Category: Announcements

Former Roosevelt, Yonkers and Meadowlands trainer Mel Smorra died Sept. 27, 2023, after a long illness. He was 82.

Standardbred Canada, an incorporated, non-profit organization with a mandate to support the Standardbred breed and the persons who breed, own and race Standardbred horses, is seeking a president and chief executive officer.

Carmen Lee Conrad, 77, died at her Canal Winchester, Ohio, home on Sept. 16, 2023.

Sherry Kamps Thomson, 83, died Sept. 22, 2023.

Lindy Farms of Connecticut has announced that Branded By Lindy, 3,1:50.3 ($561,392) (Chapter Seven–The Lindy Label-Cantab Hall) will be syndicated and will stand in Ohio at Hickory Lane Farm beginning with the 2024 breeding season.

The USTA will be at the Winner’s Circle Speed Sale at the Fowlerville Fairgrounds in Michigan on Thursday (Sept. 28).

Princeton Farms is pleased to announce that videos depicting our terrific trio of pacing colts selling this fall in the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale are now available on our farm’s website as well as the Lexington Sale site.

Videos for the 12 yearlings being sold by Spring Station Bloodstock are now available on the sale website, www.lexingtonselected.com.

The United States Trotting Association reminds its members that 20 Association membership directors are slated to stand for re-election on Tuesday (Dec. 12).

Hopkinsville, KY – Ben S. Wood III, 78, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 21, 2023, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Ben was the son of Ben S. Wood II and Rachel…