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So what does an older racehorse and a younger racehorse owner do with no horse racing currently taking place in Ontario? Right now it’s an easy answer for Putnam’s Kelley McNiven: “We ride!”
Capitol Hill and Virgin Eyes, two hard-knocking performers, get top billing in Saturday (March 28) night’s $5,400 filly and mare pacing feature.
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association and Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Health Insurance (O.H.H.H.I.T.) Trustees as administrators of the Harness Horsemen’s Health Insurance Trust would like to announce financial relief for all Harness Horsemen’s Health Insurance Plan Participants.
A total of 30 4-year-old pacers have been nominated to the C$200,000 Prix d’Ete at the Hippodrome 3R on Sunday (Aug. 23).
Alan Schwartz, president of the Monticello Harness Horsemen's Association, said that the membership was informed that racing at Monticello Raceway was going to cease on March 16.
COVID-19 is causing the Standardbred Retirement Foundation to cancel, not postpone, three of its most important fundraisers. It is also being slammed by the need for Americans to quarantine, keeping adopters away during the busiest time of the year for finding homes.
In December Winnie Morgan Nemeth got a call from Hall of Fame trainer Linda Toscano, who said she had a nice coming 4-year-old by Muscle Hill that was not going to make it as a racehorse. When Toscano said she wanted to send the gelding King Hill to New Vocations, Nemeth could barely believe her ears.
Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA devoted much of its show Thursday (March 26) to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on harness racing. U.S. Trotting Association Executive Vice President and CEO Mike Tanner, Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association President Sam Beegle, and DRF Harness Editor Derick Giwner were guests on the show, hosted this week by Mike Bozich.
Billy Johnston will be remembered as the most important and influential individual in the history of pari-mutuel harness racing in Illinois and a pillar of the sport in North America for a half century. The man who left an indelible imprint on the sport died on March 27, 2020 at age 84.
At Thursday’s special meeting of the California Horse Racing Board, Watch and Wager LLC received approval to race on Tuesday and Wednesday beginning next week.
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