Kneedeep N Custard came within two-fifth’s of a second from matching the all-time track record Friday evening at Fraser Downs thanks to his 1:50.4 triumph in the $12,000 Open Handicap for pacers.

Standardbred Canada would like to remind members that SC's main office building in Mississauga, Ont. remains closed to external visitors and guests amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Harness racing has been a fixture at Fraser Downs in Surrey for many decades, supporting decent livelihoods for families and an agricultural way of life. But as B.C. enters year two of the COVID-19 pandemic, horse racing in the Fraser Valley is facing difficult times.

Trainer Marcus Melander unveiled a contender for the Aug. 7 Hambletonian Oaks at The Meadowlands Friday night, as his Imhatra AM S worked out a perfect pocket trip with Brian Sears doing the driving on the way to winning her three-year-old debut in 1:56.3.

It was another Burke Brigade Day at Miami Valley on Friday as stablemates Free Thinker and Drama Act were victorious in the two feature races on the card.

The 12-year-old trotting veteran Meladys Monet is no stranger to winning. He won for the 73rd time in his long career on Friday (April 16), taking the Preferred Handicap Trot at Freehold Raceway by a length.

Leonidas A and Alexa Skye finished the preliminary rounds of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series and the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at Yonkers Raceway with equal four-for-four records, but for their respective finals on Monday night (April 19), both of them face outside draws, with Leonidas A starting from post seven and Alexa Skye beginning from post six.

The Québec Jockey Club was again forced to cancel holding qualifying races at Hippodrome 3R because of the pandemic.

The 2021 edition of the Pepsi North America Cup looms closer with each passing day, and Trot Magazine continues to profile some of the race’s top contenders ahead of the million-dollar classic.

The $10,000 Kirk Breed Pace, featuring a very contentious cast of pacing fillies and mares, and a pair of California Sire Stakes for the distaff set highlight Saturday evening’s (April 17) Cal-Expo action.

Brandon Parker enjoyed one of the best days of his young driving career on Thursday (April 15) at Monticello Raceway, capturing five races on the 13-race card.

After recording the largest Thursday night handle in the history of the track on Thursday, April 8, Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino eclipsed that newly minted record and set a new Thursday night handle record just one week later on Thursday, April 15.

Owners and breeders of New Jersey-sired horses are advised that they must be current members of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey and have a W-9 form on file with the SBOANJ in order to be eligible for New Jersey-sired and breeder awards.

Officials with Horse Racing New Brunswick have announced a pair of upcoming qualifying dates at Exhibition Park Raceway.

The photos, dozens of horse images that hang on the 17-year-old’s bedroom walls, take on more meaning with each new day. Every time Anna Tucciarone opens the door, turns on the light and sees the photos, any stresses in her life, big or small, immediately wash away.

Exarch and driver Tony Verruso proved victorious — albeit narrowly — in a three-horse photo in Thursday afternoon's (April 15) North American Amateur Drivers Association trotting event at Monticello Raceway.

After his mare went four-for-four in the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series preliminary races, owner Tom Pollack wasn’t about to get too technical about Alexa Skye’s chances in Monday’s (April 19) $232,800 final for older female pacers at Yonkers.

Vernon Downs is set to begin their 68th year of racing on Saturday (April 17).

The publicity department for the Grand Circuit has sent its weekly recap and preview of racing on the Grand Circuit.

The usual tactics by Wonderful World paid off once again, as she went gate-to-wire in posting a three-quarter-length victory over Xenias Chip in Buffalo Raceway's featured $9,600 Fillies and Mares Class A-B Optional Claiming Handicap Pace on Wednesday night (April 14).

The media department at The Raceway at the Western Fair District has recently compiled some of the 2021 season's top achievements to date — from humans and equines; on the track and at the windows.

The 2021 edition of the Pepsi North America Cup looms closer with each passing day, and Trot Magazine continues to profile some of the race’s top contenders ahead of the million-dollar classic.

With the emergency 28-day shutdown in Ontario continuing and racing still sidelined, the question for many horsepeople—and the industry landscape as a whole—has been shifting from "if" racing will return to "when?"

There's good news for fans of horse racing and auto racing as New York will open the events to spectators beginning April 23, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday (April 14).

Freshman Indiana Sires Stakes (INSS) champ and 2020 North America Cup finalist Odds On Osiris made his first steps onto the racetrack as a four-year-old on Wednesday morning (April 14) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to name three people and three horses to be inducted as the Hall’s Class of 2021.

Winbak Farm of Delaware sadly announces the passing of longtime stallion CR Commando.

One of the east coast's top trotters makes his return to Freehold Raceway on Friday (April 16), as Meladys Monet looks for his third win at Freehold this year.

A tragic barn fire on Tuesday (April 13) at Belmont Park in New York has claimed the lives of two thoroughbred racehorses.

Winning Ticket and driver Aaron Merriman never had an anxious moment in the $40,000 championship leg of the James K. Hackett Memorial, crushing the competition in 1:54.

No sophomore trotting filly came through their first two Bobby Weiss Series preliminaries with a pair of wins.

It’s not very often, if not unprecedented, that a track’s “Late Double” in qualifiers is won by a pair of Breeders Crown champions, much less Crown champion stablemates, but such was the case on Tuesday.

Ontario Racing is pleased to announce that Standardbred horsepeople now have the opportunity to access certain purse funds that remain available under the Funding Agreement with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) as a result of the suspension of live racing in the province as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Blooded Horse Sale is currently taking entries for its Spring Sale, taking place on May 11 in Springfield, Ohio.

Rebellious, superbly handled by Wally Hennessey for trainer Mike Deters, took top honours in Pompano Park's $11,500 Open Handicap Pace on Monday (April 12), stopping the timer in 1:51.1.

On Monday (April 12) officials at Flamboro Downs announced the cancellation of the 2021 Confederation Cup due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.

David Heffering, owner of Tara Hills Stud Farm, and harness trainer Jay Hochstetler joined the special Sunday (April 11) edition of COSA TV to remember the life of Kadabra, while Heffering also talked of other memories from Tara Hills.

Plainridge Park’s trainer of the year in 2020 wasted no time flexing her muscle on the opening day of the track’s 2021 meet.

The first of four $40,000 James K. Hackett Memorial championship races for Ohio-sired sophomore trotters and pacers was featured on Monday at Miami Valley Raceway.

“And they’re off...” When it comes to the horse racing industry in Virginia and the economic impact it is generating, that’s an appropriate metaphor. According to a newly released study, the industry generated an estimated economic impact of $542.1 million in the Commonwealth in 2019.

Horsepeople in Ontario have already weathered two government-imposed shutdowns of racing in the past year — and absorbed the economic hits that came with them. Despite the industry's collective resilience and resolve through a tough 2020, the most recent stay-at-home order threatens lasting implications on the health of horse racing across the province.

The countdown to the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup is on, with Trot Magazine profiling the horses predicted to be the top contenders for Canadian harness racing's richest prize.

The impressive Top Me Off is now two-for-two in the Bobby Weiss Trotting Series for sophomore trotting males after winning in 1:57.1 over a “good” track Sunday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, with Hoolie N Hector joining him with two Weiss wins after a 1:57.4 clocking in his division, all four of which carried a purse of $17,500.

Driver Tim Tetrick recently returned to The Meadowlands after spending the winter racing at Dover Downs, and based on Saturday (April 10) night’s results, the 39-year-old Hall of Famer hasn’t missed a Big M beat by winning four races on the card, including both $30,000 features, one on the trot and the other on the pace.

Trot Insider has learned that two additional cases of equine herpes virus have been reported in Ontario over the past week.

The countdown to the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup is on, with Trot Magazine profiling the horses predicted to be the top contenders for Canadian harness racing's richest prize.

Eddie Miller wins again. The hot-handed youngster scored his fourth victory in seven seasonal starts when he guided Warrior Way to a 1:58.4 victory in a leg of the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association (GLADA) trotting series Saturday (April 10) at Northfield Park.

A short six-horse field went to post on a bright and sunny Saturday afternoon in the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club Trot at Freehold Raceway.

Straight Talk and Mad Man Hill are now 2-for-2 in the Bobby Weiss Series for sophomore pacing males after four $17,500 second round prelims were held Saturday afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

On the heels of a near miss and a runner-up performance in last week’s top class at Fraser Downs, Armycaptin Hanover marched right back into battle Friday evening and came away victorious in the $12,000 Open Pace.

Alexa Skye and driver Todd McCarthy served notice in the final of five preliminary rounds of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at Yonkers Raceway on Friday night with an imposing 1:52.3 victory in her $35,000 division.

Ontario Racing, in response to the latest impacts of COVID-19 on the provincial horse racing industry, is actively working with industry partners, government officials and others, in an effort to secure funds for equine-related support payments (subject to regulatory approvals) for Ontario Standardbred and Thoroughbred horsepeople.

With the scheduled date of the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup just over two months away, Trot Insider has profiled some of the race's top contenders as horses ready to compete for one of Canadian harness racing's biggest prizes.

While, just over a year in, the COVID-19 pandemic is admittedly far from over, there is cause for optimism that the 2021 Gold Cup and Saucer might look a little more like editions from Old Home Weeks of yore.

In the face of continued COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta, the province's horse racing industry is currently working with health officials in an effort to create a return-to-racing plan.

As a result of the Provincial State of Emergency declared today by the Government of Ontario, Woodbine Entertainment announced that training at Woodbine Mohawk Park will be suspended immediately.

The Central Ontario Standardbred Association and TROT Magazine are pleased to announce the second annual COSA Fantasy Stable Contest....read on

It is with great sadness that Hanover Shoe Farms announces that millionaire pacing mare and 2019 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Tricky Tooshie p,1:52.1 ($1,005,556) has passed away at the age of 31.

Longtime harness racing industry participant and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Famer Robert 'Bob' Burgess, Q.C. of Rockwood, Ont. passed away on Saturday, April 3 at the age of 85.

In 2021, it has been confirmed that the Western Fair Agriplex continues to be unavailable due to the pandemic. Given the success of the 2020 online auction, London Virtual Yearling Sale is once again collaborating with onGait for its 2021 sale.

The Heart of Harness Racing April Calendar photographer is Dawn MacInnis of Summerside, P.E.I.

The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) has provided a list of recommendations to assist horsepeople and minimize the risk of positive tests in their racehorses.

Effective April 6, 2021, the AGCO will implement a number of rule changes to the Thoroughbred and Standardbred Rules of Racing following consultation with horseperson representatives and racetrack management staff from across Ontario.

Standardbred Canada's Nurse Mare Program is designed to assist in matching orphaned or rejected foals with nurse mares, and now the process is even easier.

With racing just around the corner, it’s time to get your horse related business in order and the easiest way to do this is to use Standardbred Canada’s eShop

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