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One week after a gigantic effort in his seasonal debut, Voukefalas came back and was even better Saturday night (May 13) at The Meadowlands in one of seven, leg two $30,000 divisions of the New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) for three-year-olds, taking the sole split for colt and gelding pacers in 1:50.

There was no shortage of star power during the Friday (May 12) session of qualifiers at Woodbine Mohawk Park with four 2022 O'Brien Award winners making local seasonal debuts.

With the date of the 2023 Pepsi North America Cup less than two months away, Trot Insider will profile some of the race's top contenders as horses ready to compete for one of Canadian harness racing's biggest prizes.

The $12,500 Lloyd Arnold Pace, headed by the streaking Officer Jim, and a $25,000 California Sire Stakes for the three-year-old males, featuring Polar Storm, are the main attractions on Friday night’s Cal Expo program.

Stockade Seelster made his 2023 debut on Friday (April 14) morning in a qualifier at Southern Oaks Training Center.

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Standardbred and Thoroughbred Nomination Committees have determined the categories and finalists to appear on the ballot presented to the Election Committees, from which the Class of 2023 will be selected.   

The 2023 meet at Running Aces is fast approaching and management at the track has provided an update of exciting things to look for this racing season at the Minnesota oval. 

The Hambletonian Society would like to remind horsepeople that payments are due for many of the 153 races administered by the Society on April 15 (postmarked by midnight of Wednesday, April 19).

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 future held. The young driver, who launched his career in 1998, arrived with 72 career wins and fewer than 400 starts.

The 2022 O'Brien Award winning Stockade Seelster and the Breeders Crown champion Ammo lead a group of 105 colts and geldings that remain eligible for this year’s 78th edition of the Little Brown Jug.