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Lawrence McCormick has a special liking for the Methven track. Over the past week the Tiwald based horseman has won two races there – last weekend with Vertigo (Peak) and yesterday at the Akaroa meeting with Father Mike (Father Patrick). Three of Father Mike’s four wins have been on the grass – twice at Methven […]
MILTON, ON (OCT. 11, 2026) – Cant Turn You Down turned up the volume to full blast in the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday night (Oct. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The 2026 OSS Grassroots champion had earned respect with an eight-race win streak coming into the $350,000 […]
MILTON, ON (OCT. 11, 2026) – Patience was a virtue for Verily (Muscle Mass) in the $350,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday (Oct. 10) night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Driven by Louis-Philippe Roy, the daughter of Muscle Mass—Yen got away seventh of 10 harness racing fillies, biding her […]
Ottawa, ON--Rideau Carleton Raceway would like to remind horseplayers and fans that while live harness racing continues every Sunday evening at 6:30 pm (Eastern) up to and including Dec. 14, Wednesday night racing is now done for the year. There will be a special 4 pm (Eastern) post time for the Thursday, Nov. 27 Rideau […]
With just eleven race dates left in its 2025 harness racing meet, Ottawa’s Rideau Carleton Raceway starts November with a ten-race card this Sunday (Nov. 2) at 6:30 pm (Eastern). Reigning Rideau Horse of the Year The Light Speed (p, 7, 1:50.3f; $400,826) is two wins away from career victory number 75. The seven-year-old Moon Beam-Jayma gelding […]
The win at Addington last night by Taketheplunge (Downbytheseaside) extended the fabulous record of harness racing broodmare gem Winter Rose. Bred by Jim and Susan Wakefield, Winter Rose as a racehorse, had nine starts for Cran Dalgety before she was retired. Arden Lodge at Tapanui owned Winter Rose for all of her breeding career. “Peter […]
(Halifax, NS; Jan. 24, 2025)— After months of planning, the second edition of the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Canadian chapter’s Youth Racecalling Contest launched on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Entries from young racecallers (aged 21 or younger in 2025) and their friends and families will be accepted into the contest until the Monday, March […]
Grand River Raceway celebrated its 35th annual Industry Day on Monday, August 5, welcoming harness racing fans and horseplayers to the reconfigured five-eighth mile track in Elora, ON. The 11-race card was highlighted by finals for the $245,400 Winbak Farms Battle of Waterloo and the $175,200 Battle of the Belles companion race for 2-year-old pacing […]
Elora, ON — Industry Day at Grand River Raceway will have a brand-new feel on Monday (Aug. 5). Since the former harness racing half-mile oval was expanded to a five-eighths-mile track for this meet, many of its track records have been rewritten. Fittingly, this year’s Battle of Waterloo, sponsored by Winbak Farm, will see the […]
