Le conseil d’administration de Standardbred Canada s’est réuni en juillet avec un ordre du jour bien rempli.

Standardbred Canada’s Board of Directors met in July with a full agenda. We cleaned up many By-laws and adjusted some others to help facilitate a different board size.

Une des affirmations que j’entends constamment tant de la part du gouvernement que des gens de l’industrie même des courses, c’est qu’il y a trop d’hippodromes. Ils pointent les horaires de diffusion simultanée surchargés, les montants pariés et les tribunes tranquilles pour justifier qu’une industrie plus forte passera par un moins grand nombre d’hippodromes. À mes yeux, l’argument est un non-sens.

One of the assertions that I continue to hear from both the government and people within the horse racing industry is that there are too many racetracks. They point to crowded simulcast schedules, wagering figures and quiet grandstands as justification that a stronger industry will have fewer tracks. As far as I am concerned, the argument is complete nonsense.

With the recent exploits of pacing-sired trotter Googoo Gaagaa making news, we ask... Can trotters and pacers combine for greater speed on a single gait than we ever thought possible?

When Roosevelt Raceway offered trotter Thomas Atkyns and trainer Constancio Formia an all expenses paid invitation to the 1962 International Trot, the Argentinian horseman jumped at the chance.