Mike Hennessy and Phil Giesbrecht recently both went over the $1-million mark for driving earnings this year, achieving the feat for the first time in their careers.
It’s unlikely the horsemen will be headless, so be not afraid to make your way to The Meadowlands this Halloween weekend and check out some frighteningly good stakes racing, sports action and entertainment, with the Kindergarten Series on track.
The Michigan Fair Stakes Finals, worth $20,000 each, were contested on Saturday evening (Sept. 23) at the Northville, Michigan oval where one track record was established and another was equalled.
Albertan phenom Virtual Horizon added another victory to his unbeaten sophomore campaign with a 1:53.3 victory in the $59,000 Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) Maverick final at Century Downs on Saturday (July 22).
Eliminations for the Western Canada Pacing Derby are set for this Saturday, Nov. 26 at Century Mile. Fourteen of the top three-year-old pacing colts and geldings in Western Canada will face off in a pair of $13,500 eliminations to determine the field for the $110,000 (est.) final, which will be contested on Saturday, Dec. 3.