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MEET the other JMac. In this part of the world, JMac is the champion jockey on his way to re-writing the record books and becoming the greatest hoop of all time. Say Jmac in North America and it means someone very different. Canadian superstar James MacDonald is smashing records as a harness racing driver. Earlier […]
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Nov. 10, 2025 — Canadian representative James MacDonald was crowned the 2025 World Driving Champion during the final leg of the competition at Addington Raceway in Christchurch, New Zealand on Tuesday, Nov. 11. MacDonald secured the 2025 World Driving Championship title with a seventh-place finish in rein to the Korbyn Newman-trained trotter Alotoftrouble […]
The World Driving Championship (WDC) is heading towards an exciting and close finish after five more harness racing heats were held at Addington on Friday night. After 15 of the 20 heats Canada’s former world champion James MacDonald has 130 points, just nine ahead of Australian Gary Hall junior (121). Mats Djuse (Sweden) is third […]
New Zealand’s harness racing representative Blair Orange is making his charge at the World Driving Championship. Last night at Cambridge Canada’s James MacDonald and Sweden’s Mats Djuse both had two wins apiece and Orange also starred by going from ninth place into fourth thanks to one win, two thirds and a fourth. His win was […]
As the World Driving Championship (WDC) heads to Cambridge Raceway tonight, anticipation is building. With five competitive heats on the programme, seasoned race caller Aaron White reckons there’s one harness racing driver who looks especially well-placed to make an impact. “At first glance, James MacDonald looks like he’s got the best pick,” White said. “He […]
James MacDonald has officially arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand with his wife Paige and has settled in as he prepares to represent Canada at the 2025 World Driving Championship (WDC). Upon arrival, MacDonald attended a casual meet-and-greet with most of the WDC drivers. This event, featuring drinks and appetizers, provided an opportunity for international competitors […]
Meet Harness Racing’s J Mac. James MacDonald is a household name for many Kiwis, particularly those in the racing game. But this November a new ‘J Mac’ will arrive on New Zealand shores in the form of Canada’s four-time defending Driver of the Year. He will represent Canada for the third time in the World […]
MILTON, February 28, 2025 – James MacDonald, Canada’s four-time defending Driver of the Year, celebrated harness racing career win 4,000 on Friday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Guelph, Ontario resident entered the evening just one win shy of the 4,000-win mark. MacDonald reached the milestone early by winning the evening’s second-race with five-year-old pacing […]
James MacDonald, Woodbine Mohawk Park’s reigning four-time leading harness racing driver, shot to the front of the standings with a six-win night on Friday (Jan. 3). The highlight of his performance came with So Much More (Big Jim) as he guided the three-time O’Brien Award-winner to victory in her first start of the year. MacDonald […]
MILTON, December 23, 2024 – James MacDonald made Woodbine harness racing history on Monday evening by becoming the first driver to record three 400-win seasons. Entering Monday’s card just two shy of 400 wins for 2024 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, MacDonald both started and ended the night in style to reach the significant mark. Four-year-old […]
MILTON, December 21, 2024 – Award-winning mares Silver Label (Bettors Delight) and Prohibition Legal (Big Jim) put a bow on their harness racing careers during a night of celebrations on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Both five-year-old mares made their final start in the $36,000 Mares Preferred with Silver Label getting one final victory in […]
Harness racing driver James MacDonald further cemented his status of Canada’s top reinsman as he reached 400 wins for the third straight harness racing season on Thursday (Nov. 21). The reigning three-time Driver of the Year entered the card on 399 victories this year. It took him until race seven, but he MacDonald got his […]
Harness racing driver James MacDonald was once again dominant at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday (Nov. 1), picking up five victories on the 11-race card. The reigning three-time Driver of the Year was shut out in the first two but got on the board in the third by sending Stonebridge Halo (Captain Crunch) on a […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Coach Stefanos (Tellitlikeitis) and harness racing driver James MacDonald swarmed a pair of longshots capitalizing from a melting pace to win the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace final at The Meadowlands on Saturday (Oct. 26) in a 1:48.3 mile. From the moment the field left the gate, the aged pacers were […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Lady Landia (Tactical Landing) got driver James MacDonald his first Breeders Crown win as she soared late to catch Miss Belmar and win the $700,000 2-year-old Filly Trot harness racing final, on Friday (Oct. 25) at the Meadowlands. Miss Belmar (driven by Andy McCarthy) took the early lead into the first […]
Two-time Breeders Crown champion Amigo Volo (Father Patrick) prevailed in a three-horse harness racing photo finish to take the $36,000 Preferred Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday (Oct. 21). Quebec Hanover (Louis-Philippe Roy) fired to the lead in the first panel, reaching the quarter in :27 with Amigo Volo and James MacDonald sitting third. […]
Harness racing driver James MacDonald claimed the 2024 Charity Driver’s Challenge title at Clinton Raceway as the Huron County oval wrapped up its season on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon (Sept. 1) in rural Ontario. Finishing in the top three of all but one of eight races in the 44th annual challenge, secured the win for […]
Wilkes-Barre, PA — Ake Svanstedt won his third race of the day, and James MacDonald picked up a great catch-drive and did the most with it, as the Hambletonian Oaks winning Walner-Sound Check filly Warrawee Michelle was an impressive wire-to-wire harness racing winner in the $250,000 Delmonica Hanover Trot in a track and stakes-record-equaling 1:51.3 on […]
Two-year-old harness racing pacers battled in $149,500 worth of series finals at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday (Aug. 9). Au Jus Hanover (Stay Hungry) captured the $68,000 Whenuwishuponastar for fillies. James MacDonald ordered a pocket pop going down the backstretch, and his charge led the field home from there. Cant See Me (Bob McClure) came […]
Its A Love Thing (Bettor’s Delight), who is #5 in the Hambletonian/Breeders Crown Top Ten Poll, continued her winning ways scoring her fourth straight harness racing victory Tuesday (Aug. 6) with a triumph in the $80,000 opening round of the Kentucky Championship Series for three-year-old pacing fillies. The 6th race feature got underway with Direction […]
Hightstown, NJ — Three harness racing drivers this century have won the Meadowlands Pace and Adios in the same year. Each time, the driver captured those races with different horses. James MacDonald can take the first step toward duplicating that feat on Saturday. MacDonald, who won the Meadowlands Pace this past Saturday with Legendary Hanover, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Legendary Hanover (Huntsville-Lillian Hanover) took the lead at the half-mile point of Saturday’s $650,000 Meadowlands Pace and dominated from there, drawing away in the stretch for a stakes-record 1:46.3 victory in the 48th edition of the one-mile event for 3-year-old harness racing pacers at the Meadowlands. Legendary Hanover’s stablemate Nijinsky, the […]
Harness racing driver James MacDonald put on a driving clinic at the Hippodrome 3R (H3R) in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec on Friday (July 5) in winning his second Canadian National Driving Championship. The last time MacDonald won the championship was 2016 and he then went on to win the World Driving Championship in 2017. Now MacDonald will […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – James MacDonald is the two-time defending O’Brien Award-winning Driver of the Year in Canada, but Friday night at The Meadowlands, the 38-year-old pilot proved he can travel south and still do quite well, as he guided the winners of two of the four $50,000 divisions of the second leg of the […]
