As part of its 2025 racing season, Scioto Downs has introduced what was dubbed as a “simplified program” available on-track for all live racing cards. In a social media post that I first saw on X last ...

The $425,000 Grade 1 E.T. Gerry, Jr. Hambletonian Maturity at 1 and 1/8 miles is without doubt one of the toughest handicapping tasks given me in years. Thirteen go to the gate (as of this column’s ...

Saturday (July 11) is the 50th edition of the Meadowlands Pace and absolutely nothing can hold a candle to the last 49 years ...

There were five qualifiers for trotters on the morning of Friday (Sept. 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and the latter three saw returning stars take their non-wagering prep races with ease. The 2024 ...

It’s horse racing. It’s a casino game. Actually, it’s both. And it’s all on the up and up, entirely legal, and regulated.

Natasha Day has enjoyed living her life from one corner of the earth to the other: Australia to Canada. “I was born on the Gold Coast, Australia, to parents that were both involved in the sport of ...

I just heard that two great Hall of Fame Communicators have had their run ended at Goshen Historic Track — yes, that iconic ...

The Circus Maximus began around 600 BC and endured for approximately 1,100 years. The first spectators attended races before ...

The sport of harness racing has been around for centuries. Trotting racing in the United States began in 1788, it was ...

An aptly-named “stalking horse” is in pursuit of Hawthorne Race Course. In bankruptcy court jargon, according to legalclarity ...

Ken Mathieson’s nearly four decades as a hobby horseman have taught him plenty about the game, and by extension, life itself.

It is rather fitting that Michael Kimelman has fashioned a blue-chip harness racing résumé. When the man whose name has ...