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Daddy Debut

First Crop Sires

As we do each and every year, we’ve taken the liberty of refreshing your memory by recapping the racing careers and breeding lines of 11 first-crop sires whose progeny will debut this fall at yearling sales across North America. Only time can tell who will come out on top.
Compiled by Trot Staff

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Signs of Renewal

Wagering

Times have been tough for Canadian harness racing. But as 2014 gets into full gear, there is a sense of optimism, and some positive signs in wagering and attendance, at tracks across the country.

By Darryl Kaplan

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Stories from the Trenches

Yearling Sale Stories

With yearling sales approaching, TROT went searching for unique, behind the scenes stories from North America’s top standardbred sales. Naturally, Murray Brown, Bob Marks and Mike Kimelman, each associated with some of the finest horses ever to race, had no shortage of great tales to share.
By Melissa Keith

MOTIVÉS

National Driving Championship Drivers

Table ronde avec les huit conducteurs aspirant au championnat canadien.

Par Darryl Kaplan / Traduction Louise Rioux

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National Driving Championship Drivers

A roundtable talk with the eight drivers looking to be crowned Canada’s champion.

By Darryl Kaplan

26 November 2024
Issues that need addressing; who will do it?

As a husband and a father raising a family in this industry, it's hard not to be concerned about our future.

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Gilmour Bros.

Brother acts in harness racing are not exactly a rarity but this group was pretty well known for over the past half century. Three of the four driving Gilmour brothers are shown here in this 1959 photo taken at Batavia Downs. From left: John (Guy), George and Wm. "Buddy" Gilmour. John passed away just recently as the last of the three.