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Outlawguns N Roses (Captive Audience) completed a sterling sophomore harness racing campaign as she won the $80,000 Alberta Sires Stakes Super Final for three-year-old fillies on Saturday (Nov. 2) at Century Mile. The filly, driven by Dave Kelly, dropped in third at the quarter in :27.3 and hugged the pylons through :56.4 and 1:25.2 middle […]
Custard Dolce (Custard The Dragon) won her fifth straight harness racing contest in stakes company in the Alberta Sires Stakes Starburst for two-year-old pacing fillies at The Track on 2 on Saturday (Sep. 14). Jamie Gray guided her to the front for the first time in her career, and she reigned over the field through […]
Alberta’s best harness racing horses battled in $248,400 worth of stakes on closing day at Century Downs on Saturday (Aug. 31). Custard Dolce’s (Custard The Dragon) crushing track-record victory in the $70,000 ASHA Filly Pace for two-year-old fillies kicked off the stakes action. The filly secured her fourth straight victory as she brushed from fourth […]
Century Downs will host a 11-dash card full of harness racing action. The action includes the ABSS Starlet for two-year-old fillies and the ABSS Rising Stars which is for rookie pacing boy. A free program can be found here. 19 fillies draw into three divisions for the ABSS Starlet. The first is scheduled for the second race […]
Vertical Horizon three-year-olds Yyc On The Horizon and Byby Baby Byby both pulled harness racing upsets in their respective Alberta Sires Stakes events totaling $107,800 in purses on Saturday (Jul. 13) at Century Downs. Yyc On The Horizon had the longer odds — 16-1 — of the two, and the biggest margin of victory after […]
Tzilacatzin’s (Captive Audience) win on Jun. 1 came as a number of firsts for his connections: it was the first stakes win of trainer/driver Chris Brown’s career, and the first victory of that kind for owner/breeder Jen Clark. The narrow triumph in the $54,800 Alberta Sires Stakes Marksman at Century Downs was also Brown’s first […]
Both Tzilacatzin (Captive Audience) and driver Chris Brown were winless on the year going into Saturday’s $54,800 Alberta Sires Stakes Marksman at Century Downs, but the pair erased their goose eggs with a perfect trip to spring a 26-1 harness racing upset. Brown found the pocket with the gelding as One Hot Minute (Brandon Campbell) […]
The ABSS Marksman Final for three-year-old Alberta-sired harness racing colts & geldings is set for Saturday (June 1) at Century Downs. A field of nine will battle over the $54,800 in prize money in the 11th race of the card. The full field is as follows: One More Rocky – Logan Gillis (15-1) Lite Of […]
The connections of Outlawguns N Roses (Captive Audience) must’ve thought they were in Paradise City as the filly crushed her harness racing rivals in the $56,900 Alberta Sires Stakes Diamond for three-year-old fillies on Saturday (May 25) at Century Downs. Dave Kelly hustled her off the car to secure front-end control early. The filly paced […]
The first stake final for Alberta’s sired-three-year-old harness racing fillies is on Saturday (May 25) at Century Downs. $56,900 is up for grabs in the ABSS Alberta Diamond Final which is the 11th race on the card. A field of nine fillies made their way through last week’s eliminations and they will look to add a potential big win to their resumes. The full field is as […]
The Alberta Sires Stakes harness racing season began on Saturday (May 18) at Century Downs with eliminations for the Diamond and Marksman events for three-year-old fillies and males, respectively. After a loss in her yearly debut, Over Ice (Custard The Dragon) made it six wins in seven lifetime starts in the first Diamond elim. She […]
It is time to crown the top Alberta-sired harness racing horses, and over $416,000 is up for grabs during the Super Finals Saturday (Nov. 4) card at Century Mile. Two-year-old and three-year-old divisions for both fillies and colts will go for $75,000. There are also consolations for each division going for $15,000. The card also […]
Century Mile will be giving out $393,610 over 13 dashes on Saturday, and the feature event is one of the biggest on the Western Canada harness racing calendar. Nine sophomore colts & geldings will battle for the crown in the Western Canada Pacing Derby. Ten fillies also have their chance to see who is the […]
Eliminations for the Western Canada Pacing Derby are on the docket for this Saturday at Century Mile, and the top three-year-old harness racers in the region will all try their best to make it into the finals. One of the entrants, Handsome Dan (State Treasurer), comes into the elimination at 10-1 morning line, but he […]
Two-year-old pacers will have another chance to shine in the second leg of the Alberta Sire Stakes this Saturday when harness racing returns to Century Mile. The fillies and the colts both have two splits in their respective divisions. RACE 6: ABSS STARBURST TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES (FIRST DIVISION) – $27,100 Licklips Swinghips (10-1) Im Outrageous Too […]
Alberta powerhouse Virtual Horizon (Vertical Horizon) added a 12th victory to his undefeated harness racing season in the first Alberta Sires Stakes Plainsmen elimination on Saturday (Sep. 23) at Century Mile. He authoritatively seized command, utilizing his inside draw, and led his sophomore pacing rivals around the oval. Brandon Campbell guided him to fractions of […]
Century Mile will host an 11-dash harness racing card on Saturday (Sep. 23), featuring nine stake races. Two-year-old fillies will kick the card off with two splits in the ABSS Starlet. Lumby Dragon (Custard The Dragon) will look to keep her perfect start going in the first division. She has won both of her career starts, […]
There is more harness racing stake action this upcoming weekend at Century Downs. The finals for the next leg of the Alberta Sire Stakes are on the eleven-race card. Race 8: ABSS MARQUIS THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLIES FINAL – $56,600 NONVERSATION (12-1) CAVIAR N CRACKERS (4-1) BEEP BOP A LULA (3-1) WAITINONAWOMAN (15-1) BEACH MYST (6-1) CENALTA TOKEN […]
Top Alberta-sired sophomores continue their sires stakes harness racing campaigns in seven total eliminations on Saturday (Jul. 15) at Century Downs. There were three eliminations of the Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) Marquis for fillies and four for the Maverick for colts and geldings. Beep Bop A Lula (Vertical Horizon, Dave Kelly) held off odds-on favourite […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon), who set the fastest harness racing mile in Western Canada history last week, went nearly a second faster to become the first horse in the region ever to break 1:50 at Century Downs on Saturday (Jun. 3). In a similarly dominant display to the prior week, he went to the front […]
Some of the top three-year-old harness racing horses will showcase their talent when the ABSS Alberta Diamond and ABSS Alberta Marksman finals go down at Century Downs on Saturday (June 3). RACE 8: ABSS ALBERTA DIAMOND THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLIES FINAL – $56,600 CAVIAR N CRACKERS (2-1) BEEP BOP A LULA (4-1) MY LITTLE CHLOE (10-1) CENALTA […]
Harness racing was in the spotlight in Calgary as Century Downs hosted the Alberta Sires Stakes Super Finals, and the spectators were not left feeling disappointed. $75,000 was on the line for the Super finals and $15,000 for each of the consolation races. The day first started with a bang as driver Michael Hennessy completed […]
The Alberta Sires Stakes continued on Saturday (Oct. 1) at Century Downs with three harness racing divisions of the Shooting Star for freshman pacers and two of the Stardust for their filly counterparts. Tin Can Timmy (Bjs Bequia) rallied on the final turn for Logan Gillis in the first Shooting Star division to score in […]
Six eliminations went to post on Saturday (Sep. 10) at Century Downs for major Alberta Sires Stakes harness racing events for pacing three-year-olds. Daisy Corvette (Mystician) scored in 1:55.2 with Nathan Sobey at the lines in the first elimination of the ABSS Marquis for fillies. She was a length-and-three-quarters clear of Wrangler Jewel (Jean Francois […]
