The election of the 2017-2019 Standardbred Canada Board of Directors will take place on December 16, 2016.

Shake It Off Lindy surged first over around the final turn to pass pacesetter Southwind Cobra, upsetting in one of the six $334,500 Bluegrass splits for two-year-old trotting colts Thursday at The Red Mile.

Perfect Escape won the Thursday night feature at Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park in a dazzling 1:54.2.

Two consolations for two-year-old trotters took center stage at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Thursday evening as several New York Sire Stakes horses wrapped up their stakes campaign.

Sophomore pacers and trotters compete on the first matinee program of the Grand Circuit meeting at The Red Mile on Sunday, October 2, with three divisions of the $188,200 Bluegrass for trotting fillies, two divisions of the $163,500 Bluegrass for trotting colts, two divisions of the $147,000 Bluegrass for pacing fillies, and three divisions of the $173,900 Bluegrass for pacing colts.

“Friday night will definitely be very emotional for me, but I think ‘Pete’ has a very good shot to win this race and of course that is exactly what I want. Not only for Larry, but the entire Rheinheimer family and for Pete.”

Officials with Grand River Raceway have issued an update in regard to the track’s upcoming training schedule.

Seelster Farms has announced that its 2016 yearling videos are now available online.

Longtime Standardbred owner Dean Davis, 82, passed away at home surrounded by family on Tuesday, September 27.

The Stuart Stocks Memorial Equine Award has been created by the Stocks family in memory of their beloved brother, son and uncle, Mr. Stuart Stocks.

It was the 'Tale Of Two Bobs' in the Top Performer standings for Grand River Raceway’s 2016 live racing season, which wrapped up September 28.

Kawartha Downs’ 2016 season will come to a close this Saturday, October 1. It’s appreciation night as the track thanks its fans, horse people and staff for another incredible season of racing.

Donald Doyle of Marmora, Ontario was the grand prize winner in the I Love Canadian Harness Racing Fan Club’s Pick 8 Online Handicapping Contest, presented in cooperation with the Ontario Sires Stakes and featuring $1,500 in prize money.

The Red Mile is committed to creating an even playing field for all. Starting with the second week of the Grand Circuit, in addition to horses being required to be on the grounds 24 hours prior to their race, a detention barn will be implemented for a selected number of stakes races.

Horse Racing New Brunswick hosts its penultimate card for the 2016 racing meet this Saturday at Exhibition Park Raceway.

On Tuesday, September 27, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario announced that it will be hosting a series of targeted, in-person stakeholder roundtables this fall. The roundtables will to further discuss proposals for reform and implementation details for the future of the regulation of horse racing in Ontario.

A major North American Standardbred racetrack has announced that it is looking to card a pair of $250,000 invitationals – one for trotters and another for pacers – if it can drum up enough interest from horsepeople.

On Tuesday morning, executives from racetracks across North America talked takeout.

"He was like his own college course. It took you quite awhile to graduate, but once you graduated you could pretty much race anywhere."

Always B Miki and Wiggle It Jiggleit, the two most dominant active pacers in the world, will match strides for the seventh time this season in the $150,000 Dayton Pacing Derby at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Friday night (September 30).

Just over three months remain in the 2016 Trot Magazine Fantasy Stable contest with a tight race among the top three stables.

Over the past five months the I Love Canadian Harness Racing Fan Club has received many exciting photos for the Zoom Photography Challenge. September will mark the sixth and final challenge of the year which is why we decided to bring back our most popular theme yet -- ‘Meet My Horse.’

Meet the eight men still vying to represent Canada on home soil in the 2017 World Driving Championship, and learn a bit about what is going through their minds as they prepare for the Canadian National Driving Championship on October 14, 2016...read on

Flamboro Downs is proud to host the Ellamony Stakes, a premier $100,000 event showcasing the best aged pacing mares.

When a Canadian-based, Quebec-bred went south on Hambletonian Day to face some of the best older pacing horses ever to race, few thought he’d come out a winner....read on / continuer à lire

The 25-member Little Brown Jug Society held its annual meeting this morning (Wednesday, September 21) at Ohio Wesleyan University. The LBJ Society voted in several major changes for future Little Brown Jug and Jugettes.

On Monday, Horse Racing Alberta announced that Century Casinos Europe GmbH is the successful applicant to own, build and operate an 'A' Track Horse Racing Facility in the Edmonton market area. More details on that project have been revealed.

Is one of your favourite harness racing drivers competing for the National Driving Championship title on Friday, October 14 at The Raceway at Western Fair District? Well, here’s your chance to cheer them on!

On Friday, September 16, the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency unveiled a revised list of items allowed in the retention area.

The 2016 Enrollment forms for the Quebec Mare Residency Program are now available.

Standardbred Canada would like to remind all owners and horsepeople that 2016 eligibility fees must be paid prior to any horse racing in 2016.