February 8, 2020:

Longtime racehorse owner Kenneth Sommer, who kept horses with trainers including Virgil Morgan Jr. and Gregg McNair, has passed away....read on

February 8, 2020:

The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono opened on Saturday night (Feb. 8), the earliest seasonal start in the 55 years of racing at the track. But while the temperature hung around the freezing mark, the competition on the oval was hot, mainly in the first preliminary leg of two sections of the track’s Game Of Claims Pacing Series....read on

February 8, 2020:

The Preferred Handicap Trot and the Preferred Handicap Pace served as the co-features on the 13-race Freehold Raceway card on Saturday (Feb. 8). One proved a tale of continued dominance, another was an underdog story....read on

February 8, 2020:

North American Harness Update (NAHU) has announced a weekly handicapping contest presented by Bow River Jewelry that will run through most of the 2020 season....read on

February 8, 2020:

This week's edition of 'Rewind' takes readers back to the decade of the 1990's in the monthly offering of Years Ago. Robert Smith has assembled a few old photos as well as some short stories on the people and happenings from back then....read on

February 8, 2020:

To say driver Doug McNair has enjoyed a quick start to the 2020 season would be a gross understatement....read on

February 8, 2020:

Trainer Kelly Hoerdt had power in numbers in Friday’s $30,000 Cloverdale Pace Final at Fraser Downs, but not many expected Hoerdt’s Go Nine O to rise to the occasion....read on

February 7, 2020:

Checks On The Way destroyed a field of classy distaffers in the $24,000 Mares Open Pace at Miami Valley Raceway on Friday night. Her 1:51.2 clocking, in her first start back after a two-month break, was two full seconds faster than any of the previous five Friday night features thus far in the meet....read on

February 7, 2020:

Organizers with the Ontario Standardbred Horse Show Series are gearing up for another great show season, and they’ve released details of this year’s schedule....read on

February 7, 2020:

Pridecrest, a coast-to-coast victor in his most recent appearance at the head of the class, gets the marquee treatment in Saturday evening’s $7,400 Open Trot at Cal Expo....read on

February 7, 2020:

As you read this, horseman Gilles Barrieau will be in Florida, enjoying the sun and possibly a cold beverage. Many would agree that he's earned it....read on

February 7, 2020:

"You have to keep it fresh because probably about 60 percent of the people who come out come out every year...we want to make it entertaining. It's a great night to celebrate Canadian harness racing but it's also about having a good time, too."...read on

February 6, 2020:

After disappointing as the odds-on favourite in last week’s first start off the shelf, Backstreet Shadow went down the road in Thursday’s follow-up assignment in the $32,500 Preferred Handicap for pacers at Dover Downs....read on

February 6, 2020:

All eyes – and a whole bunch of money – were focused on heavily-favoured Northern Royale in Thursday’s second leg of the Wine & Roses Trotting Series at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but that one was upended by Club Belvedere....read on

February 6, 2020:

Standardbred breeder/owner/horseman Robert Gould Irving, 80, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2020, in Bangor, Maine, surrounded by his family....read on

February 6, 2020:

The Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund has released annual Breeders Awards for the 2019 racing season, totalling $1 million....read on

February 6, 2020:

Royal Mistress made 81 career starts before heading south of the border in December to test her luck stateside. Given the lines she’s produced since she made the trip, Royal Mistress is probably happy that she made the trek....read on

February 6, 2020:

It has been announced that James Allan Sizer passed peacefully at the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, in his 84th year....read on

February 6, 2020:

Saturday, February 1 was a night to remember as Standardbred Canada honoured and recognized the 2019 Canadian harness racing champions at the annual O’Brien Awards Black Tie Gala at the Hilton Mississauga / Meadowvale in Mississauga, Ontario....read on

February 6, 2020:

The Goshen Yearling Sale has released information in regard to the 2020 edition of its annual event....read on

February 5, 2020:

Major Occasion A ($2.80) impressed in Wednesday's (Feb. 5) $27,500 Mares Open at Dover Downs, as he mounted a powerful charge up the backstretch en route to a four and three-quarter-length victory....read on

February 5, 2020:

Despite traffic trouble early and slowly developing cover in the middle stages, Sizzlen Hot Herbie ($5.60) proved able to overcome those obstacles for a narrow 1:59 win in Wednesday's (Feb. 5) featured $8,500 Preferred 3 Trot at The Raceway at Western Fair District....read on

February 5, 2020:

Officially My Way had it her way on the front end and went on to tally her second consecutive victory during Wednesday’s (Feb. 5) feature at The Meadows, a $12,400 conditioned pace for fillies and mares....read on

February 5, 2020:

Freehold Raceway will host a 13-race program this Saturday (Feb. 8) that will feature full fields in every race. The co-headliners will be the Preferred Handicap Pace and the Preferred Handicap Trot....read on