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FRASERVILLE – Kawartha Downs has become one of Ontario's more successful harness racing tracks the past three years but a dark cloud looms on the horizon. Orazio Valente, who took over as…

LEXINGTON, KY — Manchego won her ninth start in a row, taking the fifth of five harness racing divisions of the $330,000 Norman Woolworth Memorial Bluegrass Two-Year-Old Filly Trot, sponsored…

Dayton Derbies at Dayton Raceway

DAYTON, OH. – A large and enthusiastic throng turned out Friday night (Sept. 29) for a pair of harness racing Grand Circuit stakes at Hollywood Dayton Raceway. Pasithea Face S,…

Osprey Vision upsets in Batavia Downs trot

Batavia, NY—The old wagering adage suggesting you bet the longest shot in the shortest field was right on point in the $10,000 Open Handicap Trot at Batavia Downs on Friday…

Drea’s Good Powow captures feature

Drea's Good Powow (John MacDonald) would take the harness racing fillies and mares featured pace ($9,000) at Vernon Downs on Friday night (September 29). Tiger Boudoir (Truman Gale) would lead…

Brittany Robertson trainee takes Open

Brown Brinny (Jereme's Jet) finished second in her harness racing debut in the local Fillies and Mares Open at Saratoga Casino Hotel back on September 9th. That marked the fifth…

YONKERS, NY, Friday, September 29, 2017 – Favored Newborn Sassy (Jordan Stratton, $4.30) stalked, then starred, from second-over Friday night (Sept. 29th), winning Yonkers Raceway's $50,000 harness racing filly and…

The official start to the TAB Carnival of Cups for the 2017/18 harness racing season gets underway, as it traditionally does, at Eugowra this Monday. The eight-race card is highlighted…

Having given last season's most successful harness racing drivers an airing two weeks ago, it is fitting that we should tell how local trainers fared at the elite level. Not…

FREEHOLD, NJ — September 29, 2017 — Freehold Raceway hosted the $55,300 Renaissance Final for two-year-old filly pacers, in a early race before the harness racing card. The third race…

Columbus, OH — She may not be a meteorological phenomenon created by an array of unusual circumstances due to light and temperature, but Rainbow Room could very well be classified as…

Commission hosts Medication Forums

The Ohio State Racing Commission (OSRC) hosted the first of several medication forums on Sept. 26, 2017 at the Riffe Center in Columbus, Ohio. A well-attended crowd listened to testimony…