Shark Week’s 17-race, 11-month unbeaten streak at Alberta’s top level of harness racing ended on Saturday (Apr. 27) at Century Downs as Bonus Round (Santanna Blue Chip) caught him in the $25,000 Preferred. Shark Week, the fastest horse in Western Canada history, went to the front as usual for Mike Hennessy and headed the field
Top Alberta-sired sophomores continue their sires stakes harness racing campaigns in seven total eliminations on Saturday (Jul. 15) at Century Downs. There were three eliminations of the Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) Marquis for fillies and four for the Maverick for colts and geldings. Beep Bop A Lula (Vertical Horizon, Dave Kelly) held off odds-on favourite
More great harness racing action was on display in Calgary, Alberta at Century Downs today and a pair of $90,000 finals were decided. Logan Gillis helped push G Ts Skyla (Mystician) over the finish line first in the Shirley McClellan Breeders’ Stake. The three-year-old filly paced the mile in 1:54.3 and picked up her fifth-lifetime