It was a ‘go to the front and don’t look back’ approach used by Senior Market in Monday’s $8,500 Preferred 3 for horse and gelding pacers at The Raceway at Western Fair District, and it worked!

With a record 24 Breeders Crown eliminations in the books from the weekend, here are the final fields for the $6 million Breeders Crown finals on Sat., Oct. 27.

The Artsplace broodmare Arterra has produced a pair of million dollar winners in If I Can Dream ($1,990,276) and Western Terror ($1,164.174); her 2015 foal by A Rocknroll Dance, Davids Coming Home, may not have the lofty credentials of the other two mentioned here, but he may be coming into his own right now, as he captured the $13,000 featured pace at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono Monday night.

Classic Banker found racing room into the final turn and brushed through the lane to capture Monday’s feature at The Meadows, a $13,000 Conditioned Trot.

The Hoosier Classic Yearling Sale completed another successful weekend, as it sent 354 yearlings through the sale ring this past Friday (Oct. 19) and Saturday (Oct. 20) at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

Steve Williams, 60, the longtime, hands-on manager at White Birch Farm in New Jersey, passed away on Sunday morning (Oct. 21).

Trot Insider has learned that Little Brown Jug winner Courtly Choice has made the final start of his sophomore season.

Trot Insider has learned that the program of live racing that had been scheduled for this coming Sunday (Oct. 28) at Inverness Raceway has been cancelled.

In conjunction with its annual yearling sale in Harrisburg, the Standardbred Horse Sales Company is pleased to announce the 2018 edition of its popular ‘Stable Stars’ contest.

After a one week respite, the Massachusetts Sire Stakes (MASS) will return to action at Plainridge Park. Four freshman races totalling $163,434 will head to post on Monday afternoon (Oct. 22) while five events for second-year starters totalling $163,000 will be contested on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 23).

Stephane Brosseau ripped Flying Isa N off cover from third over moving into the stretch and shot by all competition to take the $8,100 Preferred Trot at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday, Oct. 21 in 1:57.3.

On Sunday (Oct. 21), Truro Raceway hosted an anticipated 12-race program that included a pair of Maritime Breeders Stakes finals for juveniles and a Nova Scotia Stake for the ‘glamour boys.’

Bestofthebunch bested the bunch in the $6,000 Preferred Pace at Leamington Raceway on Sunday, Oct. 21 with a wire-to-wire victory by four and a half lengths in 1:57.3.

Preliminary stakes action was in full swing on Sunday (Oct. 21) at Fraser Downs, as the British Columbia raceway hosted third-leg divisions of both the Robert Murphy Breeders Stakes for three-year-old male pacers and the Betty Millbank Memorial Breeders Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies.

From the moment the wings folded on the starting gate it was all open road for Mando Fun, as he guarded the rail and was on top the entire mile in the featured event Sunday afternoon (Oct. 21) at Red Shores’ Summerside Raceway.

A trotter named after a character in Quentin Tarantino’s classic 1994 crime film ‘Pulp Fiction’ danced its way to a series-final victory on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 21).

A push to bring live horse racing back to the shuttered Sports Creek Raceway has picked up momentum, as a horsemen’s group has announced that a deal is in place to purchase the track, and state regulators have confirmed that two applications seeking licencing have been received.

In 2017, pacing colt Mateo dominated Western Canada's sophomore pacing colt ranks and his campaign culminated with an O'Brien Award nomination. Clearly that ability runs in the family as his younger brother has now etched his name in the Northlands Park record books.

At the Harrisburg Select Sale, Winbak Farm will be selling yearlings eligible to New York, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

In this week's 'Rewind' column Robert Smith takes a look back at the year of 1973 and lists a number of highlights of that season and also displays a few old photographs relating to that year.

There was a special buzz in the air on Thursday (October 18) as Rideau Carleton Raceway and Casino, future home of Hard Rock, teamed up with the Canadian Cancer Society to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research and support programs through the Pink Power Battle to the Wire event.

Congratulations to Adam Norwood of Saint John, N.B., the grand prize winner of the I Love Canadian Harness Racing Fan Club’s Pick 8 Online Handicapping Contest, which was presented in cooperation with the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) and featured $1,750 in prize money!

It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Jean McEachern on Monday, October 15 at age 90.

Shorelines Slots at Kawartha Downs issued an announcement via social media late last night (Sunday, Oct. 14) stating that the site will be closed temporarily.

Officials with Woodbine Mohawk Park would like to inform all horsepeople of an upcoming change to the track’s qualifying schedule.

Trot Insider has compiled this comprehensive report from Day 5 of the proceedings in regard to the civil lawsuit that a group of Ontario Standardbred breeders has filed against the Province of Ontario and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation over the cancellation of the former Slots at Racetracks Program.

The 2018 enrollment forms for the Quebec Mare Residency Program are now available.

Standardbred Canada would like to remind all owners and horsepeople that 2018 eligibility fees must be paid prior to any horse racing in 2018.