After enjoying a bit of additional down time and turning in a pair of recent qualifiers, fan favourite Wiggle It Jiggleit is set to return to battle Thursday evening at Dover Downs for trainer Clyde Francis.

As 2019 winds down, Standardbred owners are looking forward to the start of the 2020 breeding season and the arrival of several new stallions to the Ontario program.

Tattersalls Sales Co. reminds sellers that entries for its Winter Mixed Sale will close at the end of regular business hours on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

Hammered down to 1-9, Jimmys Little Girl was every bit as dominant on the track as she was on the board Monday at The Meadows, cruising to victory in the opening leg of a series for $10,000 claiming fillies and mares.

Standardbred Canada’s 2020 Heart of Harness Racing Calendar is now available!

Richard A. Roth, 87, of Wauseon, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at the Fulton County Health Center.

Officials with the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey have announced that the application deadline to stand a stallion in New Jersey is February 15, 2020.

The Harness Horse Youth Foundation’s 201 set of Harness Heroes trading cards is now available for holiday gift giving.

Pocket-sitter Beachin Lindy emerged through the open stretch to stick a neck in front at the finish and win the $11,500 Preferred 2 Pace at Flamboro Downs on Sunday, Dec. 8.

The USA-Italian Amateur Competition took centre stage at Pompano Park on Sunday night (Dec. 8), and it was the American squad that edged out the Italians in the first of their two-night, four-race series.

According to findings of a study by Equine Guelph, there is a relatively easy, non-invasive way to determine whether your horse is in a state of stress or not.

Nicholas J. Saponara passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2019 after health issues. Saponara was a member of the Harness Racing Communicators Hall of Fame, and a past president of the U.S. Harness Writers Association, an organization to which he belonged for 57 years.

Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the New Jersey Racing Commission have deployed a new asset in the effort to prevent cheating in the horse racing industry -- a specially-trained scent-sniffing dog named Shadow.

This week's edition of 'Rewind' takes readers back to the decade of the 1970s in the monthly offering of Years Ago.

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame invites the public to participate in the nomination of people and horses who have made a significant contribution to Canadian horse racing, for induction to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2020.

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is assessing the two existing in-race interference adjudication approaches that are currently used in racing jurisdictions around the world.

For the third straight year driver Louis-Philippe Roy helped spread some holiday cheer to those less fortunate by donating his driving earnings from the Thursday evening program at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

On Wednesday (December 4) the Office of The Auditor General of Ontario released its 2019 Annual Report.

Winbak Farm of Ontario is proud to announce that Breeders Crown winner The Bank will be joining its stallion lineup for 2020.

Standardbred Canada (SC) is coordinating a 'microchipping tour' to facilitate the microchipping of all Standardbred racehorses by the end of 2020, as mandated by the Board of Directors, and to be consistent with the United States Trotting Association.

Trot Insider has learned that McWicked, 2018 Horse of the Year and the richest pacing stallion in harness racing history, will stand stud in Ontario in 2020.

Shartin N closed out the 2019 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll the way she started — on top.

The heartwarming story of Emprize Hanover, ‘Junior’ and ‘Elena’ has resonated with the North American Standardbred industry over the course of the past few years. Many surely wondered if the pair would ever face off on the racetrack. Guess what? It happened.

A regular contributor to the Heart of Harness Racing calendar, Jackie McManus of Komoka, Ont., ends the 2019 calendar with her picturesque photo of DM Johnwick being trained by Gord McKnight at Dorchester Downs Training Centre in Dorchester, Ont.

During the afternoon session of Prince Edward Island's legislature on Thursday (Nov. 28) three provincial parties made statements in strong support of the importance of harness racing to P.E.I.

The 2019 World Horse Culture Forum kicks off on Friday in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, and Standardbred racing in Canada will have a presence at the global event which is being held this weekend in the autonomous region of northern China.

As the stakes season winds down, the industry’s attention turns to year-end honours and awards. The 2019 O’Brien Awards, presented by Standardbred Canada will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Hilton Mississauga / Meadowvale.

The richest Canadian-sired Standardbred of all time, international trotting star Arch Madness has passed away at the age of 15.

“I think it’s money well spent (the $100 fee to enroll a mare in the Ontario Resident Mare Program). It can certainly be a good windfall down the road. [Century Farroh] wasn’t a real expensive yearling, but you can recoup some of that later on. They don’t all work out that way, but it gives you another avenue to be able to.”

Voting is open for the 2020-2022 Standardbred Canada Election of Directors and proposed By-Law #1 and By-Law #2 Amendments. Voting closes on December 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. (ET).

Standardbred Canada’s Board of Directors approved changes to O’Brien Award Eligibility policies for Horse Awards and the Future Star Award at its most recent Board meeting.

The Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission has announced a fee increase for members that will take effect in the new year.

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a Microchip ID app which can be used with the Universal WorldScan Reader Plus microchip readers from Merck/HomeAgain®.

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?