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Friday, 03 May 2024 16:33
2023 Night of Champions Winners Announced
The 2023 Alberta Thoroughbred Award winners: CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD COLT Rocky Mountain Turf Club Trophy ITSALLGOODMAN CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD FILLY Dwight McLellan Memorial Trophy MISS MIEZIE CHAMPION THREE…
Friday, 03 May 2024 16:28
American Blaze: A Tale of Triumph, Trials, and Transitions; 2023 Night of Champions Winners
There is an empty stall in veteran trainer Tom Rycroft’s shedrow at Nisku’s Century Mile racetrack with American Blaze’s name on it. But whether the horse, who was named Alberta’s…
Thursday, 02 May 2024 07:25
Race Track Testing at Century Mile and Century Downs (video)
We talk with Kaleb Dempsey from Racing Surfaces Laboratory about the metrics used in testing the race track surfaces in Alberta.
Sunday, 28 April 2024 22:15
Alberta Horse Racing Season Gallops Into Action with Record Purses and High Spirits
They’re at the post… Well, almost. While the harness horses have been racing in Calgary at Century Downs for a month, thoroughbred racing returns Saturday May 4 for the 2024…
Friday, 15 March 2024 19:31
Celebrating Harness Racing's Finest: Shark Week, Hennessy, Stout, and Arsenault Among Honorees
Rod Hennessy. Doug Stout. Shelly Arsenault. Shark Week. Scott McGinn… On and on goes the list of harness racing’s best from last year who were recently honoured just as a…
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Sunday, 10 March 2024 23:17
Honoring Legends: Red McKenzie and Jennifer Buck Receive Prestigious Sovereign Awards
Canada’s Sovereign Awards for thoroughbred racing - feting the best of the best - won’t be announced until April 18. But, two Albertans have already been honoured: In a unanimous…
Wednesday, 06 March 2024 21:07
2024 ASHA Awards Night Winners
.table-center { text-align: center !important; vertical-align: top !important; width: 50%; padding: 6px 0; } Congratulations to the 2023 season winners! 2 Year Old Alberta Sires Stakes FillyByby Baby Byby 2…
Wednesday, 06 March 2024 20:10
Remembering Elige Bourne - A Look Back at the 2018 Canadian Derby Homegrown Heros Feature
Homegrown Heroes - 2018 Canadian Derby Feature (video) Homegrown Heros features the connections to Shimshine and Regal Max — the two local favourites running in the 89th Canadian Derby. This…
Thursday, 11 January 2024 23:43
Unyielding Determination: Alberta Jockey Chris McGregor's Road to Hall of Fame Glory
Year after year retired Alberta jockey Chris McGregor would drive past the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame on the east side of monotonous Highway 2 just outside of Red Deer…
Monday, 11 December 2023 19:29
Alberta's Driving Titans Mike Hennessy and Phil Giesbrecht Reflect on Crossing the $1-Million Earnings Milestone
Mike Hennessy and Phil Giesbrecht recently both went over the $1-million mark for driving earnings this year. Two of the best drivers in Alberta, they are also both of the…
Thursday, 30 November 2023 17:18
Logan Park and Warrawee Vital: Canadian History-Making Horses in Corbeil's Stable
Beaumont’s Blair Corbeil owns two of the fastest standardbreds in Canadian history. This year Logan Park trotted in 1:50 3/5 on July 4 at Toronto’s Woodbine racetrack - one fifth…
Monday, 13 November 2023 13:22
Meet Daisy Corvette — and the Novice Trainer Guiding her Progression
Here’s the story. Implausible as it is true: There’s a horse, Daisy Corvette, who, after showing a lot of spunk and talent last year as a three-year-old in Alberta, could’t…
Monday, 06 November 2023 22:02
McNair Dominates Alberta Super Finals with Five Victories, including the Two-Year-Old Colts Alberta-bred with Come On Santana
Mike Hennessy won six races including the Two-Year-Old Fillies Super Finals with precocious ByBy Baby ByBy. Yet, Hennessy was still upstaged by Doug McNair who was flown into Edmonton from…
Tuesday, 31 October 2023 23:38
Two-Year-Old Fillies Set Blazing Track Record in Thrilling Starburst Stake Showdown
Two weeks ago - on October 14 at Century Mile - ByBy Baby ByBy and Outlawguns N Roses put on such a monumental performance in the Starburst stake that it…
Monday, 30 October 2023 00:29
2023 Alberta Sire Stakes Super Finals - Nov. 4 (video)
Celebrating the top 2 and 3 year old Alberta race speedsters. Super star horses, super star drivers, a super purse of over $350,000. The best this province has to offer…
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