Mel Hartman

Collage of 2021 O'Brien Award finalist Venerable

Hartman And A Venerable Season

January 09, 2022

When David McDuffee and Mel Hartman's Poof Shes Gone cracked the million-dollar threshold as a rookie trotter in 2009, she became just the second trotting filly in harness racing history to boast a se...

Southwind Avenger Seeks More Gold

Rideau Carleton Raceway raises the curtain on its 2019 Ontario Sires Stakes season this Sunday, July 21, featuring the province’s top three-year-old trotting colts in three Grassroots and three Gold S...

Hartman, Nifty & Kadabra Magic

January 16, 2017

While the 2016 season laid out for trotting filly Magic Presto didn't go quite according to plan, the Ontario Sired lass ended her year on a high note that helped propel her close to the top of her di...

A Life-Changing World Champion

October 04, 2016

"Being in the standardbred business for over 50 years, it sure changed my life to have a horse like that -- a world champion."

Bee A Magician Vs. The Best Ever

September 16, 2015

“If she can continue to race at this level, I take a look at what Moni Maker made and there’s been some comparisons of [Bee A Magician] to that horse. That horse was a hell of a horse. I don’t know if...

Bee A Magician To Balmoral

November 06, 2013

Not only is the top three-year-old pacing filly headed to Balmoral Park this weekend, the top three-year-old trotting filly -- and the horse ranked as the top Standardbred in North America -- will be ...

Hoping For Good Things In Threes

October 19, 2013

If it’s true that good things happen in threes, Mel Hartman could be in for a good night on Saturday at the Breeders Crown.

Hartman: "She's Scary Good"

September 18, 2012

In 40 years as a standardbred owner, Mel Hartman has never had a two-month run like it.