Ron Gierkink is based in Toronto and covers Woodbine as a handicapper and reporter. He joined Daily Racing Form in 1988.

Perennial leading sire Candy Ride was no slouch in 2025 as he continues to produce quality. The Lane's End stallion, who turns 27 this year, finished 10th among the North American leading general ...

The importation of the successful young sire Sergei Prokofiev from England should be a huge boost to the Ontario breeding industry.

Hall of Fame driver Carmine Abbatiello, one of harness racing’s most successful and popular drivers throughout a career that spanned more than four decades, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 27), his family ...

David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Thursday, January 22, at Aqueduct.

David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Friday, January 23, at Aqueduct.

Nine horses were entered for Saturday's $175,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes at Gulfstream Park, although the majority of the attention will be focused on just two of them – budding superstars Knightsbridge ...

Ironhorse Stallions standard-bearer Bucchero moved to New York for 2024 after standing his first five seasons in Florida. His runners conceived during that time include the New Jersey-born Book'em ...

Last of 10 at the half-mile pole, Golden Tempo was first past the post Saturday at Fair Grounds in the Lecomte Stakes.

After running one-two last Saturday in the Lecomte Stakes, an early Kentucky Derby prep, and winning a dirt-route maiden race earlier on the card, the Cherie DeVaux barn returns to its Fair Grounds ...

Todd Pletcher couldn’t have hoped for more than he got with the two Saturday runners he shipped to Fair Grounds from his winter base at Palm Beach Downs. The 3-year-old Jackson Hole, coming off a ...

Balnikhov, the millionaire four-time stakes winner, has had a change of ownership in advance of his 2026 debut at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. A 6-year-old gelding, Balnikhov will now race for Andrew ...