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Batavia, NY — Driver Brett Macdonald put on a brilliant display of equine erudition Saturday (Sept. 19) night at Batavia Downs as he won seven of the ten races he was carded to steer, including harness racing victories in both feature races and posting a natural grand slam in races seven through ten. Four of […]
OAK GROVE, Ky. — Ontario-based reinsman Brett MacDonald came to Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel with a single drive on the 12-race card. MacDonald not only guided his charge, Saulsbrook Victor (Source Of Pride), to win the $30,000 Open Pace on Monday (April 7), but he also earned the 2,000th win of his driving […]
Marvin Hagler (Crazed) returned to victory lane at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Wednesday (Feb. 14) with a career-best harness racing performance in the conditioned feature. The gelding stormed away from post six and took the top spot for Brett MacDonald while rounding onto the backstretch. He trotted the first panel in […]
Marvin Hagler (Crazed) repeated his career-best clocking as he recorded his 11th victory of the harness racing season in the conditioned feature at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Wednesday (Dec. 12). Brett MacDonald got the gelding to the lead before ceding the front to Lass Shot (Alfie Carroll), who quarter-poled to the […]
Lady All Star (My Mvp) rocked her harness racing opposition in the first leg of the Ontario-sired Autum Series Event A at Flamboro Downs on Saturday (Oct. 7) to go three-for-three on the season. Brett MacDonald summoned speed from the filly to reach the lead from post six. Lady All Star had it her way […]
Power And Grace (Holiday Road) took his fourth Preferred-level victory of the harness racing season in a coast-to-coast victory at Grand River Raceway on Friday (Sep. 15). The mare led the shortened four-horse field to the quarter in :29.2 and half in :59. Aussie Lover, who won the class last week, made a first-over move […]
Power And Grace (Holiday Road) won her fourth consecutive race on Tuesday (Jul. 24) at Grand River Raceway in a dominant harness racing victory. The mare did it in identical fashion to her past three wins. Brett MacDonald directed her straight to the lead, and she had the race in hand through :27.2, :57.2, and […]
Power And Grace (Holiday Road) won her third straight harness racing contest and the 50th of her career as she stepped up to the Preferred-2 at Grand River Raceway on Monday (Jul. 17). The mare, driven by Brett MacDonald, held a comfortable lead through the first three quarters timed in :27.4, :57.3, and 1:26. Pocket-sitter […]
Power And Grace (Holiday Road) defeated open harness racing company in the Preferred Trot at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Tuesday (Mar. 7). The mare was sharp-leaving and pulled clear into the lead on the first turn. She took the field to the quarter in :29 and was unchallenged to the half […]
Harness racing driver Brett MacDonald reached $10 million in earnings on Saturday (Jan. 21) at Flamboro Downs in the first month of his eighth season. The reinsman reached the milestone via a first-race victory with Got Charlie (Sportswriter). The mare didn’t see the pylons until making the front at three-eighths, but she controlled the tempo […]
Twin B Powerball (Bettors Delight) made a fruitful trip to Flamboro Downs on Wednesday (Oct. 9), taking his third harness racing win of the season. The four-year-old, dropping in class from his previous starts at Woodbine Mohawk Park, claimed the top from post two and allowed outside attacker Dontpokethedragon (Travis Cullen) to go by as […]
ELORA, ON (Monday, September 26, 2022) — Grand River Raceway closed the book on its 2022 harness racing season on September 26th and awarded leading driver and trainer honours for the meet. Brett Macdonald from Freelton won the title as the leading driver at Grand River Raceway with 43 wins and over $240,000 in purse […]
Harness racing driver Brett MacDonald added some key cushion to his narrow advantage over Tyler Borth in the drivers’ standings at Grand River Raceway in the track’s second-to-last card of the meet on Friday (Sep. 23). MacDonald, up by one win entering the day, struck first with One Crazy Guy (Thinking Out Loud) in the […]
Power And Grace (Holiday Road) completed the sweep of the Clinton Raceway signature trots by capturing the 7th Annual Vic Hayter Memorial despite scorching hot temperatures. An enthusiastic harness racing crowd lined the rail for 10 dashes on Sunday, August 7th. After capturing the $15,000 Legends Day Trot earlier this season, Power And Grace returned […]
Called In Sick (Bettors Delight) was scratched with an illness on Jul. 1 while on a four-race winning streak in his debut campaign. The gelding returned to Grand River Raceway on Friday (Jul. 22) after three weeks away and proved his resilience as he earned a fifth consecutive victory in his best time yet. Regular […]
Saulsbrook Victor (Source Of Pride) ended a 16-race winless spell with a 1:52.4 harness racing romp through the dense fog at Georgian Downs on Wednesday (Jul. 5). He settled in fourth for driver and owner Brett MacDonald in a :28 first quarter and got moving as Pirate Hanover (Samuel Fillion) flushed the four-year-old out just […]
Owner Normand Beausoleil received a return within four days of claiming Dads Princess (Sportswriter), who romped at Georgian Downs on Tuesday (Jun. 28) for her new connections. Brett MacDonald took the reins and pushed the mare away from post six as Shakeitifyougotit (Tyler Borth) streaked away to a three-length advantage off the start. Dads Princess […]
Called In Sick (Bettors Delight) won his third straight race on Friday (Jun. 17) at Grand River Raceway and made it three wins through four starts in his debut harness racing season. Despite taking the first turn wide, the gelding fulfilled Brett MacDonald’s order to take point in a :28.4 opening panel. He led six […]
Ontario harness racing driver Brett Macdonald steered his 1,000th winner on Monday at Grand River Raceway. He entered the card with 999 victories and reached the four-digit milestone in a last-to-first score aboard Midnight Surf in the seventh race. Macdonald sagged off the starting gate with Midnight Surf, seating the five-year-old Sunshine Beach mare behind […]
Brocks Fortune headed the field throughout the co-featured pace on Saturday at Hanover Raceway with help from a scattered beginning from rivals. He left the start sharply and was gifted a clear path to the lead when Fern Hill Breeze (Patrick Keech) broke stride and backed up rail-sitter Sabine Pass (Paul Davies). Brocks Fortune was […]
Saulsbrook Olympia capitalized on a second-over steer from harness racing driver Brett Macdonald to capture the $58,300 Kin Pace on Sunday at Clinton Raceway. Macdonald dropped the filly behind the leaving group and occupied fifth position for the first quarter mile, which was timed in :28.3. Saulsbrook Olympia followed the favoured A Better Game (Doug […]
