March 21, 2010:

It was an absolutely stunning effort by Baseball Express at Pompano Park on Saturday evening – an effort that goes into the record books as one of the three best trotting performances in the track's 46-year history

March 21, 2010:

Odds-on favourite Joey the Czar ruled with an iron fist Saturday night for driver Jim Meittinis, winning Yonkers Raceway's week-delayed $49,700 final of the Hopeful Pacing Series for three-year-old colts and geldings

March 21, 2010:

Ron Pierce needed every inch of the racetrack to win the $32,000 Invitational Pace at the Meadowlands on Saturday night with Mr Hallowell

March 20, 2010:

After notching his first-ever win in the Open Pace at Woodbine Racetrack last Saturday evening, Astreos Flash returned to the Rexdale, Ontario oval

March 20, 2010:

Trainer/driver Gerry Hudon enjoyed a big day at the office on Saturday afternoon when his troops combined for a three-win performance during the 10-race program at Edmonton’s Northlands Park

March 20, 2010:

After a surprising 20-1 upset victory in last week’s second leg of the Silver Reign Pacing Series for three-year-old fillies at Woodbine, Kims Quest will try and follow up with a similar performance in this Monday night’s $60,000 final

March 20, 2010:

With a state struggling to balance its budget before legislature adjourns next week, Harrah's has reportedly sweetened its offer by saying it would Iowa $7 million annually for an unlimited period of time

March 20, 2010:

In this week's Rewind, Robert Smith recounts the start-up and opening night at Flamboro Downs from nearly 35 years ago in the second of a three-part series

March 20, 2010:

Optimism has become a rare commodity among horsemen still based in Quebec, but trainer Dustin Jones has plenty this season

March 20, 2010:

With nearly three months in the books for the 2010 season trainer Jamie Copley has to be very pleased with the numbers his barn has managed to put together

March 20, 2010:

Keith Clark worked out a beautiful, two-hole trip in Friday’s $12,000 Fillies & Mares Open Pace for Lady And Thetrench, and the four-year-old daughter of Armbro Trench didn’t let it go to waste

March 20, 2010:

Brent Holland, Call Me Yours and Winnin Image engaged in March Marquee Madness as stars of Yonkers Raceway's Friday night fare

March 20, 2010:

Front-end specialist Four Starzz Meliss extended her win streak to two-in-a-row in the Fillies & Mares Open ranks at Woodbine Racetrack on Friday evening thanks to another one of her patented gate-to-wire performances

March 19, 2010:

Trotting powerhouse Lucky Jim got his five-year-old campaign off to a triumphant start in the $32,000 invitational trot Friday night

March 19, 2010:

The first and final quarters of :26.4 pretty much told the story of the dominant performance by Im Just Special in the $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace

March 19, 2010:

Lil Bit Lil Bit made short work of his six rivals in capturing Friday’s $60,000 Apaches Fame Pacing Series final for three-year-old colts and geldings

March 19, 2010:

Fresh off a second-place finish in the Hopeful final, a sharp O Lucky Me overcame post nine and captured Friday’s $15,000 opening leg of the Quarter Mile at The Meadows

March 19, 2010:

Ramona Disomma earned a new speed badge at the Meadowlands on Friday night when she stormed home to capture the $115,000 final of the Overbid Series

March 19, 2010:

On December 10, 2004, Larry Lane’s membership with Standardbred Canada was suspended for life, subject to the condition that he may reapply in five years from the date of the decision

March 19, 2010:

In a case that the Lexington Herald-Leader says has “international repercussions,” the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled yesterday that owners of gambling Web sites operating in the state must

March 19, 2010:

His price tag hardly suggested he was destined for the winner's circle, but the horse with the catchy name and huge heart has paid big dividends for his connections

March 19, 2010:

The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) advises all participants to be aware of the properties of calcium propionate

March 19, 2010:

He did everything he needed to in Alberta, so the owners of Sixdaysontheroad, a live contender in Saturday’s $80,000 Cam Fella Stakes final, sent him to local trainer Gord Remmen to chase

March 19, 2010:

"There appears to be a changing balance within the industry that has probably been to the detriment of overnight racing at Woodbine."

March 19, 2010:

They’ll be pacing and trotting Tuesday night (March 23) as the 2010 live harness racing season opens at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs

March 19, 2010:

One of harness racing's top conditioners, Ron Burke sends out $115,000 Overbid favourite Ginger And Fred tonight and he took the time to assess his weekend

March 19, 2010:

Three-time O'Brien Award winning trainer Casie Coleman will be making her first trip to Prince Edward Island next week, and she might even be sending a horse or two to the Island's signature race

March 19, 2010:

Reports indicate that California's Santa Anita Park, owned by bankrupt Magna Entertainment, will enter into an agreement with the production company behind HBO's Luck to use parts of the track

March 19, 2010:

For veteran horseman Per Henriksen, it was certainly worth the drive to Gloucester, Ontario on Thursday night

March 18, 2010:

Dance With Me Dee and Village Java, both driven by Jody Jamieson, captured their respective $35,000 divisions in Thursday’s second leg of the Damsel Pacing Series for three and four-year-olds

March 18, 2010:

Odds On Moinet extended her win streak to three-in-a-row when she wired the field in one of two divisions of the Night Styles Series Thursday at the Meadowlands

March 18, 2010:

The win streak is now five-in-a-row and counting for the white hot pacing mare Perle Duharas, who stepped to a career-best clocking of 1:52.1 against claiming foes at Woodbine Racetrack on Thursday evening

March 18, 2010:

The second leg of the Delaware Standardbred Owners Association Series went postward at Dover Downs on Thursday, with a pair of $12,500 divisions on tap for four and five-year-old pacers

March 18, 2010:

The California Horse Racing Board filed an objection Thursday with the Delaware Bankruptcy Court to the recently filed Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC)

March 18, 2010:

Speed Bomb wrested the early lead from Vivid Photo, then held off his celebrated rival in a stirring, stretch-long duel to capture Thursday’s $25,000 Preferred Handicap

March 18, 2010:

A number of high profile pacers and trotters were in action on Thursday morning at the Meadowlands, as the New Jersey oval hosted an 11-race session

March 18, 2010:

O'Brien Award-winning harness racing writer Andrew Cohen is the latest to chime in on the ongoing issue regarding the Atlantic City casinos and possible gaming expansion at the Meadowlands

March 18, 2010:

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is reminding the Canadian equine industry that import requirements introduced in 2009 in response to an outbreak of contagious equine metritis in the United States remain in effect

March 18, 2010:

Jim Morrill, Jr. is scheduled to return to the sulky for the first time in 2010 this weekend at Buffalo Raceway. Morrill will be involved in 25 of 26 races at the Hamburg, New York oval this weekend.

March 18, 2010:

The Ontario Harness Horse Association has announced that tickets for its banquet are now on sale

March 18, 2010:

Georgian Downs would like to remind horsepeople that nominations for the Prospector Claiming Series, open to $12,000 claiming pacers, close on April 3

March 18, 2010:

Jim Morrill, Jr., who is coming off a career year in the race bike, is a realist when it comes to duplicating his 2009 racing season

March 18, 2010:

Trot Insider has learned that Exhibition Park Raceway's scheduled card of live racing for this Saturday (March 20) has been cancelled

March 18, 2010:

Equine Canada has announced that the budget allocation to offset the costs for people participating in the Ontario Traceability Pilot Project has been finalized

March 18, 2010:

Mohawk Racetrack played host to a nine-race qualifying docket this morning which was highlighted by a 21-length winner and an Artsplace colt eligible to the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup

March 18, 2010:

Having already guided thoroughbreds, arabians, quarter-horses and mules into the winner’s circle, Karen Isbell has now set her sights on getting pictures taken with

March 18, 2010:

Yesterday in Illinois, the House passed a bill by a vote of 89-24 which would see the 11 members of the Illinois Racing Board ousted. The bill is a result of allegations that

March 18, 2010:

Trotter Perfect Vacation was at the centre of some large payouts this past week at Woodbine Racetrack