After 40 years of operation, St. Lad’s Farm is no more. Bob Ladouceur told Trot Insider that the 75-acre farm, located east of Windsor and north of Leamington just outside of Ruscom Station, Ont., has been sold and will no longer operate as a breeeding farm and turn-out facility. The 78-year-old Ladouceur didn’t enter the Standardbred industry […] Read more »
Drysdales Discuss Retirement
A special era in the Ontario Standardbred breeding industry came to a close last summer when Jackie and Larry Drysdale decided to call it a career. Although the husband and wife duo have shifted gears, that doesn’t mean they are out of the picture. Jackie and Larry Drysdale, the husband and wife team that managed […] Read more »
Larry & Jackie Drysdale Retiring
After dedicating their entire adult lives to the sport of harness racing, Larry & Jackie Drysdale of Winbak Canada, are moving on to the next stage of their Iives together. “I started working at Armstrong’s in 1970,” Larry told TROT Magazine, “but when we took the yearlings to sell in Harrisburg that fall I took a […] Read more »
Century Spring Farms Celebrates 150th Anniversary
It was celebration time at Sanford and Jan Zimmerman’s Standardbred breeding farm this past weekend. The Zimmerman family have owned the beautiful, Century Spring Farms, since 1868. That is 150 years. Hundreds of friends, neighbours and horse enthusiasts were treated to a tour of the original homestead, the barns and horses. The ornate […] Read more »
Mother’s Day Open Houses Dazzle
A trip to a Standardbred breeding farm proved to be a popular choice on Mother’s Day, as more than 700 people visited and toured Mac Lilley Farms in Dutton, Ont. and Tara Hills Stud near Port Perry, Ont. during their Mother’s Day Open House events on Sunday (May 13). A mare and her foal […] Read more »
You Are Invited To These Mother’s Day Open Houses
Here’s a great way to spend some time with your Mom, wife, sister, that special lady in your life, or the entire family on Mother’s Day. If you live near Dutton, Ont., or Port Perry, Ont., take the family on a leisurely drive through the countryside to visit the mares and foals at […] Read more »
