Serving the Interests of Ontario Standardbred Breeders
“As the racing industry struggles to reinvent itself in Ontario, one of the groups hit hardest has been the breeders. Few people in the industry actually understand what the breeders do, and how the recent changes have affected them.” In the August issue of Trot Magazine, breeder Caroline Thornton provided a personal account of […] Read more »
Thanks to the efforts of several hundred industry participants, hundreds of new people were introduced to harness racing during this past weekend’s Bring A Friend National Challenge. The three-day event was coordinated by Standardbred Canada in partnership with 12 racetracks across the country. The weekend was deemed a success thanks to the efforts of SC […] Read more »
Ontario’s Glamour Boys invaded Grand River Raceway on Wednesday evening with divisional leader Mach It So setting a new track record in his $105,000 Gold event. Mach It So lowered the track record for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings to 1:51.4. The son of Mach Three shaved two-fifths of a second off the mark […] Read more »
Municipalities and horse-racing industry stakeholders are sharing how the end of Slots at Racetracks impacted them. Bryan Bicknell interviews the Mayor of Sarnia, Peter Core, and other industry participants. Bryan Bicknell reports. See the video at CTV London… Read more »
Seaside Rory picked up her second Gold Series win on Monday evening at Grand River Raceway and the three-year-old pacing filly did it in impressive fashion. Getting away from Post 3 with regular reinsman Jody Jamieson in the race bike, Seaside Rory sat just off the pace in fifth as fan favourite Jan It […] Read more »
Thankyoukessel and driver Mike Saftic set a new track record at Grand River Raceway for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings with a 1:57.1 triumph in a $105,000 Gold division of the Ontario Sires Stakes on Friday night. Thankyoukessel shaved one-fifth of a second off the divisional track record, which was established by OSS graduate […] Read more »
