Do you eat, sleep and breathe harness racing? Are you an expert or advanced user on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest? Do you have ideas and opinions on how to engage people in harness racing? If this sounds like you and you feel like you have the potential to be an outstanding Ambassador for Canadian harness […] Read more »
Get Your 2012 Foal Freeze Branded and DNA’ed Before May 15, 2013
Standardbred Canada has issued the following reminder to breeders and owners of 2012 foals that have yet to be freeze branded and parentage verified. For those of you who still have 2012 foals that are not completely registered or have not yet been freeze branded and parentage verified by DNA, please do not forget that […] Read more »
Ontario Sires Stakes Payments for 2 and 3-Year Olds Due April 30, 2013
The Ontario Racing Commission announced the sustaining payment deadline for both the 2 and 3 Year-Old Standardbred Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) has been extended to April 30, 2013. While government and racetrack operators continue their negotiations surrounding transition funding, it was determined through consultation with the Standardbred Advisory Group that an extension of the […] Read more »
Harness Link: Gallinger Devastated People Leaving Industry
Three years ago (next month) John Gallinger was appointed Standardbred Canada’s chief executive officer and new president. His main objective then was the get harness racing in Canada to thrive and prosper. But when the slots at racetracks programme was withdrawn from Ontario last month he was given a curve ball so serious that the […] Read more »
Guelph Mercury: Breeding Numbers Show Harness Industry Is In A Death Spiral
Breeding numbers prove Ontario’s harness racing industry is starting to nosedive into a death spiral now that the Slots at Racetracks program has ended. In fact, the sharp decline began more than a year ago when the Liberal government announced the program would end in March of 2013, effectively stripping the industry of more […] Read more »
What do Niatross and Carl Jamieson Have In Common?
Both Niatross and Carl Jamieson have been chosen as 2013’s inductees to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. There will be a total of three horses and three people representing Standardbreds, along with three horses and four people from the Thoroughbred ranks entering the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in August 2013. […] Read more »
