White, then Stacey Markham, was born into harness racing with father [Carl] and mother [Lyn] being hobby trainers, but the ...

When considering the question what, if anything, can be done to revive harness racing, one answer is to entice fresh young ...

A varied crowd of spectators attended Woodbine Mohawk Park’s breakfast with the babies on Saturday (June 21). With a 9:30 a.m. start, the 14 qualifiers for 2-year-old male pacers and trotters ...

Swedish-bred Maharajah (Viking Kronos) and French champion Ready Cash (Indy de Vive), both born in 2005, continue to play the lead roles in the European breeding business. The two top trotting sires ...

We all know Mr. Gural owns Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs as well as The Meadowlands. The Meadowlands offers all us bettors past performances online every race night, which is wonderful. I wonder why a ...

by James Platz. A new standardbred training center is coming to the heart of the Bluegrass State. Construction is slated to begin next month on a facility in Versailles that will feature a ...

Just so your readers know, we revoked Jeff Gillis’ right to race at my tracks in November of 2023 when we found out he was buying performing enhancing from [Seth] Fishman. Sadly, no one else cared ...

In addition to his familial duties as a husband to Makenna and the father of two young sons, he is in charge of the Southern Oaks Training Center in Sorrento, FL, the fairly recently acquired — and ...

When Rick and Theresa Ledford would visit Balmoral Park, Maywood Park, Hawthorne Racecourse and Sportsman’s Park in Chicago, their young daughter, Desirae, would gladly accompany them. They made it a ...

After over five decades, racing will end today at Cal Expo. by Nicole Kraft. The last remaining light of harness racing on the West Coast will soon go dark, as racing at Cal Expo — the only operating ...

by Jay Wolf. September 3rd marks the 100 th anniversary of one of the greatest losses in the history of harness racing – the tragic death of Edward Franklin ‘Pop’ Geers at the age of 73.. Geers ...

by Melissa Keith. The Woodbine Mohawk Park filly and mare preferred pacing division recently lost three stalwarts to the broodmare ranks. Past O’Brien Award winners Silver Label (p, 4, 1:47.3; ...