Rod Starkewski pupil Crackle N Burn kicked from last to first to best his stablemate and score in the $10,500 featured pace at Century Mile on the season-finale card Saturday (Feb. 12).
Canadian Pharoh played a fierce game of catch-me-if-you-can during the Saturday (Feb. 5) feature at Century Mile, not allowing anyone to collar him en route to victory.
One of two in the race for trainer Chris Lancaster, Canadian Pharoh managed to hold off a furious charge from her stablemate and odds-on choice Portrstownchris IR to win the $10,500 featured pace at Century Mile on Saturday (Jan. 22).
Making his first start since laying the smackdown on foes his own age in the Western Canada Pacing Derby, Sunshine Boy made a seamless transition to open competition for his connections in the Saturday (Jan. 15) feature at Century Mile.
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There certainly hasn t been a shortage of win photos for the connections of Major Custard over the past two seasons, but the one from the Saturday (Dec. 12) card at Century Mile could be bittersweet.
Major Custard might have made his final start in Alberta after his co-owner Jim Marino announced that he would be selling a number of his racehorses to concentrate on younger stock. This announcement comes as the province s 2020 harness racing season comes to an end, necessitating a double-header card on Saturday.
Competing in the second of two $22,500 Brad Gunn Breeders Stakes divisions, Major Custard and driver Mike Hennessy sat patiently in fourth during the first half of his contest while Chazmichaelmichael (Kelly Hoerdt) paced through splits of :28.3 and :59.2. Outlaw C My Shadow (Connie Kolthammer) made a move from third just before the half and looped to the lead, leaving Major Custard first up after H