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All AtSS events scheduled for Atlantic Grand Circuit Week at Truro Raceway will go ahead as planned.  This includes the 2 year-old pacing fillies, 2 and 3 year-old trotters and the 2 and 3 year-old pacing colts. Please see the Race Calendar for details.

A full slate of Atlantic Sires Stakes events will be showcased this week at Red Shores Summerside Raceway, as part of Lobster Carnival Week activities on PEI.  First on the docket are the two and three-year-old trotters which are meeting for the first time this season in Atlantic Sires Stakes racing action.  The trotters are slated to go Tuesday…

Atlantic Sires Stakes three-year-old pacing colts clocked some record breaking miles at Northside Downs in North Sydney on Saturday afternoon.   The Rev and driver-trainer Danny Romo set a new track record for three-year-old colts and a new personal best of 1:55.3.  The Rev is owned by Robert Skinner, Truro, NS, Jeffery Skinner Hammonds Plains, NS, Stephen Tufts, Truro, NS,…

Northside Downs will play host to its first Atlantic Sires Stakes of the 2013 race season on Saturday when the three-year-old pacing colts roll into town.    This will be the second meeting of the colts this week, as they also met at Inverness Raceway last weekend, and the competition is sure to be fast and furious.  Three ‘A’ divisions…

The Atlantic Sires Stakes three-year-old pacing colts put on an impressive show at Inverness Raceway on Sunday, as the track record for three-year-olds was equaled by The Rev.  The three-year-old pacing colt crossed the finish line in 1:56.3 in the final ‘A’ division event on the afternoon race card with driver-trainer Danny Romo in the bike. …

Atlantic Sires Stakes three-year-old pacing colts from across the Maritimes will converge at Inverness Raceway on Sunday afternoon.    The Inverness oval will play host to three ‘A’ divisions each going for a purse pool of over $7000.  Two ‘B’ divisions will round out the afternoon card of racing.  Points accumulated in each Atlantic Sires Stakes ‘A’ division…

Reminder to all ASBA members – the Annual General Meeting of the ASBA will take place on Sunday, June 9th, at 10:30 am at the Truro Horsemen’s Club, Truro Raceway.

The Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association (ASBA) and Inverness Raceway have announced the re-scheduled race date for the Atlantic Sires Stakes three-year-old pacing colts.  The colts will now meet in Atlantic Sires Stakes racing action for the first time this season on Sunday, June 30, at Inverness Raceway.  This event had previously been postponed as a precautionary measure based upon concerns…

The inaugural event of the 2013 Atlantic Sires Stakes race season is slated to take place this Sunday at Truro Raceway.  The eagerly anticipated event will see three ‘A’ divisions of the three-year-old pacing fillies compete for the winner’s share of the $6,980 purse. Three ‘B’ divisions will round out the afternoon race card.  Points accumulated in every Atlantic…

The Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association (ASBA), in consultation with the Maritime Provinces Harness Racing Commission (MPHRC) and its Bio Security Committee, has postponed the Atlantic Sires Stakes three-year-old pacing colts event which was slated for Sunday, May 26th, at Inverness Raceway.  This event will be re-scheduled at a later date.  In addition, the MPHRC has postponed the remainder of the afternoon…