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Classy Royale (Royalty For Life) dominated her Ontario Sires Stakes Gold opponents to make it two-for-two in the harness racing series in a $102,200 division for rookie trotting fillies on Thursday (Jul. 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Staying out on the first turn, Jody Jamieson worked the filly to the front and let her do

Freshman trotters headlined the Georgian Downs card on Tuesday (July 25) as they competed in the Prospect Series.

Georgian Downs has cancelled its live harness racing card scheduled for Sunday evening (July 23).

Back 75 years ago (yes, I’m that old), my grandparents were visiting, and my “pop” heard the jingle bells of the “Good Humor Truck”, and we walked to the truck, and he bought us both a “popsicle.” I was five years old at the time and it was one of those wonderful memories that one

Hail Christian N (Christian Cullen) increased his career harness racing earnings past $400,000 with a four-length victory at Georgian Downs on Tuesday (Jul. 11) over a wet track. The stallion sat fourth through the opening half and rocketed to the front in the third quarter. After the lightning move, he shook off challenger Yourtheone (Travis

Sea Can (Muscle Mass) proved best in the Preferred-2 at Grand River Raceway (Jul. 10) for a back-to-back harness racing victory. Scott Young parked the gelding fourth as Arrakis (Austin Sorrie) took control in the :27.3 first panel. Sea Can made the first move, going first-up nearing the half in :56.4, and he began to

A no contest was declared by the AGCO judges following the third race at Georgian Downs on Saturday (July 8) as a result of an incident occurring in the first turn.

The harness racing judges declared a no contest in the third race at Georgian Downs on Saturday (Jul. 8). Powder Play unseated J. Bradley Harris on the first turn while off stride, and the resulting loose horse resulted in uncertainty and hesitation as the field entered the back half. Though the race was completed, the

Maritime transplant Oh Coffee Bean made his Ontario return at Georgian Downs on Tuesday night (June 27) and rung his win streak started at Inverness Raceway to five with a victory as the odds-on choice in the evening’s sixth race.

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