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May 23, 2024
Grand River Raceway will kick off another exciting season of harness racing on Wednesday, June 5.
April 22, 2024
A new era of harness racing will begin at Grand River Raceway when the 2024 harness racing season launches this June.
January 31, 2024
Standardbred Canada is proud to present the 35th O’Brien Awards Gala this Saturday evening, Feb. 3 at the Delta by Marriott Prince Edward in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
September 28, 2023
Impressive Dude (My Mvp) demolished his harness racing opponents by eight-and-a-half lengths and set the fastest time of all trotters in the Prospect Series Finals on Thursday (Sep. 27) at Grand River Raceway. In the final for three-year-old trotting males, Impressive Dude strode to the front and commanded proceedings from there for Louis-Philippe Roy. The
September 9, 2023
Gias Surreal (So Surreal) was parked the mile from post seven but persevered for her first win of the harness racing season in the Fillies and Mares Preferred-2 at Grand River Raceway on Friday (Sep. 8). She charged out from the seven-hole for Tyler Moore stuck with leader Major League N (Ed Hensley) to the
August 29, 2023
Desperate Man (Shadow Play) became the fastest horse in Grand River Raceway history on Monday (Aug. 28) as the 2021 North America Cup winner crushed his harness racing rivals in 1:50.1. The gelding got away fourth and nine-and-a-half lengths back at the quarter as a three-way speed duel raged onto the backstretch to create a
August 29, 2023
For the sixth consecutive year, the Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) will support National Caretaker Appreciation Day at the racetracks across Ontario the weeks of Aug. 29 – Sept. 14.
August 19, 2023
Harness racing sons of Mcwicked took down three of the five Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions in leg three action for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Friday (Aug. 18). Wicked Prince (J. Bradley Harris) kicked off the card in a wire-to-wire effort to break his maiden in 1:56.1. He was two lengths clear of
August 17, 2023
Oh Gouda (Betterthancheddar), an eight-time winner this year, tallied her first win in the Prospect Series on Wednesday (Aug. 16) in leg 4A for three-year-old pacing fillies at Grand River Raceway. Michael Horner sent her to the front, curtailing a repeat of the filly’s first-up trip last time. Oh Gouda put up splits of :28,