Organizers for the 26th edition of the O’Brien Awards are pleased to announce that Etobicoke, Ont. native Kaitlin Kozell will open the Gala with the American and Canadian national anthems.

The Meadowlands has added several important new stakes to its existing menu for 2015 with the nomination payment due by February 17 on the whole slate.

A breeders meeting on Standardbred pedigrees will take place Sunday, February 1 at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Bible Hill, N.S., in the Haley Institute, Room 116.

Thundering Ovation was a repeat winner in the $11,000 Preferred 2 Trot at The Raceway at the Western Fair District as she romped to a five-length victory in Friday night's feature event.

On their second annual “Night of Champions,” The Meadows Racetrack & Casino and the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA) honoured locally based horsemen Dave Palone and Ron Burke, who have become two of harness racing’s most celebrated champions.

Favoured Carolsideal (Dan Dube, $5.40) offered up some first-over fisticuffs Friday night, handily winning Yonkers Raceway’s $35,000 featured Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.

According to a report, the Dresden Agricultural Society (DAS) has announced that it is missing $53,000 and that the money has gone missing in the last month.

Equine Guelph and the University of Guelph are conducting a study on the awareness of current research among members of Ontario's horse industry.

The popular Niatross Knockout Claiming Series begins next Saturday at Buffalo Raceway and some of the pacers slated to participate got to eyeball their competition in four divisions of prep races on a frigid Friday night (January 30).

Hall of Famer Charles E. ‘Chuck’ Coon passed away Friday morning (January 30) in Oxford, Michigan, after a short illness. He was 86.

It has been reported that a Senate committee in Indiana this week voted 10-0 to pass a bill that is designed for the state horse racing commission to use monies from the breed development fund for the promotion of the sport.

Officials with the Standardbred Owners Association of New York have announced that Standardbred racing participant Marvin Kaufman has passed away.

Less than one month into 2015 -- a time when hopes remain high for the racing season -- harness driver Jim Marino already knows this year will not turn out how he envisioned it.

Reminder notices for the Ontario Sires Stakes two-year-old March 15 payment will be mailed within the next two weeks. In order for the right people to receive the notices, the horses must be in the correct ownership when the forms are printed on February 9.

Despite a season with two world record-setting trotters and a Dan Patch Award, trainer Åke Svanstedt feels his 2015 campaign can be even better.

"They’re not a major track with major purses or major stake races, but he has kept them in front of everybody and kept them alive in all the media and certainly in all the trade media almost single-handedly."...read on

In this week's edition of Rewind Robert Smith nostalgically recalls the long winter season when the only activity in harness racing for most people was the daily routine of training.

The 2015 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) schedule is now available.

The Standardbred Breeders of Ontario Association (SBOA) is pleased to announce that it has officially signed an agreement with the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) for a $12 million enhancement of the current breeders rewards program.

Standardbred Canada would like to remind all owners and horsepeople that 2015 eligibility fees must be paid prior to any horse racing in 2015.