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Tuesday, 28 June 2016 18:05
Handle continues to show strength at half-way point of Century Downs 2016 Season
Rockyview County, AB — Halfway through the lengthened season of Standardbred racing at Century Downs Racetrack and Casino, the live racing handle continues to show strength. When comparing the 25…
Monday, 27 June 2016 09:35
Canada Day Racing returns to Millarville
The Rocky Mountain Turf Club is once again bringing horse racing fans the always jam-packed, historic and exciting Millarville Race Meet. The popular race track, complete with a home-town fair,…
Monday, 27 June 2016 09:28
Hoofprints - June 26th
As the calendar turns to July, the Alberta Sire Stakes for 3 year olds are set to get underway at Century Downs. Fifty fillies and forty-two colts and geldings are…
Monday, 27 June 2016 09:22
Is it Spring, Summer, or Fall “at last” in Alberta?
There have only been four 2 year old races thus far at the 2016 thoroughbred meet but it looks like the progeny of the sire – Spring At Last have…
Monday, 27 June 2016 09:18
Derby and Futurity results from RMTC
As Bonnie Schoeler said after her husband’s horse, Poutn On The Wagon, won the Alberta Bred Futurity Sunday at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club: “Oh yeah we thought he’d win,…
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Thursday, 23 June 2016 10:15
The Trials are over and the Finals are set
Quarter horse fans will gather at Whoop-up Downs Sunday, the second final weekend of the Spring meet, to witness the running of the Quarter Horse Futurity and Derby Finals, with…
Monday, 20 June 2016 12:55
Hoofprints - June 19th
One of the more anticipated events of the season comes to Century Downs on Sunday. It’s the west regional drivers challenge, featuring eight drivers drawn from Manitoba, British Columbia and…
Monday, 20 June 2016 12:22
Plenty of Stakes Action at Northlands on Saturday
A large Northlands crowd witnessed four 1-mile Stake races on Saturday — The Spangled Jimmy, The John Patrick, The R. K. (Red) Smith, and The Ky Alta. Purses offered for…
Monday, 20 June 2016 10:30
Racing Wrap-Up from RMTC
Saturday was an up and down day for trainer Jim Depew, with another up added on Sunday. In the fourth race his Careless Hunter, “lost by the bob of its…
Friday, 17 June 2016 15:59
Big Stakes Day this Saturday at Northlands Park
Another big weekend ahead on track at Northlands as we pack four stakes races into Saturday action. Greg Tracy swept the first stakes day of the year, but now with…
Thursday, 16 June 2016 09:37
2016 ASHA Yearling Sale
The 2016 ASHA Yearling sale will take place on September 11 at the Olds Agricultural Society Megadome. The table below is the Hip index for the sale - an excel…
Wednesday, 15 June 2016 17:06
History of RMTC - Mahlon Bourne
Mahlon Bourne, though he raced in Raymond and won the Raymond Businessmen's Derby a number of times, was from Magrath and was a Magrathite through and through. But horse racing…
Tuesday, 14 June 2016 15:34
Support the Stollery This Sunday
Join Nitza’s Pizza and Kelly Hoerdt this Sunday at Bedrock Stables for their fund raiser in aid of the Stollery Children’s Hospital of Edmonton. Last year’s event drew about 700…
Monday, 13 June 2016 15:38
Alberta Trials Results from RMTC
The Alberta Bred Quarter Horse Derby Trials saw 17 three-year-olds go to the gate, to be narrowed down to eight after three, 350 yard sprints.Donalda Carter trains ER Café, the…
Monday, 13 June 2016 13:45
A Bump in the Road
The momentum of increased wagering for the 2016 Northlands thoroughbred meet seems to have stalled for the time being anyway. Total wagering on the live product for the first sixteen…
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