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Trainer Nancy Takter has had a number of world champions in her barn over the years, so what’s one more? Takter recently added the Ohio-bred Ocean Rock to her stable roster, with the Buckeye State’s 2020 Three-year-old Male Pacer of the Year sent her way this past winter by breeder-owner Sandra Burnett to compete on the East Coast, primarily in the Graduate Series. The first leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old pacers was contested on May 1 at The Meadowlands, with the second leg set for this Saturday (May 15) at the Big M. Ocean Rock will make his season’s debut in this week’...

A rejuvenated Richard 'the Black Cat' Simard has journeyed across the continent and braved many obstacles to land back in the eastern Ontario-Quebec circuit, which he's now content to call home. “When I started, I never thought I’d make it that far because I have no family in the business,” the first-generation horseman recently told Rideau Carleton Raceway's Graeme Mitchell. “But like I said, I’m a hustler and I’m a worker. I never give up. I’ve left with my bag not knowing if I’d have a job, if I’d have food on my table next week. You keep trying. I guess I’ve been ever...

Woodbine Mohawk Park would like to issue a reminder to all owners, trainers and horse people of Thursday’s (April 15) stakes payment deadline for the 2021 season. Sustaining payments are due for all of Woodbine’s 2021 major stakes, including the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup. Click here to view the eligible horses following the March 15 deadline. The full list of stakes requiring an April 15 sustaining payment is available below: Pepsi North America Cup (Three-Year-Old Pace) – $1,000,000 Armbro Flight (Filly & Mare Trot) – $250,000 Canadian Pacing Derby (Open Pace) – $600,00...

Despite the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and other challenges, Ontario Racing Independent Chair John Hayes remains hopeful of a bright future for the horse racing industry in the province. In a year of unprecedented challenges for horse racing throughout the province, the resolve and resiliency of the estimated 30,000 Ontario residents the industry employs has remained strong in the face of many adversities. “The 2020 racing season was unlike any other ever seen before in the Ontario horse racing industry,” said Hayes, who has held the position of Ontario Racing (OR) Independent Chair sinc...

It's just under three months away from opening day at Hanover Raceway and close to five months away from the eliminations of our biggest race, the Dream of Glory. The race is open to three-year-old trotting colts and geldings with less than $75,000 in earnings last season and fillies who had earnings of less than $100,000. Hanover Raceway has 94 horses being nominated and remaining eligible to the Dream of Glory. The track thanks all the trainers and owners who kept their horses eligible for this race, and promises to give its very best to give this event the spotlight it deserves. Along with...