Burke Stable News Today

Michael "Mickey" Burke Sr., the 2006 U.S. Trainer of the Year and first trainer in history to surpass $10 million in purses in a single season, passed away on the morning of Monday, May 6 at the age of 87.

“It’s not an enjoyable thing anymore to train horses, it’s going to be what gets me out of the harness racing business." That was the sentiment from Harness Racing's first $300 million dollar man in a Harnesslink exclusive interview detailing the latest twist in the saga with industry regulators and their somewhat unhinged crusade to

The Hazelton followed live first-over cover, then swept past in the lane to score in Wednesday (Nov. 29) afternoon's $21,200 Open Handicap Trot at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

Lexington, Kentucky…September 16, 2023…The Red Mile will host the finals of The Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship harness racing events on Sunday, September 17 with a blockbuster 10 race program featuring $3.4 million in purse money, including eight $400,000 finals bookended by a pair of $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series Finals. Highlighting the program will be the

The Red Mile will host the finals of The Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship events on Sunday, Sept. 17 with a blockbuster 10-race program featuring $3.4 million in purse money, including eight $400,000 finals bookended by a pair of $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series finals.

Meadowlands Pace morning brought with it another edition of Breakfast With The Babies on Saturday (July 15) at The Meadowlands.

East Rutherford, NJ – Meadowlands Pace morning brought with it another harness racing edition of Breakfast With The Babies sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms. Another overcast, muggy setting to begin with temperatures hovering near 80 degrees over a track listed fast but perhaps, at least at the start of the card, dulled by overnight

A record price of $170,000 for a trotting yearling sold in the state of Ohio was set on Friday at the Ohio Selected Jug Sale at the Pickaway Ag Center in Circleville, Ohio.

With two horses already guaranteed spots in the final of the MGM Borgata Series for older male pacers, trainer Ron Burke will look to add a third on Monday (April 12), when Yonkers Raceway hosts the last preliminary round of the six-week event. Based on points accumulated in the series, the Burke Brigade’s Rockapelo and This Is The Plan are among five horses to have already secured places in the eight-horse final on April 19. The others are Western Joe, Hesa Kingslayer N and Leonidas A. Burke...