The 4-year-old Sebastian K S gelding Benjamin Hanover, who earlier this season trotted the Harrah’s Philadelphia oval in 1:51.2 for a divisional track record, didn’t quite go that fast in winning the $15,000 fast-class handicap feature at the riverside oval on a Friday (Dec. 20) that saw snow fall through the last third of the card, but his 1:54 mile was very impressive in its own right.

Diamond Creek Farm is reporting on their Facebook page that Karl will not stand at stud in 2025.

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 36th O’Brien Awards, honoring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.

When retired Virginia small animal veterinarian Adam Ainspan purchased his first racehorse 22 years ago, he most likely had a dream, as any new owner would, to someday win a stakes race say, with a $500,000 purse.

Hawthorne’s Jingle Bell Series has been a winner with the racetrack and horsemen alike. Entries have been abundant for pacing fillies and the mares and colts and geldings divisions and the good size fields have benefitted the mutuel handle.