February 3, 2012:

Nominations for Kawartha Downs' first added money event for 2012 are coming due

February 3, 2012:

Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs would like to let all of its horsepeople know that stall applications are available for the 2012 race seasons on the Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs websites

February 3, 2012:

In a release sent out during the afternoon of Friday, February 3, the Ontario Racing Commission announced minor changes to the approved 2012 race-date schedule

February 3, 2012:

Horsemen are once again advised to send all nomination fees for stakes races at Harrah's Chester this season directly to the race office at 1001 Harrah's Blvd., Chester, PA 19013

February 3, 2012:

Sustaining payments for the Charles I. and Helen Smith Trotting Classics are due on February 15, 2012

February 3, 2012:

Winbak Farm of Ontario is proud to announce that the stallions on its 2012 roster have all arrived

February 2, 2012:

Join the cast and crew of 'Race Day' next Wednesday, February 8 at the Galaxy Cineplex theatre in Milton, Ont. for the official launch party

February 2, 2012:

Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced the launch of an online stakes nomination form for both standardbreds and thoroughbreds

February 2, 2012:

Trot Insider has compiled a second photo gallery of images from Saturday night's O'Brien Awards

February 2, 2012:

Sustaining payments for the 67th Little Brown Jug and the 42nd Jugette are due February 15. These payments are for foals of 2009

February 2, 2012:

The February 15 deadline for New Jersey Sire Stakes first sustaining payments is the last chance for owners of New Jersey-sired two-year-old and three-year-old pacers and trotters to be kept eligible to the 2012 Premier and Green Acres racing programs

February 2, 2012:

Mohawk Racetrack's nine-race Thursday qualifying session has been cut short after three races. The remaining six qualifiers have been rescheduled for Friday

February 2, 2012:

Officials at Kawartha Downs have informed Trot Insider that the track will be closed for an entire day this coming weekend

February 1, 2012:

Once again, the harness racing world has shown its tremendous generosity and donated a stellar list of auction items in support of injured Maritime trainer-driver Gilles Barrieau

February 1, 2012:

Officials at Cal-Expo have announced that they have cancelled one of the track's upcoming race dates

February 1, 2012:

Breedings to Deweycheatumnhowe, Conway Hall, Camluck, Dragon Again, Yankee Cruiser, and Artistic Fella are among the 90 seasons donated to New Vocations 14th annual Stallion Auction

February 1, 2012:

The Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission has announced that the deadline for registering mares due to foal in 2012 and qualifying for the 'PA-sired' and PA–bred' category in the PA Breeders Award program has been extended until February 15, for this one year only

January 31, 2012:

Windsor Raceway was forced to cancel the final portion of its Tuesday night card of live harness racing due to warm weather and poor track conditions

January 31, 2012:

Horsemen in London are advised that The Raceway at The Western Fair District will be closed for training on Wednesday morning

January 31, 2012:

Starting Friday, February 3, the Meadowlands Pick 5 will have a $20,000 guaranteed pool on all racing nights

January 31, 2012:

The Alberta Standardbred Horse Association would like to remind horsepeople and fans that the Saturday, February 4 card of racing at Northlands Park will have a revised first-race post time

January 31, 2012:

Seelster Farms has announced that Artistic Fella p, 1:48f ($2,640,532), Santanna Blue Chip p, 2, 1:51.3 ($1,633,643) and Stonebridge Regal p, 1:48.1 ($1,065,578) are now home after concluding the southern hemisphere breeding season

January 31, 2012:

Longtime horseman Robert Depencier of Strathroy, Ont. passed away suddenly in Orlando, Florida on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the age of 61

January 31, 2012:

The Tuesday race program at The Raceway at The Western Fair District will offer a large carryover of $4,680.00 into the pick-5 pool, which starts in race three

January 29, 2012:

The Ontario Racing Program’s Implementation and Monitoring (IM) Group expressed in a release on Sunday its thanks to all the horsepeople who took time to speak with the group at Flamboro Downs on January 25

January 29, 2012:

With auctions to 11 of North America's top stallions closing tonight starting at 5:00 p.m., the Racetrack Chaplaincy of Canada's Stallion Auction has lowered most of the minimum bid increments.

January 28, 2012:

In its short history, the Miss Versatility series has become a highlight on the annual schedule for trotting mares and the 2012 edition will be bigger and richer

January 27, 2012:

On Friday, January 27 the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) released its ruling in regard to the appeal and request for hearing by standardbred licensee Carla Selig

January 27, 2012:

A group of interested horsepeople attended the weekly meeting of the Ontario Racing Program’s Implementation and Monitoring (IM) Group to share their ideas and comments on efforts to improve the industry

January 27, 2012:

After months upon months of sneak peeks, trailers and preview articles, HBO's much anticipated horse-racing series 'Luck' is set to kick-off its first season Sunday (January 29). Fans of horse racing are undoubtedly eager about the show, but as a series preview conveys, so are the actors and creators

January 27, 2012:

There will be a few minor changes in Monticello Raceway’s live racing schedule during the month of February

January 27, 2012:

Hugh A. 'Andy' Grant, Jr., former president of the Hambletonian Society, whose steady hand and unwavering dedication guided the fortunes of the Hambletonian, the most important trotting race in North America, passed away on Wednesday, January 25. He was 68

January 27, 2012:

Trot Insider has learned that standardbred horse owner Leslie Nagy of Hamilton, Ont. passed away at a Hamilton hospital on Tuesday, January 24 at the age of 84

January 27, 2012:

On Friday, January 27, Tara Hills Stud of Port Perry, Ont. announced that the 2012 book for Mach Three is now full and closed

January 26, 2012:

Georgian Downs has announced the Upper Canada Cup purse has been increased

January 26, 2012:

Officials at Rosecroft Raceway have announced that the application for racing privileges during the track's 2012 Spring Meet at Rosecroft Raceway is available

January 26, 2012:

The winter racing meet will come to a close this Saturday at Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park, but exciting new plans are already being worked on for the season re-launch in April with one of Prince Edward Island’s largest breeding operations

January 26, 2012:

Ready Cash has been designated Post 18 for the Prix d’Amerique, which will take place this Sunday (January 29) at the Vincennes Racetrack in Paris, France

January 26, 2012:

Hugh A. 'Andy' Grant Jr., 68, a member of harness racing’s Living Hall of Fame and former president and CEO of the Hambletonian Society, passed away during the evening hours of Wednesday, January 25

January 26, 2012:

Trot Insider has learned that former owner, breeder and horseman Osler Burrison passed away peacefully at the Golden Plough Lodge in Cobourg, Ont. on Monday

January 25, 2012:

The Racetrack Chaplaincy of Canada's Stallion Auction website is live and bidding is now underway

January 25, 2012:

Meadowlands Racetrack General Manager Mike Newlin will answer fans’ questions on Thursday night’s edition of In The Sulky

January 25, 2012:

Kendal Hills Stud and George Teague Jr. have proudly announced that Southwind Lynx, winner of two $1-million races at age three, has been retired from racing and will be standing stud in Ontario at Kendal Hills

January 25, 2012:

Standardbred Canada would like to send congratulations out to Norm Spry of Belleville, Ont., the winner of the Winter Warm-Up Weekend Handicapping Contest

January 25, 2012:

On January 1, 2012, Hall of Fame member Louis Cauz retired as the managing director of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, a post he held for the past 16 years

January 25, 2012:

Trot Insider has learned that trainer-driver Kent Davies of Dundas, Ont. passed away Wednesday, January 25 at the age of 61

January 25, 2012:

Three new stakes events are being added to the Woodbine Entertainment Group’s 2012 standardbred stakes schedule, while two others are being moved earlier in the calendar

January 25, 2012:

The Ontario Sires Stakes Administration has issued a reminder to anyone that purchased a yearling last fall or has recently purchased a two-year-old

January 25, 2012:

Some significant changes have been made to the New York Sires Stakes racing program for 2012

January 25, 2012:

On Tuesday, January 24, the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation announced its intention to renew a normal course issuer bid for up to 5,811,197 of its common shares, representing approximately 10 per cent of Great Canadian's common shares in the public float