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Kadena, a filly by Gimpanzee out of double Dan Patch Award winner Mission Brief, brought the opening session-topping price of $800,000 at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale on Monday (Oct. 2). Marcus Melander purchased the filly from consignor Hunterton Sales Agency. The winning bid equaled the record for a yearling filly at auction, tying the

Heading into the final quarter of the 2023 harness racing season, Trot Insider takes a look at some of the top ranked Standardbreds in Canada for wins, earnings and records.

Life could not have been much better for Cote Keim last week, on and off the track.

“The effective takeout on Jackpot bets is criminal, and telegraphs a disrespect for the harness racing bettor that is unfathomable,” says harness racing fan Benjamin Medich. CRIMINAL. DISRESPECT. UNFATHOMABLE. Wow… It’s a rare occasion in which I open an article with a quote. This response was to a social media post where I asked racing

After weeks of eye-catching rallies but few visits to the winner’s circle, driver Jody Jamieson put Captains Quarters at front mast and sailed to a gutsy victory in the $970,000 Metro Pace for two-year-olds on Saturday night (Sept. 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Captains Quarters (Captaintreacherous) fought all the way home to seize victory in the $970,000 Metro Pace, North America’s richest harness racing event for two-year-old pacers, on Saturday (Sep. 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Jody Jamieson pointed him for the four-hole as the field raced to the first turn, and the colt secured the position prior

Dr. Ian Moore is looking for an Ontario-bred to break through in Ohio on Thursday, and an Ohio-bred to knock off the Grand Circuit's best in Ontario two days later.

Clever Cody (The Panderosa), coming off his Ohio Sires Stakes championship, captured the second $40,000 Metro Pace elimination on Saturday (Sep. 16) in his first start against open stakes harness racing company. The colt fired off the start with a burst of speed to take the lead to the quarter in :27.3. Driver Sylvain Filion

The marquee races in Canada for pacing freshmen now have their finalists following a pair of eliminations for the $970,000 Metro Pace and the $540,000 Shes A Great Lady on Saturday night (Sept. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Harness Racing This Week: Peter Haughton Memorial and Jim Doherty Memorial, Harrah’s Hoosier Park, Anderson, Ind.; Milton Stakes final, and Canadian Trotting Classic, Elegantimage, Metro Pace and She’s A Great Lady eliminations, Woodbine Mohawk Park, Milton, Ont. Schedule of events: Grand Circuit action will commence on Friday (Sept. 15) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with the $420,000