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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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Monday, 23 October 2023 18:15
Dominating Double Victory at Century Mile: Side Piece and Blue Star Mercury Triumph in Alberta Harness Racing's Biggest Showdowns
Easy. First, Side Piece in Saturday night’s $134,300 Century Casino Filly Pace. Then, two races later, Blue Star Mercury in the $110,710 Western Canada Pacing Derby - both humiliating their…
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 07:00
Over The Horizon and Blue Star Mercury Surpass Expectations to Reach Western Canada Pacing Derby Final
The stage is set. Favourite Over The Horizon and longshot King Kong slayer Blue Star Mercury both won this past Saturday’s Western Canada Pacing Derby eliminations to advance to this…
Tuesday, 03 October 2023 13:01
Alberta's Top Racehorses Prepare for Showdown: G TS Skyla and Virtual Horizon Dominate Preps, but Challengers Loom
It’s interesting. Very interesting. As expected, G TS Skyla and Virtual Horizon - the favourites for Alberta’s most prestigious races - the October 21 $110,000 Western Canada Pacing Derby and…
Friday, 29 September 2023 07:57
Positive Numbers from the 2023 CTHS Alberta Thoroughbred Sale
The CTHS Alberta Sale, held at Westerner Park in Red Deer on Friday, September 22nd, 2023 was a resounding success with significant positive increases on all benchmarks for the 69…
Monday, 25 September 2023 21:50
Record-Breaking ASHA Yearling Sale Shatters Expectations with Over $1.2 Million in Sales
“Phenomenal.” “Incredible.” “Ecstatic.” “Fantastic.” “Over the moon.” Those were just some of the words used to describe Sunday’s history-making Alberta Standardbred Horse Association (ASHA) Yearling Sale at Edmonton’s Century Mile.…
Wednesday, 20 September 2023 22:58
Unpredictable Virtual Horizon Keeps Everyone Guessing Ahead of Plainsman Eliminations
You look at Virtual Horizon’s perfect past performances this year and wonder what could possibly be wrong going into Saturday’s Plainsman eliminations for three-year-old Alberta-bred colts and geldings. Eleven starts;…
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 20:59
Unique Training Regimen Puts One-Horse Wonder G TS Skyla on the Fast Track to Success
It’s quite the scene. Every day after harness trainer Scott McGinn finishes work he goes home to Stony Plain and jogs his one-horse stable star, G TS Skyla, around a…
Tuesday, 12 September 2023 07:10
2023 Alberta Breeders Fall Classic - September 16th (video)
The 27th running of the Alberta Breeders Fall Classic is coming to Century Downs in Calgary this Saturday - seven races of the best Alberta bred thoroughbreds.
Tuesday, 05 September 2023 19:40
Exciting Start to the Season at Century Mile: Kioti's Phenomenal Rise and High Hopes for the Future
New season. New hopes. New dreams. With the thoroughbreds now in Calgary, harness racing returns to Century Mile on Saturday with a card that will feature 13 or 14 races.…
Monday, 28 August 2023 08:15
Odds-On Favorite Abeliefinthislivin Secures Commanding Victory in $200,000 Canadian Derby
Abeliefinthislivin flew under the radar in the weeks leading up to the $200,000 Canadian Derby. Saturday, he simply flew to a convincing victory roaring down the long Century Mile stretch…
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