The Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) announced its annual award winners during the 46th Annual Global Symposium on Racing awards luncheon held Tuesday, Dec. 10....read on

Enoch quarter-poled to the front and easily held off the late challenge of stablemate Latest Desire to capture the opening-leg division of a holiday series at The Meadows for $20,000 claiming horse and gelding pacers on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Mississippi Rabbit took the other $12,000 split....read on

It is with great sadness the Brown family announces the loss of its beloved matriarch, Lorna, on Monday, December 9, 2019, shortly after the celebration of her 90th birthday....read on

Yonkers Raceway has announced its live 2020 schedule, pending approval of the New York State Gaming Commission....read on

Joseph ‘Joe’ Beszczynski Jr. of Darien Center, New York, passed away on November 29, 2019 at the age of 89 after a long illness....read on

It has been announced that Hanover Shoe Farms’ annual broodmare reduction is now taking place online....read on

In what was a ‘see-saw’ finish right to the wire, the USA amateur team eked out a narrow victory over the visiting Italian team at Pompano Park on Monday night (Dec. 9) in the annual friendship series between the two countries....read on

After enjoying a bit of additional down time and turning in a pair of recent qualifiers, fan favourite Wiggle It Jiggleit is set to return to battle Thursday evening at Dover Downs for trainer Clyde Francis....read on

Five of Northfield Park's top drivers will square off against a quintet of Hollywood Dayton's best reinsmen on Friday night in the first-ever 'Buckeye Battle' to determine state bragging rights (North vs. South) as well as raise money for the Greater Dayton Disaster Relief Fund....read on

As 2019 winds down, Standardbred owners are looking forward to the start of the 2020 breeding season and the arrival of several new stallions to the Ontario program....read on

Standardbred Canada’s 2020 Heart of Harness Racing Calendar is now available! ...read on

Richard A. Roth, 87, of Wauseon, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at the Fulton County Health Center....read on

Officials with the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey have announced that the application deadline to stand a stallion in New Jersey is February 15, 2020....read on

It has been announced that the deadline for entries for the John Hervey Awards, George Smallsreed Awards and George Smallsreed Awards has been extended to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 10....read on

Nicholas J. Saponara passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2019 after health issues. Saponara was a member of the Harness Racing Communicators Hall of Fame, and a past president of the U.S. Harness Writers Association, an organization to which he belonged for 57 years....read on

Atlanta, Manchego and Plunge Blue Chip all made headlines in 2019 as part of that extremely deep 2018 three-year-old trotting filly crop that came back to the track as four-year-olds. Phaetosive defeated all three of those fillies in 2018, but her four-year-old campaign was not as noteworthy....read on

“Mentally, that horse has never changed. That’s what’s remarkable about him. You see people sometimes; your attitudes go up and down throughout a racing season. You see that with horses; horses have lulls where they just don’t seem to be too keen. He’s never ever been that way.”...read on

Trot Insider has learned that Ontario Sires Stakes graduate Divas Image has been sold and retired, and will start broodmare duty for her new owner in 2020....read on

On Sunday (Dec. 8), Clinton Raceway will raise a toast to assistant race secretary Kathy Johnston, thanking her for 35 years of service to horse people across Ontario and wishing her well in her coming retirement....read on

Who will win the North America Cup first: a female driver or a female pacer?....read on

On Wednesday (December 4) the Office of The Auditor General of Ontario released its 2019 Annual Report....read on

Winbak Farm of Ontario is proud to announce that Breeders Crown winner The Bank will be joining its stallion lineup for 2020....read on

Standardbred Canada (SC) is coordinating a 'microchipping tour' to facilitate the microchipping of all Standardbred racehorses by the end of 2020, as mandated by the Board of Directors, and to be consistent with the United States Trotting Association....read on

Trot Insider has learned that McWicked, 2018 Horse of the Year and the richest pacing stallion in harness racing history, will stand stud in Ontario in 2020....read on

The Fall Final Four and TVG Finals made some changes to the 2019 TROT Magazine Fantasy Stable leaderboard but a few crucial spots remain unchanged from one month ago....read on

During the afternoon session of Prince Edward Island's legislature on Thursday (Nov. 28) three provincial parties made statements in strong support of the importance of harness racing to P.E.I....read on

The 2019 World Horse Culture Forum kicks off on Friday in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, and Standardbred racing in Canada will have a presence at the global event which is being held this weekend in the autonomous region of northern China....read on

As the stakes season winds down, the industry’s attention turns to year-end honours and awards. The 2019 O’Brien Awards, presented by Standardbred Canada will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Hilton Mississauga / Meadowvale....read on

The richest Canadian-sired Standardbred of all time, international trotting star Arch Madness has passed away at the age of 15....read on

“I think it’s money well spent (the $100 fee to enroll a mare in the Ontario Resident Mare Program). It can certainly be a good windfall down the road. [Century Farroh] wasn’t a real expensive yearling, but you can recoup some of that later on. They don’t all work out that way, but it gives you another avenue to be able to.”...read on

Voting is open for the 2020-2022 Standardbred Canada Election of Directors and proposed By-Law #1 and By-Law #2 Amendments. Voting closes on December 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. (ET)....read on

Standardbred Canada’s Board of Directors approved changes to O’Brien Award Eligibility policies for Horse Awards and the Future Star Award at its most recent Board meeting....read on

The Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission has announced a fee increase for members that will take effect in the new year....read on

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a Microchip ID app which can be used with the Universal WorldScan Reader Plus microchip readers from Merck/HomeAgain®....read on

Have you noticed ads and promotions on the Standardbred Canada website about the new FREE Member Value Program (MVP)? Are you interested in enrolling in the program, but still have questions about how it works?...read on