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Dresden Raceway concluded its 2026 harness racing season with a 12-race program on Monday (Aug. 3) headlined by a pair of $10,000 Prospect splits for sophomore pacers while Garrett Rooney and Michael Carther took home top driving and training honours for the meet. Over Bet (pictured above) proved that couldn’t be the case as he […]
The Canam Banker (The Bank) sliced several ticks off the Dresden Raceway track record for three-year-old harness racing male trotters in the first Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots division on Monday (Jul. 1). The gelding, driven by Tyler Borth, got to the front at the end of a :30.4 first quarter and commanded the field through […]
The Dresden Raceway meet ended on Monday (Aug. 8) with harness racing trainer Melissa Lamoureux taking both divisions of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots third leg for two-year-old pacing fillies. Tamara Hanover (Artspeak, Dan Clements) cut the mile in the first division, coming home a 1:59.2 debut winner. Raffle Winner (Garrett Rooney) tested her down […]
Exciting harness racing news came out of Dresden Raceway last week that they have hired a new track announcer who will assume the role once the season begins on May 28th. He might be new to the position in Dresden, but Nathan Bain is far from being brand new in the sport. The young 20-year-old […]
Sister Twister (Prestidigitator) and Cunning Connie (Muscle Mass) earned their first career harness racing victories in the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots third leg for rookie trotting fillies on closing day Monday (Aug. 1) at Dresden Raceway. Sister Twister, parked out early from post six, forged ahead for Don Rankin to duel with leader Mass Envy […]
Hanover, ON – June 7, 2022 – The OLG Ontario Women’s Driving Championship is returning in 2022, after a very successful first harness racing season at both Hanover Raceway and Dresden Raceway. This year the championship will add three additional race tracks, with Grand River Raceway, Leamington Raceway and the Raceway at Western Fair District […]
A Positive Hanover doubled his tally in the Preferred 3 ranks at Dresden Raceway on Thursday for two consecutive wins. Sole proprietor Donnie Rankin set up his first of three wins on the day as he placed his stallion third briefly before brushing to the top in a :29.3 first quarter mile. The reinsman rated […]
Stiletto Blue Chip and Bigmachwithcheese dominated their harness racing divisions of the Mark Austin Pacing Series second leg at Dresden Raceway on Sunday. Stiletto Blue Chip separated from her five foes immediately as she matched pace with the starting car into the first turn and opened up a nine-length gap in the first quarter mile, […]
A Positive Hanover avenged his narrow opening day defeat in Dresden Raceway’s Preferred 3 Pace harness racing class by winning it on Sunday via the front-end. Donnie Rankin demanded early pace from his Captaintreacherous stallion, and A Positive Hanover took command going to the quarter in :29.1. He traveled unhurried through the half in :59.4 […]
Style Snapshot wasted no time before showing off in the Dresden Raceway opening day harness racing feature as he went directly to the front and bottomed out the Preferred field. Tyler Nostadt capitalized on the mare’s inside post – position two – and pushed her forward to lead going into the first turn. Style Snapshot […]
