Two-year-old pacing colts and geldings were the stars of the show Thursday evening at Summerside Raceway as they battled in a pair of $12,880 ‘A’ divisions of the Atlantic Sires Stakes.

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Due to the high volume of inquiries and member business, Standardbred Canada’s response time for transactions done over the phone may be delayed by 24 - 48 hours.

Standardbred Canada (SC) is pleased to launch Self-Serve 2.0, the upgraded and improved online entry program for SC member trainers.

The 2020 Ontario Sires Stakes season is underway, and the first ever COSA Fantasy Stable Contest standings are now available.

“He is a horse that my mother has carefully raised. [He] is very calm for a stallion, and especially for a trotter. I never thought he would win not one, but two Trotter of the Year championships at Trois-Rivières."

A pair of three-year-old trotting fillies recorded victories on Thursday (July 9) at Harrah's Philadelphia in advance of a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes leg that is scheduled for next week at the track.

“He’s still the kind of colt that’s only going to do what he’s made to do. I know I don’t have a (1:) 48 mile in him yet, I don’t even know if he could do it. I’d like to think he could step it up with the better horses.”

After having been crowned champion in 2019, Woodmere Skyroller will look for her first win of her three-year-old campaign in Atlantic Sires Stakes action Friday evening (July 10) at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway as Governor’s Plate Week racing continues.

The Meadowlands Racetrack has released the final installment of its Road to the Meadowlands Pace rankings.

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

With the travel uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, Brittany Farms has announced that it will offer complete, virtual inspections of its yearlings via its website this fall.

Officials with the Meadows have issued a reminder to horsepeople in regard to the the Arden Downs stakes for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings.

Power And Grace ($19.50) made every call a winning one and lived up to her name in Wednesday's (July 8) featured $11,500 Preferred 2-3 Handicap Trot at Grand River Raceway.

Gias Surreal ($5.30) went from last to first and collected her third straight win in the $11,500 Class A-Open Handicap Pace for fillies and mares with a head victory over Blacknsweet Adda A in 1:55 at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday evening (July 8).

Splash Blue Chip proved fastest of all in Wednesday afternoon's (July 8) New York Sire Stakes for two-year-old trotting fillies at Saratoga Casino Hotel.

On a Wednesday afternoon (July 8) when the Harrah’s Philadelphia oval was favouring forwardly-placed horses, driver Tim Tetrick captured the program's $12,800 distaff pacing feature with Affluent Seelster.

Sierra Kosmos (3, 1:53.4 [$558,710]), one of the fastest trotters of the 1990s, recently passed away at the Pennsylvania farm of Rick and Gina Beinhauer, who have owned him since he was a yearling. Sierra Kosmos was 31.

“He was a great horse last year and he’s filled out and put on a lot more muscle this year. You can really see that he’s a year older. He never threw in a bad race last year, and so far this year, he’s been very good.”

Trot Insider has been informed that there will be no schooling at the Hiawatha Horse Park this Saturday (July 11). Additionally, only horses that are scheduled to race and/or qualify will be allowed on the grounds.

In the midst of the 70th season of racing at Scarborough Downs, the summer harness racing meet will be suspended following the card on Friday (July 10) due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, which currently do not allow the track to entertain patrons.

Twelve divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes will be contested this coming weekend in the Buckeye State.

The Meadowlands Racetrack is pleased to announce that the Golden Girls stakes for older pacing mares has been renamed to memorialize Dorothy Haughton, widow of the late WR Haughton.

In control from the start, Treasureonthewater took top prize in the biggest race of the evening Tuesday (July 7) at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway as part of Governor’s Plate week racing.

As part of the initiative that commenced with Hanover Shoe Farms Executive Vice President Bridgette Jablonsky’s announcement in April of a $250,000 matching fund grant to promote integrity in harness racing, on Monday (July 6), United States Trotting Association President Russell Williams announced the establishment of the Standardbred Racing Investigative Fund (SRIF).

"About six or seven years ago, I said, 'There's got to be more than life than getting up and going to work.'"

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith takes a look back at the decade of the 1960s in the regular monthly feature titled Years Ago.

"My whole thought process on this photo was to have him standing there with the horses behind him like he was looking out at his future dream."

On Friday (June 26) Winbak Farm of Ontario announced that it would be hosting a new yearling sale this October.

"When things like this happen it really makes you stop and think about things, we didn't really need another mare...we were just in a situation where the opportunity is there and look how it turned out. She has brought a lot of joy and excitement to the farm and to the family."

The health and welfare of the horse is of paramount concern to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and to members of the racing community.

The race office at Grand River Raceway would like to advise participants that the race office phone lines will be unavailable during construction.

Claiming Authorization forms can now be completed online via Standardbred Canada’s eShop.

Maritime harness racing participants are reminded that although Standardbred Canada has given an extension to individuals whose birthday falls between March 19, 2020 and July 14, 2020 to be July 15, 2020, please note this was for SC membership only, not APHRC.

As the industry prepares for the resumption of racing, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario would like to provide an update to trainers, assistant trainers, owners and veterinarians looking to add a horse to the Exercise Induced Pulmonary Haemorrhage (EIPH) Program in Ontario.

On Monday, May 25, Ontario Racing announced the revised schedules for both the 2020 Ontario Sires Stakes season and the 2020 Prospect Series.

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.

Standardbred Canada would like to remind all owners and horsepeople that 2020 eligibility fees must be paid prior to a horse making its first start or qualifier.

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.