Many of harness racing’s brightest stars will gather at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono this Saturday (June 29) for the Sun Stakes Saturday card.

“It’s the most amazing feeling putting so much of your time and effort into making a horse sound and happy. Seeing them go behind the gate and giving their all, win or lose, it is rewarding just seeing them there.”

The strip at the Ridge was in fine form on Monday afternoon and the feature race was evidence of that as Bo Mach went the best mile of his life in the $14,000 Winners-Over Handicap pace at Plainridge Park to register his third consecutive win.

Gary Simpson's Wichita Lineman won his third straight race Monday, this time in the featured $20,000 Open at Harrington Raceway.

Horsepeople are reminded that next Monday's (July 1) racing program at Exhibition Park Raceway will be drawn on Wednesday (June 26).

Despite fronting the first quarter in a contested :26.3, Classicality retook past the quarter and won comfortably in Monday’s (June 24) $20,000 Open 1 Handicap Trot at The Meadows.

Champion trotter Gimpanzee will bring his undefeated record to Yonkers Raceway on Tuesday evening (June 25) in a division of the New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings. The Dan Patch Award winning two-year-old of 2018 will take to the track in a non-wagering split of the NYSS at approximately 6:10 p.m.

Sent at odds of 8-1, Uptown Funk stalked a quick pace before circling wide and catching pacesetter Pretty Handsome on the wire to win the $11,500 Preferred 2 Pace on Sunday, June 23 at Georgian Downs.

Former world champion James MacDonald, Driver of the Year runner-up Bob McClure and east coast native Colin Kelly all trekked west for the fourth annual Pacing for Charity event at Century Downs on Sunday, June 23. The trio competed on the 10-race card and pledged their earnings to their respective charities.

The second annual Ben Hur Cup, matching talented young drivers Doug McNair and Louis-Philippe Roy, produced an outstanding contest enjoyed by all concerned on Sunday afternoon (June 23) at Hippodrome 3R, with McNair having a spectacular day but still edging out the tenacious Roy by only three points, 56-53.

For the second straight week, Windmeredontmatter ($5.00) notched a pillar-to-post win in the featured pace at Inverness Raceway, winning Sunday's (June 23) $1,150 winners-over event in 2:00.2.

"I was dumbfounded. A top catch-driver like him was actually asking me, a green teenager, my opinion about what was about to occur on the track? Was someone playing a joke on me? Was this for an episode of Candid Camera?"....read on / continuer à lire

As summer finally came to the Chicagoland area, the action was heating up on the racetrack as leg two action for the Night of Champions races took place this past weekend at Hawthorne. Three-year-old pacers were the focus on Saturday night while three-year-old trotters took center stage on Sunday night.

Overcoming an assigned post, Mugshots Bro took the $15,000 Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday, June 23.

After being overpowered by Highalator in a Great Northeast event at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono earlier in the month, Im A Big Deal ($3.60) got back in the win column on Sunday afternoon (June 23) at Harrah's Philadelphia with a 1:50.2 score in the $18,000 featured top-level pace.

Jason Ryan wasted no time securing his 1,000th career driving win on Saturday (June 22) at Hanover Raceway, reaching the milestone in the evening's first race.

After making the return to the racetrack in 2018 at the age of 10, pacing stallion Rollwithitharry will soon return to the races again in 2019 but will do with a bevy of new owners supporting a charitable cause.

Officials with the Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission (APHRC) would like to remind everyone of the 12th Annual Stretch Drive Benevolent Fund Golf Tournament, which will take place at Fox Meadow Golf Club in Stratford, PE on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.

It’s not easy to make it into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, nor should it be. A million dollars in career earnings isn’t enough to warrant recognition, particularly over a span of seven years and 142 races. But what of the path to that million?....read on / continuer à lire

The Horse Racing Appeal Panel is seeking stakeholder feedback on its Rules of Procedure as part of its ongoing commitment to continually enhance and improve its adjudicative process.

Monday (June 24) is the last opportunity to consign horses to the 2019 Goshen Yearling Sale that will be held‪ on Sept. 8 at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, N‬.Y.

The Hubtown Horse Owners Club is an initiative brought forward by collaboration between Truro Raceway Ltd. and the Truro Harness Horse Owners Association as a way to introduce and bring affordable horse ownership to the community in rural Nova Scotia.

“As a caretaker, the most rewarding aspect of working with the horse is the relationship you build with them. They recognize you as soon as they see you and they learn to put their trust in you.”

“It’s well above what I expected coming over here. It’s a dream come true, really. I can’t say how much I appreciate all the help I’ve received that’s gotten me to the stage I’m at now… I’m lucky, really lucky.”

It has been announced that tickets are now on sale for the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame’s 2019 Induction Gala, which will be held on Wednesday, August 7.

Back by popular demand, one of the biggest events of the live horse racing season at Grand River Raceway will feature four-legged warriors of a markedly different kind.

“The most rewarding part of being a horse person is seeing all the little things you do daily bring a positive change in a horse. When working with a troubled horse, whether it be an injury or attitude issue, and seeing your hard work pay off is truly an amazing feeling.”

The 2019 Pepsi North America Cup card may have been conducted under cloudy skies with a bit of drizzle, but that couldn't put a damper on the stars that shone brightly on the racetrack and heated up the Campbellville, Ont. area oval for a number of Canadian record performances.

It has been announced that Gilles Barrieau, one the most dominant drivers to ever get in the sulky in the Maritimes, will join four others in being enshrined into the Greater Saint John Sports Hall of Fame later this year.

Regarded by many as one of the greatest Standardbreds to ever look through a bridle, the great Dan Patch took his place among the immortals of Canadian harness racing with his induction into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame on Wednesday (June 5).

The 2019 season marks the thirteenth consecutive year that the Atlantic provinces and Standardbred Canada have partnered to offer the Atlantic Provinces Bursary Program.

In response to a request from the industry to consider revising the current rules and Directives with respect to urging, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is making an amendment to the Standardbred Rules of Racing.

Early mornings, long, late nights . . . caretakers are the unsung heroes of harness racing. We task them with the responsibility of making sure the horses they care for are happy and healthy, physically and emotionally.

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?

Standardbred Canada has released the initial set of 2019 two-year-olds in training for our popular and comprehensive nation-wide list.

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