Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) brought Canada’s longest harness racing winning streak into 2024 with a 16th consecutive victory on Saturday (Jan. 6) at Century Mile. The gelding fired forward under urging from Michael Hennessy and took control before the quarter for the eighth straight start. He cut the mile with fractions of :26.2, :55.4, and
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) continued his reign as Western Canada’s undisputed harness racing king as he snapped up his 15th consecutive Preferred-Handicap on Saturday (Dec. 23) at Century Mile. The five-year-old made it eight straight chartlines filled with 1s as he wired the seven-horse group. Michael Hennessy had him on top with minimal effort in
Harness racing driver Doug McNair, about 2,600 kilometres west of his home track, stole the show in the Alberta Sires Stakes Super Finals on Saturday (Nov. 4) at Century Mile as the Ontario-based reinsman won three of the four $75,000 events. Come On Santana (Santana Blue Chip) captured the first Super Final for two-year-old colts
On a Saturday (Oct. 14) night that saw Virtual Horizon’s streak end, Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) won his 11th consecutive harness racing contest and broke the track record at Century Mile. The gelding, who previously also held the track record for an aged pacing stallion, was never headed in the wire-to-wire Preferred-winning effort. He fired