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The 2016 Atlantic Sires Stakes race season officially gets underway this Sunday at Truro Raceway, as Canada’s oldest sires stakes program celebrates its 50th Anniversary year. A total of thirty Atlantic Sires Stakes three-year-old pacing fillies will gather for competition Sunday afternoon at the Truro oval.  The fillies will meet in four ‘A’ division events, each…

The Annual General Meeting of the Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association will take place on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at 1 pm. The meeting will take place at the Truro Horsemen’s Club, located at Truro Raceway. All ASBA members are welcome to attend.

The 2016 Atlantic Sires Stakes race schedule has been released.  Click on the ‘Schedule’ tab to access the complete race schedule.

ALL OWNERS of horses staked to the Atlantic Sires Stakes in 2016 must be members of the Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association.  The fee is $50 per owner.  The fee needs to be paid once per calendar year and should be sent with your stake payments to STANDARDBRED CANADA.  The fee(s) may be included on the same…

The ASBA is now accepting Atlantic Sires Stakes Stallion Registrations for the 2016 breeding season. The registration fee is $500 and is payable to the ASBA by January 31, 2016.  Stallion registration information and payment should be forwarded to the ASBA – PO Box 65 Port Hood, NS, B0E 2W0. For further information, please contact…

  By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – It was all Barrieau, all day at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park for Atlantic Breeder’s Crown championship Sunday.The New Brunswick reinsman won seven races on the 15-dash program including three Atlantic Breeder’s Crown finals as the 2015 Atlantic Sires Stakes season came…

By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – The Atlantic Canadian weekend of champions takes center stage Saturday and Sunday at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The very best Atlantic Canadian racing and breeding has to offer will be on display Sunday afternoon with a 15-dash card getting underway at 1…

Charlottetown, PE – The Atlantic Breeders Crown host committee today announced a panel session has been added to the Atlantic Breeders Crown weekend which will be held October 9th to 11th weekend.  At the Atlantic Breeders Crown Banquet, Saturday, October 10, at the Rodd Royalty, Charlottetown, four of the most successful stakes competitors in Atlantic history…

By Jerry McCabe Charlottetown, PE – Four Atlantic Canadian harness racing families will be recognized for their significant contributions to the industry during the Atlantic Breeders Crown on Thanksgiving weekend. The Arsenault family, from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the family of Lloyd Downing of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Allan Jones family from New Brunswick and…

  Clare MacDonald had a driving double in Atlantic Sires Stakes racing action at Northside Downs on Saturday afternoon, securing first place in divisional standings for two of her trainees.   MacDonald and Heart and Soul crossed the finish line in 1:58.3 for owners Earith and George Riley of Kensington, PE.  This was the fifth…