White, then Stacey Markham, was born into harness racing with father [Carl] and mother [Lyn] being hobby trainers, but the ...

A varied crowd of spectators attended Woodbine Mohawk Park’s breakfast with the babies on Saturday (June 21). With a 9:30 a.m. start, the 14 qualifiers for 2-year-old male pacers and trotters ...

When considering the question what, if anything, can be done to revive harness racing, one answer is to entice fresh young blood, such as this week’s Superstar Female, Alexandra Sarkine.

Swedish-bred Maharajah (Viking Kronos) and French champion Ready Cash (Indy de Vive), both born in 2005, continue to play the lead roles in the European breeding business. The two top trotting sires ...

In addition to his familial duties as a husband to Makenna and the father of two young sons, he is in charge of the Southern Oaks Training Center in Sorrento, FL, the fairly recently acquired — and ...

One quote stood out immediately to me from Jeff Gural’s recent conversation with Debbie Little about the challenges of declining revenue at The Meadowlands. It was this one: “Someone told me recently, ...

Despite some setbacks, the Woodbine Mohawk Park race caller is working toward getting back in the booth and the bike. by Murray Brown. The harness world was recently shocked to hear of a training ...

We all know Mr. Gural owns Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs as well as The Meadowlands. The Meadowlands offers all us bettors past performances online every race night, which is wonderful. I wonder why a ...

As part of its 2025 racing season, Scioto Downs has introduced what was dubbed as a “simplified program” available on-track for all live racing cards. In a social media post that I first saw on X last ...

Western Dreamer just turned 30 and he’s the oldest living Triple Crown winner. He’s the most senior member of either the thoroughbred or standardbred Triple Crown club. A 23-year resident of the ...

It is amazing what a chat over a few beers in a Brisbane pub at 2 a.m. can do. When Swedish megastar Bjorn Goop made the long trip across to be part of last month’s hugely successful Ultimate Driver ...