Alberta's 2023 Champions Awarded March 10, 2024 The best of Alberta's 2023 harness racing season were honoured at the annual Alberta Standardbred Horse Association (ASHA) Awards during a night of glitz and glam on Saturday, March 9 at the Best West...
Dominating Duo In Alberta Classics October 24, 2023 Easy. First, Side Piece in Saturday night’s $134,300 Century Casino Filly Pace. Then, two races later, Blue Star Mercury in the $110,710 Western Canada Pacing Derby -- both humiliating their opponents...
Alberta's Top Sophomores Prepare For Showdown October 04, 2023 As expected, G TS Skyla and Virtual Horizon -- the early favourites for Alberta’s most prestigious races -- the October 21 $110,000 Western Canada Pacing Derby and the $110,000 Century Casino Filly Pa...
Virtual Horizon Makes It 13 Straight October 01, 2023 Surviving two serious threats, Virtual Horizon maintained his unblemished sophomore record with his 13th straight victory, a hard-fought win in the $56,300 Alberta Plainsman final on Saturday, Sept. 3...
Shark Week, Virtual Horizon Star At Century September 23, 2023 A densely packed card of 11 races marked the Saturday (Sept. 23) afternoon hosted at Century Mile with the Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) headlining the action. Amid the stakes action, Shark Week broke t...
Unpredictable Virtual Horizon Keeps Everyone Guessing September 22, 2023 You look at Virtual Horizon’s perfect past performances this year and wonder what could possibly be wrong going into Saturday’s Plainsman eliminations for three-year-old Alberta-bred colts and gelding...
Streaks Extended At Century Saturday August 12, 2023 Virtual Horizon, G Ts Skyla, and Shark Week each took home victories in their respective assignments on the Mid-Summer Classic card at Century Downs on Saturday (Aug. 12) to extend their impressive wi...
Stakes Mania At Century Downs August 05, 2023 The Saturday (Aug. 5) card of harness racing at Century Downs featured eliminations for four lucrative stakes finals, with Virtual Horizon continuing his dominance over his division to run his win str...
Virtual Horizon Rings Up Score In ABSS Maverick July 22, 2023 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 a stakes-fi...
Century Hosts Marquis, Maverick Eliminations July 15, 2023 A total of seven Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) eliminations went postward at Century Downs on Saturday (July 15) with three for the ABSS Marquis, for sophomore pacing fillies, and four for the ABSS Mave...
Seven In A Row For Virtual Horizon In Moore’s Mile June 24, 2023 The sophomore Vertical Horizon colt Virtual Horizon stayed unbeaten from seven starts through 2023 with a 1:53.2 victory in the $90,000 Moore’s Mile Breeders’ Stakes at Century Downs on Saturday (June...
Alberta Sophomores Face Off In Stakes Eliminations June 17, 2023 Three-year-old Alberta foaled pacers faced off in eliminations for next weekend's Moore's Mile and Shirley McClellan Breeders Stakes on Saturday afternoon (June 17) at Century Downs.
Shark Week Paces Fastest Mile In Western Canadian History June 03, 2023 Never in the history of harness racing in Western Canada had a Standardbred raced a mile in under 1:50. Shark Week became the first to break the barrier when taking the $14,000 Preferred Pace on a sta...