Mark Steacy News Today

Avenging his traffic-burdened third-place finish in the $136,986 Kentucky Sire Stakes final, Admiral Hill left nothing to fate and muscled home a 1:51.1 winner in the $68,493 opening preliminary of another Kentucky Sire Stakes series on Monday, May 27 at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.

Harness racing's established stars from 2023 are preparing for competition or back in action for 2024, with the majority of those standouts comprising categories in the 2024 TROT Magazine Fantasy Stable.

It's rare enough to train an O'Brien Award winner. Factor in winning Horse of the Year, even tougher. More than one Horse of the Year? Exceedingly rare. But now Mark Steacy has achieved something no other trainer can boast.

Standardbred Canada announced the winners of the 2023 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, at the Black Tie Gala in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. 

Standardbred Canada is excited to announce that Tony & Betty Infilise’s Hudson Standardbred Stable is the official Gold Afterparty sponsor of the 35th O’Brien Awards.

East Rutherford, NJ --- Harness racing’s two top-ranked horses in the final Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, No. 1 Confederate and No. 2 Sylvia Hanover, led the way when divisional Dan Patch Award honors for pacers and trotters were announced during a live presentation prior to Saturday’s (Dec. 30) card at The Meadowlands. Three-year-old male pacer

MISSISSAUGA, Ont., Dec. 19, 2023 — Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season. There are two finalists in each category, which includes 12 divisional horse categories and five people categories. One of the divisional champions will also be recognized

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.

Last weekend, the Breeders Crown Championships were contested at Harrah's Hoosier Park, with 12 races offering a total of more than $7 million in prize money. Ten harness racing horses were entered per event, and from those 120 named, there was only one scratch, meaning that 119 horses went post ward at the Anderson, Indiana

Whoever came up with the slogan “It All Comes Down to the Breeders Crown” deserves accolades beyond those words as this classic harness racing series has been a defining moment in our sport since 1984. This season is no different as this one night can make or break a career and either make dreams come