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
Driver Phil Giesbrecht swept the co-featured $50,000 sophomore stakes on Friday, April 26 at Fraser Downs with Ray Gemmill Memorial upset winner Phone Nine One One and Penny Bath Memorial champion Kootenay Cocoa, who equalled the divisional track record.
After guiding Outlaw Blue Isle to her first Fillies & Mares Preferred win on Friday, Dave Kelly engineered the winning trip with stablemate Bonus Round in the Preferred Pace on Saturday, April 20 at Century Downs to give that pacer his first top class tally.
The Alberta Standardbred Horse Association (ASHA) announced on Wednesday, April 3 the appointment of Nancy Retzlaff as its new Executive Director. The appointment came into effect on April 1.