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Harness racing horseman Gorden McKnight took his first driving win in a year-and-a-half as he piloted Livingitlarge (Wheeling N Dealin) to a maiden-breaking victory at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday (Jun. 8). McKnight, in his second pari-mutuel mile behind the gelding, ordered him to the top in a :30.3 first quarter on a track rated […]
Harness racing trainer Darryl Laver tallied a trio of wins at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday (May 11) to raise his seasonal win rate to 16.5 per cent. Hp Musical Alarm (Alarm Detector, Scott Wray) opened the conditioner’s account with a one-length win in the third in 2:02.4. In his rookie season at three, the […]
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. […]
Brave Chic (Royal Mattjesty) and trainer Joseph Montour both picked up their first career harness racing victories as the filly went wire-to-wire at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday (Sep. 9). Brave Chic, who was previously winless in seven starts, got away well for Scott Wray and headed the field to the quarter in :29.3. She […]
Harness racing driver Daniel Clements tallied a quadruple with four consecutive wins at the lines at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday (May 13). The reinsman’s mount proved much the best in the first three wins. Living Proof I Am (Prayer I Am), making his Canadian debut, vaulted out of the pocket and trotted four lengths […]
Hiawatha Horse Park began its 2023 harness racing season on Saturday (May 6) with 10 dashes. Andy Moore and Rose Ricky (All Bets Off) circled the field in the first race. The three-year-old filly started seventh but was on top by three-quarters and fought her way to victory in 1:59.3. Dollywood (Nick Boyd) got up […]
Shanghai Ky (Shanghai Phil) pocket-popped to the front and held off division leader Docsphillycheese to win the sole Prospect Series dash for three-year-old pacing colts at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday (Sep. 10). Maskedman (Rene Dion) grabbed the early lead, leaving Shanghai Ky in the pocket from post one in a :28.2 opening panel. Lorne […]
Shadow Play son Marshall Zhukov rolled off his leg 2B harness racing victory in the Prospect Series to take leg 3B for freshman pacing colts in dominant fashion at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday (Aug. 14). He moved from the four-hole to the pocket in the second panel, found a seam to the outside on […]
Dreamfair Arnie B (Sportswriter) picked up seven positions and 19-and-a-half lengths to win the second division of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots leg three for sophomore pacing males in a 14-1 upset at Hiawatha Horse Park on Saturday (Jul. 30). Driver Dan Clements dropped the colt back from the far-outside post eight and trailed through […]
Harness racing trainer Josh McKibbin will be in familiar territory preparing a Ballykeel Racing homebred for a shot at OSS glory when the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots season for two-year-old trotting fillies begins July 2 at Hiawatha Horse Park. The Ballykeel Deal (Wheelin N Dealin) is making her racing debut for McKibbin at the track […]
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 […]
Harness racing driver Tyler Borth increased his lead in the Hiawatha Horse Park drivers’ standings with four wins in a row at the track on Saturday (May 28). Rival reinsman Garrett Rooney rhymed off a double early in the card and equaled the score with Borth in the driver’s standings. Borth got to work with […]
The Daniel Clements comeback tour stopped in the Hiawatha Horse Park winner’s circle on Saturday (May 14) as the harness racing driver won for the first time in almost six years. Clements, a London resident, returned to the sulky last week after retiring from the lines in 2016. On Saturday, he steered Santa Monica to […]
Leader Nathan Bain took a stranglehold on the $500 Hiawatha Horse Park Youth Handicapping Challenge this past Saturday (August 28) by outscoring rival Nicholas “Ace” Barnsdale 52 points to 34. The Leamington Raceway harness racing announcer now leads Ontario Racing handicapper Barnsdale 774 points to 697 with three race cards remaining in the Challenge and […]
There was no movement in the standings of the $500 Hiawatha Horse Park Youth Handicapping Challenge this past weekend. The two combatants finished in a dead heat with 68 points each following harness racing racing action on Saturday, August 21. Leader Nathan Bain clicked with five winners on the card, while challenger Nicholas “Ace” Barnsdale […]
Harness racing handicapper Nicholas ‘Ace” Barnsdale scored the highest point total so far in the $500 Hiawatha Horse Park Youth Handicapping Challenge, but he could only gain one point on Leamington Raceway track announcer Nathan Bain, whose prognosticating was also on point Saturday, August 14. Barnsdale clicked for 89 points on the strength of correctly […]
Leamington Raceway track announcer Nathan Bain increased his lead in the $500 Hiawatha Horse Park Youth Handicapping Challenge in harness racing action on Saturday August 7th. Bain outscored Barnsdale 55 points to 43 on what was a tough day for both handicappers, and Bain’s overall points lead bulged to 60 points – 566 to 506. […]
Nebraska Jack won his second straight Racing Under Saddle harness racing start on Saturday at Hiawatha Horse Park to remain perfect with Karoline Nielsen in the irons. The aged trotting gelding held a two-hole position through the opening fractions of :29.3 and :59.4. He reeled in leader Waikiki Hanover (Marielle Enberg) and threatened to pass […]
SARNIA, JULY 3, 2021 – Hiawatha Horse Park fans, on site for the first time this year, were treated to four stellar performances by Ontario’s talented three-year-old trotting colts on Saturday afternoon, culminating in a harness racing track record effort by Highland Mowgli in the final $22,500 Grassroots division. Starting from Post 3, driver Louis-Philippe Roy […]
Sorprese improved on her opening day Preferred win at Hiawatha Horse Park with a crushing victory in the Saturday harness racing co-feature trot at the same circuit by more than nine lengths. Driver Marc St. Louis used the mare’s inside draw to scramble her to the front, and she led the way through the opening […]
When Nathan Bain won the 2020 Leamington Raceway Youth Handicapping Challenge over rival Nick “Ace” Barnsdale, the harness racing stage was set for a future renewal of the head-to-head battle. This year, Barnsdale and Bain will make picks for Hiawatha Horse Park in a full-season challenge that kicks off tomorrow afternoon (Saturday, June 19). Hiawatha […]
Sorprese took Hiawatha Horse Park’s first feature of the harness racing season on Saturday with an authoritative third quarter move to the front in the Preferred 3 Trot. She tucked in third from post two for Marc St. Louis, who was looking to complete a driving triple, and remained in position through the first quarter […]
