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It might not feel like it, but according to the calendar, spring started this week, which means stakes season is right around the corner. And last year’s Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final champions are preparing for their return to the racetrack.

Candidates for the title of Minnesotas most famous finned, furry or four-legged fauna range from aquatic creatures to woodland rodents to cool campus cats.

One of the most decorated pacers to come out of the Ontario Sires Stakes program, world record holder and multiple award winner Boulder Creek has passed away at the age of 23.

The Meadowlands has reported an enthusiastic response to the February payment for the track's signature event, the $700,000 (estimated) Meadowlands Pace.

A longstanding gag order has barred study — much less construction — of the Dan Patch commuter rail line.

Mayors and legislators in southern Minnesota want the state to study a rail line between Minneapolis or St. Paul and Northfield. But Dakota County officials are hesitant to hop onboard.

The Breeders Crown, harness racing’s year-end championship series, will raise purses on six of the 12 divisions of Breeders Crown races to be held at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in Anderson, Indiana, on Friday, Oct. 27 & Saturday, Oct. 28.

Brad Grant already knows he'll be making an on-stage appearance at the 2022 O'Brien Awards. Just how many times he'll be making that trek from his seat to the stage remains to be seen.

On Friday (Jan. 20) the Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame announced the results of recent balloting to determine the 2023 inductees into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame.

Wherever David McDuffee goes, people want to talk about Bella Bellini. Even with the number of successful horses McDuffee has had in the past, he considers the two-time Dan Patch Award-winning trotter the most popular he’s ever owned. The fact McDuffee bred her makes it all the more satisfying.