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Doug McNair joined elite harness racing company on Sunday, Sept. 6 at Woodbine Mohawk Park by reaching $100 million in career driving earnings. On the heels of a five-win performance Saturday night, McNair entered Sunday $36,152 shy of $100 million. He quickly knocked that number down to $6,152 by winning a pair of Ontario Sires Stakes […]
MILTON, January 19, 2026 – Doug McNair made a blustery winter evening a night to remember by reaching the 5,000-win mark on Monday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The 36-year-old reinsman entered the evening just two wins shy of the harness racing career milestone. Nair cashed in with his first drive of the night (Race 3) […]
When two-time O’Brien Award winner Logan Park makes his European debut in the 2025 Elitloppet in about eight weeks time, he’ll have a familiar set of hands at the controls. Trot Insider has confirmed that driver Doug McNair will make the trip to Sweden in May to drive Logan Park in the 2025 Elitloppet. “I would say it’s […]
Powertrain (Shadow Play) bounced back from a sixth-place finish in his seasonal debut with an upset harness racing win in the $36,000 Preferred Pace on Saturday (Jan. 25) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. From the rail, he let four opponents by as they raced into the first turn and sat fifth throughout first-half splits of :28 […]
Harness racing driver Doug McNair took a page out of the book of George Costanza, and went out of 2024 on a high note. When he’ll be back in action is yet to be determined. After a whirlwind weekend where McNair competed in France at Hippodrome Paris Vincennes on Friday, Nov. 29 and then at […]
Doug McNair’s long awaited harness racing debut at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes in France will take place this Friday, Nov. 29. Announced last month, McNair will represent Canada in this year’s Prix des Rencontres Internationales du Trotteur Français. This, however, is not McNair’s first trip to the Parisian suburbs — selected for this very event 11 years […]
Shes Got It All (Bettors Delight) stepped up to the top level and captured the $36,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred level at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday (Oct. 18). The mare pulled to the front from the outside post six in a :27.2 opening split for Doug McNair. She let odds-on favourite Tells On A […]
Harness racing driver Doug McNair put the cherry on top of a six-win evening as he steered Silver Label (Bettors Delight) to victory in the $36,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday (Oct. 11). The mare traveled fourth through the opening half, tracking the pylons through :27.1 and :55.4 fractions. Doug […]
Patriarch Hanover (Father Patrick) pulled closer to $900,000 in career harness racing earnings with a mid-level conditioned win on Monday (Aug. 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. After leading to the quarter in :27.1, he and Doug McNair let Ghostly Casper (Tyler Borth) take over and sat the pocket through :56 and 1:24.4 middle panels. Special […]
Harness racing trainer Jared Bako and driver Doug Mcnair came to town and swept both halves of the co-featured New York Sire Stakes two-year-old filly pacer races contested on Thursday evening (Aug. 1) at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The heavily backed Cowgirl Hanover (Huntsville-Code One Hanover-Sportswriter) has been a complete force since kicking off her career […]
Silver Label (Bettors Delight), returning home to Woodbine Mohawk Park after two Grand Circuit top-three finishes, beat strong harness racing distaffs in the $36,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred-Handicap on Saturday (Jul. 27). Doug McNair found the mare the four-hole going into the first turn and rode the pylons as Tells On A Roll (Travis Cullen) […]
Logan Park (Archangel) reasserted his dominance over the highest overnight trotting level at Woodbine Mohawk Park with a harness racing win in the $36,000 Preferred Handicap on Monday (Jul. 1). Doug McNair fired him away from post six with :27.2 speed to the quarter. He was unchallenged to the half in :56.3 but met Osceola […]
Standardbred Canada reports that harness racing driver Doug McNair has withdrawn from this year’s National Driving Championship, which is set to take place this Friday, July 5 at Hippodrome 3R. McNair, who secured a berth for this year’s NDC as a result of being Canada’s representative in the 2023 World Driving Championship, cited “personal reasons” […]
Harness racing millionaire Logan Park (Archangel) won his second straight top-class trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the Monday (Jun. 3) $36,000 Preferred. The gelding took charge and cut the mile again. Controlled by Doug McNair, he trotted panels of :27.2, :56.2 and 1:25.1 and turned for home with Gaines Hanover (Sylvain Filion) first-up but […]
Patriarch Hanover (Father Patrick) got up to win a hotly-contested $32,000 Preferred-2 Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday (Apr. 29) in a 9-1 harness racing upset. The stallion was fastest away for Doug McNair but ceded the lead to Looks Like Moni (James MacDonald) going to the quarter in :27. A three-wide battle kicked […]
Taurasi (Racing Hill) defeated Preferred-Handicap rival Emmetts Buddy for a ninth consecutive victory at the top of Canada’s top harness racing pacing ranks at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (Apr. 20). Taurasi was stung in the first quarter of :27.1 while climbing to the front, which he reached for Doug McNair as the field came […]
Taurasi (Racing Hill) reached half a million in earnings as he extended his dominance over the top harness racing class at Woodbine Mohawk Park to eight straight victories on Saturday (Apr. 6). After taking a seat fourth through the :27 first quarter, Doug McNair sent Taurasi out to brush to the front in the $36,000 […]
Taurasi (Racing Hill) prevailed over the hyped Soaring Now the $36,000 Preferred Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (Feb. 24) for his sixth straight top-level harness racing victory. The two horses sparred in the first panel with Taurasi (Doug McNair) circling Soaring Now (James MacDonald) to lead at the quarter in :27.4. The field […]
Taurasi (Racing Hill) continued his harness racing dominance in the Preferred Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park with a fifth straight victory in Saturday’s $36,000 edition of the class. Doug McNair had the gelding on top the whole way, cutting fractions of :27.4, :57.2, and 1:26. Taurasi crept away by two-and-three-quarter lengths coming down the stretch […]
Taurasi (Racing Hill) captured his third straight $36,000 Preferred Pace at a snowy Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (Jan. 6) in another open-length harness racing victory. Driver Doug McNair varied his tactics from two weeks prior, letting three horses by from the inside post to sit fourth going to the quarter in :26.3. The gelding […]
After a defeat in his arrival last week, Taurasi (Racing Hill) claimed the Woodbine Mohawk Park harness racing pacing crown on Saturday (Dec. 16) as he convincingly won the $36,000 Preferred. He slotted in behind last week’s winner Livinthebeachlife (Louis-Philippe Roy) to the quarter in :26, and Doug McNair popped him out of the pocket […]
Logan Park (Archangel) resurfaced after his three-week post-Breeders Crown rest on Monday (Nov. 20) with a harness racing victory in the $36,000 Preferred Trot. The gelding, sent away as the odds on favourite, had the pocket behind Amigo Volo (Tyler Borth) at the quarter in :27.2, but Doug McNair pulled him out and sent him […]
Harness racing driver Doug McNair reached $80 million in career earnings on Monday (Oct. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Now in his 15th year of racing, he reached the milestone with a win, three place finishes, and two other cheque-getting results. McNair has won 4,428 of his 25,600 lifetime starts. He won his debut on […]
Logan Park (Archangel) matched his career-best performance from a week ago as he defeated his $42,000 Free For All Trot harness racing opponents at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday (Oct. 9). Oney Hall (Paul MacDonell) crossed over in front of the gelding to take the early initiative, and Logan Park pushed forward to secure the […]
