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Sportsline (Sportswriter) won Canada’s final harness racing Preferred of 2024 at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on New Year’s Eve. The veteran stallion wired the field for Natasha Day, cutting splits of :28.2, :58, and 1:26.3. Drinkin Buddy (Samuel Fillion) was the only horse able to mount a final-quarter challenge, chipping away at […]
Harness racing Dan Clements and Garrett Rooney both won three races on the 10-race opening day card at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday (May 4). Clements kicked off the season with victory, taking Gourmet Cook (Stay Hungry) all the way in 2:00 for trainer Jason Libby. It was a maiden-breaking score for the three-year-old filly. […]
Lass Shot (Archangel) defeated her male harness racing rivals in the Preferred Trot at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Wednesday (Mar. 27) to extend her winning streak to three. Garrett Rooney oversaw a wire-to-wire trip as the mare cut fractions of :28.4, :58.3, and 1:27.4 on the lead. Little resistance came from […]
London, ON – March 13, 2024 — El Toro Loco (Walner) added his name to the Western Fair harness racing record books on Wednesday evening as he captured the evening’s $11,600 Preferred Handicap Trot in 1:56, equaling the record for older trotting geldings which was held jointly by Brawn Seelster (2008) and Platoon Seelster (2016). […]
Harness racing driver Garrett Rooney turned in a performance of the highest calibre on Friday (Feb. 16) at The Raceway at the Western Fair District as he won five of eight starts and placed in two of his three losses. The reinsman was perfect in the first three races of the night. He took the […]
Harness racing driver Garrett Rooney picked up five wins on the Boxing Day matinee card at The Raceway at the Western Fair District with a few days remaining in his best year to date. The driver rattled off a natural hat trick in races two through four, winning with Scarlet Dragon (Betterthancheddar, 2:00), Staying Fresh […]
Two runaway victories highlighted a Garrett Rooney grand slam on the Tuesday (Dec. 5) harness racing card at The Raceway at the Western Fair District. He opened his nightly account with back-to-back wins for trainer Kathryn Cochrane. Sweet Cheeseus (Betterthancheddar) went wire-to-wire for Rooney in the second with a time of 1:58.2. Betonbritt (Betterthancheddar) then […]
Punchesinbunches (Dali) landed his third straight blow on his harness racing rivals in another wire-to-wire victory on Monday (Nov. 13) at The Raceway at the Western Fair District. The gelding came flying out of his corner, zipping to the lead after a brief tuck for Garrett Rooney, and took a three-length lead to the quarter […]
Desperate Man (Shadow Play) became the fastest horse in Grand River Raceway history on Monday (Aug. 28) as the 2021 North America Cup winner crushed his harness racing rivals in 1:50.1. The gelding got away fourth and nine-and-a-half lengths back at the quarter as a three-way speed duel raged onto the backstretch to create a […]
Scene A Magician (Daylon Magician) rebounded from a fifth-place effort last week with a wire-to-wire harness racing victory in the Preferred Trot at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Tuesday (Mar. 21). Garrett Rooney got to work behind the gelding as the wings opened and ensured the top spot going into the first […]
Scene A Magician (Daylon Magician), who recently received The Raceway at the Western Fair District’s 2022 Preferred Trotter of the Year Award, won the Preferred Trot for the first time this harness racing season at the track on Tuesday (Feb. 28). Garrett Rooney made the call for early speed and sent the gelding to the […]
Words Escape Me (Artspeak) gave his new owner a harness racing show on Monday (Jan. 30) at The Raceway at the Western Fair District, winning by eight-and-a-half lengths in his first start off the claim. Garrett Rooney guided the gelding out of fourth as the field passed the stands to grab cover and then pulled […]
Garrett Rooney added another four victories to his 2023 tally with a grand slam harness racing driving performance on Wednesday (Jan. 11) at The Raceway at the Western Fair District. The reinsman teamed Inkslinger (Sportswriter, 2:00), Thedoginthefight (Sweet Lou, 1:59), Southern Memories (Roll With Joe, 1:59.4), and Go Mud (Ambro Deuce, 1:59.4) to wins on […]
P L Oliver (Sportswriter), a recent addition to the Preferred ranks of Ontario harness racing, began his season perfectly with a wire-to-wire victory at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Tuesday (Jan. 3). The five-year-old struck first for Colin Kelly in the centre of the track. He controlled the pace, clashed with Clever […]
Scene A Magician (Daylon Magician), making his second start back from a three-month layoff at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Boxing Day, notched his eighth win of the harness racing season in the track’s Preferred Handicap. Driver Garrett Rooney took a familiar seat behind the gelding and stacked him four-wide on the […]
Docsphillycheese (Betterthancheddar) added another victory to his successful sophomore campaign in a hard-fought conditioned harness racing contest at Grand River Raceway on Friday (Sep. 2). Garrett Rooney glued the colt to the pylons and nailed down the three-hole as Ifudontchewbigred (Lorne House) pushed on to the front on the first turn. The latter cut the […]
Eight-year-old harness racing trotter Scene A Magician (Daylon Magician) shaved a second off his lifetime mark in a dominant Preferred victory at Grand River Raceway on Monday (Jul. 4). The gelding, starting from post two, briefly allowed Los Ballykeelamigo (Scott Coulter) to take the lead after a first-turn clash but made a speedy move to […]
Phone In (Vintage Master) won his fifth consecutive race in a tight finish on Saturday (Jun. 4) in the sixth harness racing dash at Hiawatha Horse Park. The eight-year-old gelding was stranded wide into the first turn but found a spot for Garrett Rooney third just after leader Brightside Melvin (Scott Wray) steamed through the […]
Pretty Boy Duke added another tally to his stellar season with a victory in the Prospect Series fourth round for sophomore pacing colts on Sunday at Leamington Raceway. The Sunshine Beach colt rallied from the three-hole just after the half and handily rolled by the leader in the final quarter en route to a 1:58 […]
