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According to a story in Thoroughbred Daily News, Standardbred owner Howard Taylor has sued Meadowlands owner Jeff Gural, alleging defamation and related crimes for his accusations that Taylor was purchasing EPO, which, Gural implied, he was supplying to his trainers.

Fourth generation harness racing family member Lawrence S. DeVan looks fondly upon the outstanding individuals that he has met in his lifetime spent around Standardbreds.

Cordarius Stewart will conclude his breakout year as a driver this weekend at Hawthorne Racecourse. The 29-year-old Mississippi native took advantage of an opportunity to drive the Erv Miller stable’s Midwest division youngsters in Illinois this season and as the old cliche says: “Knocked it out of the park.”

She Is Strong more than lived up to her name in Monday’s (Dec. 11) $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Bally’s Dover, delivering a decisive five-length win over stablemate Last Nights Hit and completing a series sweep after similarly facile scores in both preliminary rounds.

On Monday (Dec. 11), Chairperson Marilyn Breuer-Bertera and Directors Jay Cross, Steve Oldford, Scott Peine, and Mike Sweeney hosted the annual USTA District 2 meeting via Zoom.

A foggy winter morning made it impossible for fans and racing officials to see the backstretch, however, that didn’t slow down amateur reinsman Hunter Lofthus from getting his first pari-mutuel victory aboard Martaritaondarocks on Sunday (Dec. 10) at First Tracks Cumberland.

How good is the 3-year-old Illinois bred trotter Goomster? Very good, would be the correct answer. But has he been good enough in his sophomore season to be named the 2023 Illinois Harness Horse of the Year?

Sam Moteur with trainer/driver Björn Goop won the Prix du Bourbonnais in a narrow finish Sunday afternoon (Dec. 10) at Vincennes followed by the French trotters Izard Vedaquais and Gu d’Heripre; those three are now qualified to race in the Prix d’Amerique.

Trainer Ron Burke swept both featured events at MGM Northfield Park on Sunday (Dec. 11) with Tequila Talkin scoring an impressive victory in the $18,000 Open Trot and Night Shadow rallying from off the pace to win the $18,000 Open Pace.

Hawthorne’s Race Office made an interesting decision to begin Sunday’s nine race card with its best event as the opener. It’s an unusual choice and one that this author believes was a good idea.