How did a group of owners from Prince Edward Island, with modest expectations, land themselves the best older pacer currently racing in North America? By Perry Lefko

Au cours des trois dernières années, les courses de standardbred au Canada ont été un bien dur endroit où se trouver si vous êtes un optimiste. Dans les paddocks de course, aux centres d’entraînement et sur les fermes de production, le positivisme s’est manifesté en même temps qu’une terrible dose de médecine ‘réalité’.

For the past three years, Canadian standardbred racing has been a tough place to be if you’re an optimist. In race paddocks, at training centres and on turnout farms, positivity had been met with an awful dose of “reality” medicine.

“The little guy is getting killed.” “The sport is dying.” “We can’t survive.” If you’ve been around harness racing, you’ve heard these lines, and worse.

The debate over the open stretch is one that has raged on in harness racing circles for more than 80 years.

Chris Bourassa knew he had a good idea. But when the longtime horseman turned that idea into a viable product, he even surprised himself. By Chris Lomon

Sometimes a horse comes along to serve a greater purpose. Sometimes a horse brings people together when they need it most. This is the remarkable story of the last Balanced Image still racing. By Keith McCalmont

Les amateurs de sports connaissent la famille Rooney à titre de fondateurs des Steelers de Pittsburgh de la NFL. Mais leur lien avec les courses attelées est tout aussi solide.