Stacey Thompson of Guelph, Ont., closes out the year as the December photographer in the 2020 Heart of Harness Racing Calendar with her photo of Qaligirl Blue Chip getting a warm bath from Heather Young at First Line Training Centre after a morning of jogging.

Equine Guelph is calling on horsepeople to participate in their Ontario Horse Racing Industry Survey.

On Wednesday (Dec. 2), the New York State Gaming Commission announced the adoption of three new wagering rules that will provide bettors more options in the sport of harness racing in New York.

The publicity department for the Grand Circuit has sent out its final recap for the 2020 Grand Circuit season.

The Breeders Crown, harness racing’s annual $6 million year-end series of 12 championship events, returns to longtime partner track The Meadowlands, in East Rutherford, N.J., for 2021.

Prairie Westerngal and Northern Dali shared the spotlight as Pompano Park hosted twin Open events for mares on Tuesday (Dec. 1).

Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) action continued at the start of the week over at Dover Downs, with the fillies competing in two non-wagering events on Monday (Nov. 30) followed by the colts and geldings in non-wagering events on Tuesday (Dec. 1).

The Living Horse Hall of Fame Committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame has announced the slate of six candidates for election into the Hall of Fame.

One of Canadian horse racing's original cities has been without a racetrack since the 1980s, when Sackville Downs shut down on the outskirts of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

“Every year, you gain more experience, and more understanding of racing. People see that, they put more trust in you, and you get more drives. It all comes down to having that want to get better and being committed to working hard every day.”

Evelyn Mae Walters, co-founder of Sugar Valley Farm, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 24. She was 93.

Ronald E. Ralph, passed Nov. 24 at the Sussman House in Rockport, Maine. He was 91.

Three-year-old male pacer Tall Dark Stranger finished the Grand Circuit season the No. 1-ranked horse in the final Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll

Diamond Creek announced today that 2017 U.S. Pacer of the Year Downbytheseaside, has a full and closed book for 2021.

To say it was a solid Monday night at the office for driver Austin Sorrie would be an understatement.

Its Academic sprung the upset in Monday’s $36,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but in all fairness – he had a little help from race favourite Oney Hall.

Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office would like to inform horsepeople that this week’s training day has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday due to inclement weather expected for the Mohawk area.

Thirty years ago today, the legendary Artsplace put the exclamation mark on a sensational rookie season with one of the most impressive miles in harness racing history.

Officials would like to remind horsepeople that the final day of qualifying for the 2020 meet will be held on Wednesday (Dec. 2) at 4 p.m. before the regular card of racing begins.

To kick off its final month of racing for the 2020 season Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway will introduce a new wager with a fan friendly takeout and high payout potential.

The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA) celebrated “Caretaker Appreciation Day” on Friday (Nov. 27), and horsemen and local businesses showered gifts and gratitude on the hard-working, unsung men and women who keep horses and stables going.

With a flurry of foes charging across the track up the backstretch, Major Custard raced blindswitched but managed to jostle out of traffic and rip down the center of the course to win the aptly-named $92,840 Western Canada Pacing Derby on Sunday (Nov. 29) at Century Mile.

Carmen Auciello trainee Major Hill lost the lead into the final turn, but battled back against 7-5 favourite Outlawgrabbingears to score a narrow victory in the $11,500 Horses & Geldings Preferred 2 Pace on Sunday (Nov. 29) at Flamboro Downs.

Wearing down her rivals in the stretch drive, Filly Forty Seven was first to the wire in the featured $2,500 Fillies and Mares Open on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 29) at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.

On a Sunday card of harness racing at Pompano Park that featured the FSBOA-sponsored Florida Stallion Stakes for two-year-olds and a pair of open paces, it was a horse in a conditioned event that turned the most heads.

On Saturday night (Nov. 28), Hippodrome 3R honoured the top performers of their recently-completed season by way of a virtual presentation of the Québec Gala des Champions.

Arrhythmic LLC's Thatswhatisaid N rode the pocket to a 26-1 upset in Sunday's (Nov. 29) featured event at Harrah's Philadelphia: a $14,400 top-level conditioned pace.

The 25-minute trip down I-95 for Wallace Watson was certainly worth his time on Saturday (Nov. 28) as he not only won his lone drive of the day at Scarborough Downs, he etched his name in the annals of harness racing history with a bittersweet footnote as the final winning driver in the track's 70-year history.

Standardbred Canada would like to remind all owners and horsepeople that for any horse entered to have its first start of the year after November 30, the eligibility fee that is paid will be valid for 13 months until December 31 of the following year.

A six-year-old pacer with only nine lifetime starts is rarely the material of headline news. But Talbot Romeo is no ordinary horse, and the story of his return to the racetrack is nothing short of remarkable.

The 2020 racing season at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino, which concluded on Nov. 21, produced encouraging gains on many fronts as well as sizeable gains in all-sources handle during the shortened 111-day meeting.

Race fans were treated to a solid, 12-race program Thursday at Rideau Carleton Raceway, and reports indicate the oval celebrated a record handle.

Flamboro Downs wishes to advise participants of revised COVID-19 protocols that the track is enforcing, effective Saturday, Nov. 28.

As part of an ongoing restructuring at Rideau Carleton Raceway, Sunday (November 29) will be the last day race office services will be provided through Mohawk’s office.

With COVID-19 numbers rising across the province, Woodbine Entertainment is asking Standardbred horsepeople to use Standardbred Canada's FREE online Self-Serve entry system to enter horses to race and to qualify.

Fourteen years after starting the journey of a lifetime with a Mach Three yearling colt that forever altered the landscape of the Standardbred breed, Brent MacGrath will aim to taste even just a fraction of the success he and his co-owners experienced with the late, great Somebeachsomewhere as his final crop of yearlings recently entered and exited the sales ring.

The Raceway at Western Fair District is teaming with some of the province’s best drivers to spread added Christmas cheer this holiday season.

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (CHRHF) invites the public to participate in the nomination of people and horses who have made a significant contribution to Canadian Standardbred or Thoroughbred horse racing, for induction to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2021.

On September 30, Standardbred Canada’s Board of Directors announced that the 2020 O’Brien Awards would be a “Virtual Event” due to the ongoing global pandemic. Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the date for the 2020 Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala.

Standardbred Canada (SC) would like to notify members that in the best interests of the health and safety of our members and staff, SC Field Reps will not be working at racetracks during COVID-19.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Standardbred Canada (SC) management has decided to voluntarily close the main office building to external visitors and guests.

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