Exit Smiling missed out on two of the biggest harness races of the summer, the Ralph Klein Memorial and the Western Canada Pacing Derby. But he may still be the…
One is a shot of a cloudy, dreary fall Tuesday night of harness racing at Northlands race track. A light mist is gathering. That picture was taken in 1982. The…
Tuesday morning harness trainer Chris Lancaster had just finished jogging Lady Neigh Neigh, one of the favourites in Friday’s $22,500 second division of the Jim Rogers Memorial, when a loose…
Mike Hennessy walked on water, made elephants disappear and solved a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded Saturday afternoon at Northlands. One of the most talented harness drivers in the business, Hennessy won…
Can the proverbial lightning strikes twice happen again? Two years ago trainer-driver Kelly Hoerdt qualified four three-year-old fillies for the Northlands Filly Pace and amazingly finished 1-2-3-4 with Brighten Your…
His world careening wildly out of control, harness driver Brandon Campbell wanted to end it all as he drove back home to Alberta this past March after another failed drug…
Keith Clark knew immediately that something was wrong. Something very wrong. “I was line driving some colts last month and I was huffing and puffing. I don’t run but I’m…
That’s what Rod Starkewski will send out in this weekend’s stakes action at Northlands. The veteran trainer has Maxsamian in one of Friday’s two legs of the Starburst for two-year-old…
With decades of experience, in harness racing, to her credit - award-winning writer Melissa Keith, of Lower Onslow, Nova Scotia, is on the move to Western Canada and is set…
It was picture perfect. As she crossed the finish line Marjorie Dumont turned to the camera and flashed a smile that was as wide and as long as her four…