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 ...

There were five qualifiers for trotters on the morning of Friday (Sept. 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and the latter three saw returning stars take their non-wagering prep races with ease. The 2024 ...

Saturday (July 11) is the 50th edition of the Meadowlands Pace and absolutely nothing can hold a candle to the last 49 years ...

The $425,000 Grade 1 E.T. Gerry, Jr. Hambletonian Maturity at 1 and 1/8 miles is without doubt one of the toughest handicapping tasks given me in years. Thirteen go to the gate (as of this column’s ...

Natasha Day has enjoyed living her life from one corner of the earth to the other: Australia to Canada. “I was born on the Gold Coast, Australia, to parents that were both involved in the sport of ...

It’s horse racing. It’s a casino game. Actually, it’s both. And it’s all on the up and up, entirely legal, and regulated.

Ken Mathieson’s nearly four decades as a hobby horseman have taught him plenty about the game, and by extension, life itself.

More than 60 years after tagging along with his father to Greenwood Raceway, standardbred breeder, owner, philanthropist and ...

I wrestled with what to write about Ellen Taylor on her Communicators Hall of Fame induction weekend. First, I wanted to ...

It is rather fitting that Michael Kimelman has fashioned a blue-chip harness racing résumé. When the man whose name has ...

When Dr. John “Tad” Egloff, 84, is inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, NY, this evening (July 5), there will be many friends and family members in attendance to wish him well.

Pari-mutuel racing opportunities for harness horses in Illinois continued to shrink when the Illinois Racing Board drafted the 2026 schedule on Thursday (Sept. 18). Hawthorne Race Course’s Suburban ...