track on Thursday, July 3 during a “two-day meet” at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds in this northcentral Pennsylvania borough, following the two-year-ol...

Vintage Cheddar N

Vintage Cheddar N Breaks Plainridge Record

The track record for aged pacing geldings at Plainridge Park was rewritten on Thursday, July 3 when Vintage Cheddar N stopped the clock in 1:49 in the day’s $34,247 Winners Over Handicap Pace and regi...

Elista Hanover winning at The Meadowlands

Big Weekend For Stoebe At The Big M

The Fourth of July weekend at The Meadowlands will bring more than fireworks for trainer Annie Stoebe.

Harness racing at Harrah's Philadelphia

Walspea Wins For Sharp Smedshammer Barn

The Walner-Speak To Me filly Walspea helped continue a highly-productive early season for trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer by trotting to a new mark of 1:53.3 in the $18,493 conditioned feature on Thu...

USTA Comments On U.S. Supreme Court Decision On HISA

The United States Supreme Court announced on Monday, June 30 that it has granted certiorari in the challenge brought by the United States Trotting Association (USTA), the States of Oklahoma, West Virg...

Bubblles Out winning at Scioto Downs

Bubblles Out Looks To Continue Buckeye Streak

What has been the secret to Bubblles Out’s success in the Buckeye Stallion Series thus far? Trainer Trish Foulk says there’s no magic formula.

Charlottetown Driving Park

Red Shores Adds Special Qualifying Days At CDP

In an effort to assist horsepeople and get horses entered to race, Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park will introduce special qualifying days beginning on Monday, July 7 at...

Century Downs entrance

Century Downs Corgi Classic This Saturday

Century Downs will host its Corgi Classic following its Saturday, July 5 card featuring Alberta Sires Stakes eliminations for three-year-old pacers.

Louprint winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Louprint Favoured In Final Meadowlands Pace Rankings

With Louprint leading the way, there were no changes in the final edition of Dave Little's Road to the Meadowlands Pace Top 10, released on Thursday, July 3.

Nijinsky

Bergstein Graduate Finals Keep Stakes Train Rolling

To honour a man who dedicated his life to the sport and whose face and voice were among the most recognized in the history of harness racing, The Meadowlands has seen fit to add his name to the featur...

Lysiun winning at Bangor Raceway

Lysiun Triples In Maine Stakes; Sailor Jerry Cruises To 50th Win

A dozen three-year-old pacing fillies came right back to Bangor Raceway on Wednesday, July 2 for the third week of the Maine Sire Stakes for more action-filled harness racing under sunny skies.

Harness racing at Northfield Park

Pick 5 Carryover Saturday At Northfield

There were no winning Pick-5 tickets on the Wednesday, July 2nd program. The carryover is rolled over to Saturday.

Harness racing at Scioto Downs

$1 Million Next Generation Card Set For Scioto Saturday

The Saturday, July 5 program will be a large card for Ohio-sired horses, with purses topping $1 million USD for the in-state horses competing at Eldorado Scioto Downs.

Overalls

Overalls Stays Perfect With NYSS Romp

The expected showdown between Overalls and My Philomene in the $150,959 New York Sire Stakes for the two-year-old filly trotters at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday, July 2 never materialized.

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