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 blood, such as this week’s Superstar Female, Alexandra Sarkine.

by Bob Heyden Terry Morgan passed away this week, three months shy of his 82nd birthday. The native from the hills of Tennessee had been a steady presence in harness racing for over six decades. In ...

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 Murray Brown “It’s been a very challenging year to have to build a racetrack,” said fourth generation standardbred horseman John Duer of the Versailles Standardbred Group LLC, a venture of which he ...

by Brett Sturman Ask and you shall receive. Just one week after an HRU column clamored for a matchup between Swedish imports Aetos Kronos S and Antognoni S that didn’t come to fruition in the Cutler, ...

by Bob Heyden The 2024 Horse of the Year, Twin B Joe Fresh, returns to the racing wars this weekend at Chester. She raced in and won the Lady Liberty last year on Hambletonian Day and will look to ...

by Brett Sturman 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 ...

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 ...

Excitement is building as the stakes horses begin to return to the track. by Brett Sturman Qualifiers from Friday morning (May 2) at The Meadowlands marked the on-track return of multiple champions ...

We all know Mr. Gural owns Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs as well as The Meadowlands. The Meadowlands offers all us bettors past performances online every race night, which is wonderful. I wonder why a ...