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Tuesday, 20 October 2020 14:01
Solo Ring grits out 'upset' win in CTHS Sales stake at Century Mile
Uncontested speed from a horse with a heart the size of rhinoceros isn’t fair. It’s like letting a pitcher with a 104 mph fastball throw from basketball’s free-throw-line distance. Especially…
Tuesday, 13 October 2020 12:51
2020 Alberta Sire Stakes - Saturday, October 17th (video)
The best of the Alberta breds take centre stage! It's the Alberta Sire Stakes Super Finals, Saturday, October 17th, from Century Downs in Calgary.
Tuesday, 13 October 2020 12:11
Whitehall pushing hard for Canada's Leading Jockey title
It’s a race that is still two months away from the finish line but it’s going to come right down to the wire. Canada’s leading jockey is local rider Antonio…
Wednesday, 07 October 2020 12:39
Young Guns - meet Alberta's Standardbred Rising Stars (video)
Meet some of Canada’s and Alberta’s rising stars in Standardbred Racing. Catch the Alberta Sire Stakes Super Finals, Saturday, October 17th, from Century Downs in Calgary.
Monday, 05 October 2020 10:49
Free Thought strings together a record winning streak
It was incredible. And somehow incredibly overlooked. Race after race after race, Alberta-owned, trained and based Quarter Horse Free Thought kept winning and winning and winning until he put together…
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Wednesday, 30 September 2020 21:12
Record Setter - Free Thought (video)
With a world record 18 wins in a row, William Leech's Free Thought will retire as one of the greatest Quarter Horses of all time.
Monday, 28 September 2020 08:24
Real Grace holds off late challengers to win Canadian Derby
Sometimes fairy tales, even the bittersweet ones, do come true. One certainly did in Sunday’s Canadian Derby at Century Mile when Real Grace, sent away at odds of 18-1, went…
Sunday, 27 September 2020 23:19
2020 ASHA Yearling Sale
CALGARY, Alberta — On Saturday, September 26, the Alberta Standardbred Horse Association (ASHA) held the 2020 Yearling Sale at Century Downs Racetrack and Casino. The sale was kicked off with…
Thursday, 24 September 2020 08:52
Diodoro always a factor in the Canadian Derby
Earlier this week I wrote about the Rico Walcott factor - the eight-time Alberta jockey champion and winner of five Canadian Derbies virtually having his pick of mounts and choosing…
Thursday, 24 September 2020 08:46
The Year Of The Mask - 2020 Canadian Derby Feature (video)
Western Canada’s biggest race! Check out some of the local favourites vying in the 91st running of the Canadian Derby. Sunday, September 27th, from Century Mile in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Wednesday, 23 September 2020 08:58
Candian Derby Schedule of Events
POST POSITION DRAWS: Wednesday, September 23 I 12:00pm *Live streamed on Facebook and Youtube CANADIAN DERBY PREVIEW: Saturday, September 26 I 10:30a m *Live streamed on Facebook and Youtube CENTURY…
Monday, 21 September 2020 23:15
Walcott aboard Synergy for 91st Canadian Derby this Sunday
Follow the money, aka jockey Rico Walcott. Maybe it’s that simple when it comes to picking the winner of Sunday’s Canadian Derby, Alberta thoroughbred racing’s most anticipated race at Century…
Thursday, 17 September 2020 08:55
The 91st running of the Canadian Derby (video)
The 91st running of the Canadian Derby. Sunday September 27th, from Century Mile in Edmonton.
Sunday, 13 September 2020 23:13
Shannon 'Sugar' Doyle recalls his lifelong passion for horse racing
Century Mile track announcer Shannon, call me ‘Sugar,’ Doyle got sold on horse racing early. “I was 10 years old and living in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, when my mother,…
Monday, 07 September 2020 18:36
Shimshine nips Regal Max by a half in the Alberta Breeders'
One is a Hatfield. The other is a McCoy. Shimshine and Regal Max have had a longstanding rivalry and feud going on for four years and counting and they were…
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