Raising Rusty pulled off an upset victory in the $10,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Thursday (Sept. 7) evening and did so in a career best time.
Raising Rusty (Kadabra) repeated his career-best time in an upset fourth Preferred-Handicap victory of the harness racing season at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Thursday (Sep. 7). Off at 10-1, he resided in the three-hole through the first half with panels of :27.1 and :56.4 provided by Duke Lavictoire (Pascal Berube). Stephane Pouliot directed Raising Rusty
Sibling rivalry came down to the wire on Friday (Sep. 1) at Kawartha Downs as the Hie brothers drove harness racing half-sisters to a tight 1-2 finish. The brothers, Doug and Carman, with 151 years of age between them, trained and drove Wildcat Lisa (Betterthancheddar) and Pop The Bubbly, respectively. Carman gave Pop The Bubbly
Georgian Downs ended its harness racing season finale early after the judges declared a no contest due to unsafe track conditions that led to an incident with the starting gate. On the wet track, the gate car appeared to lose traction and failed to accelerate away from the field. As it steered to the outside,