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Flamboro Downs has made the decision to cancel the qualifiers slated for Saturday, Jan. 27 to allow for additional track maintenance.

Woodbine Mohawk Park and Flamboro Downs have both cancelled their live harness racing cards for Thursday, Jan. 25.

With his stable down to a single broodmare, 77-year-old Yves Filion was hardly expecting to be a finalist for an O'Brien Award as Canadian Standardbred Breeder of the Year in 2023.

Barzy stayed red-hot on the young season, scoring his third victory in as many starts on the young 2024 season against conditioned trotting company at Flamboro Downs on Sunday, Jan. 21.

On Friday, Jan. 19, Woodbine Entertainment released the schedule for its lucrative 2024 Standardbred stakes season at Woodbine Mohawk Park, featuring three $1 million races for the first time since 2012.

The session of qualifiers originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 13 at Flamboro Downs has been cancelled to allow for track maintenance.

Delgado delivered a dominant performance to score in the $9,000 featured conditioned trot which highlighted the 11-race card at Flamboro Downs on Sunday, January 7.

On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the

Power And Grace overcame a blanket finish of challengers at the wire in the $11,000 Preferred Trot at Flamboro Downs to win in upset fashion at 9-1 on Thursday, Jan. 4.

Fitting for a season finale, leading trainer Jodie Cullen captured a training triple on the Sunday (Dec. 31) evening card.