White, then Stacey Markham, was born into harness racing with father [Carl] and mother [Lyn] being hobby trainers, but the ...

When considering the question what, if anything, can be done to revive harness racing, one answer is to entice fresh young ...

Swedish-bred Maharajah (Viking Kronos) and French champion Ready Cash (Indy de Vive), both born in 2005, continue to play the lead roles in the European breeding business. The two top trotting sires ...

Just so your readers know, we revoked Jeff Gillis’ right to race at my tracks in November of 2023 when we found out he was buying performing enhancing from [Seth] Fishman. Sadly, no one else cared ...

by James Platz. A new standardbred training center is coming to the heart of the Bluegrass State. Construction is slated to begin next month on a facility in Versailles that will feature a ...

In addition to his familial duties as a husband to Makenna and the father of two young sons, he is in charge of the Southern Oaks Training Center in Sorrento, FL, the fairly recently acquired — and ...

All American Harnessbreds, known for producing champions like Test Of Faith and Captain Albano, is set to leave the standardbred breeding business by 2025. Discover why, despite their success, they’ve ...

A conversation with “Bet with The Best” podcast host Chris Larmey The popular podcast host talks about great betting, what to do about the computer teams, pricing, the current state of horse racing ...

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 ...

For several years, The Meadowlands has been touting their nightly, weekly and yearly handle, which for 2024 averaged $3 million a night for the fourth time in the last five years, by far the biggest ...

When Angela Boan was growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the then 21-year-old met her soon-to-be ex-husband whose family was involved in harness racing. Being a novice to the sport, Boan quickly ...

This weekend, Indiana’s own Jacob Rheinheimer will receive the Lew Barasch Breakthrough Award at the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awards dinner. I sat down earlier this week to talk to ...