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WALLKILL, NY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday (Aug. 21) that it reached a consent decree to settle a four-year civil case against Mark Ford, a prominent figure in standardbred harness racing, for violating the Clean Water Act by illegally filling wetlands and polluting the waters at his training center and another location […]
Many years ago, it was not uncommon for fights to break out in the race paddock, in the barn area, even at some award dinners. Nowadays it’s a rare occurrence, but it did happen just a few weeks ago and the NJ Racing Commission issued three harness racing horsemen $500 fines each for the incident […]
Middletown, NY — The harness racing stakes season is just getting underway but a pair of 3-year-olds who were purchased at the 2021 Goshen Yearling Sale have already been headline winners of the early Grand Circuit season. Thunder Hunter Joe (Huntsville-Thunder Angel) was victorious in 1:51 in a $50,000 division of the Paul Revere Stake […]
Hightstown, NJ — When a 21-year-old Yannick Gingras moved from his native Quebec to the U.S. in the summer of 2001, he had no idea what his harness racing future held. The young driver, who launched his career in 1998, arrived with 72 career wins and fewer than 400 starts. Two years later, Gingras was […]
Middletown, NY –— The Goshen Yearling Sale was held on Monday (Sep. 12) in the sales arena at the Mark Ford Training Center and the spotters were taking offers from a jam-packed gallery of harness racing bidders on the grounds while online bidding managed by Cattle In Motion, collected remote bids from registered users that […]
Middletown, NY — Goshen Standardbred Horse Sales has announced that their 2022 Goshen Yearling Sale will be held on Monday (Sept. 12) at 12 noon at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, New York. The deadline for all consignments made to this sale is Monday (June 13). Last year the GYS saw numbers soar […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Two harness racing horsemen stood out in front of the rest during the first weekend of racing at The Meadowlands in 2022 as driver Yannick Gingras recorded eight winners over the course of Jan. 7-8 while trainer Mark Ford schooled four to victory lane. Gingras, who will be inducted into harness […]
Middletown, NY-–Catalogs for the Goshen Yearling Sale are now available for download or online viewing at this link. The sale will be held at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, NY on Monday (Sept. 13). The downloadable PDF file includes the complete pedigree for all horses. Printed catalogs will be available within the next […]
Middletown, NY — Friday (June 25) will be your last opportunity to consign horses to the 2021 Goshen Yearling Sale that will be held on Monday (Sept. 13) at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, NY. This year’s sale has once again drawn a lot of interest and there has been a late rush of consignments in recent weeks. However, Friday will […]
