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Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) brought Canada’s longest harness racing winning streak into 2024 with a 16th consecutive victory on Saturday (Jan. 6) at Century Mile. The gelding fired forward under urging from Michael Hennessy and took control before the quarter for the eighth straight start. He cut the mile with fractions of :26.2, :55.4, and […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) continued his reign as Western Canada’s undisputed harness racing king as he snapped up his 15th consecutive Preferred-Handicap on Saturday (Dec. 23) at Century Mile. The five-year-old made it eight straight chartlines filled with 1s as he wired the seven-horse group. Michael Hennessy had him on top with minimal effort in […]
Harness racing driver Michael Henessy topped the Saturday (Dec. 16) Century Mile card with five winners earned through a variety of trips. The reinsman kicked the card off with an easy victory behind Cenalta Token (Mystery Chase), who crushed her rivals by seven-and-a-quarter lengths in 1:57.3. It was her third lifetime in 38 starts and […]
A month off could not stop Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) from increasing his harness racing winning streak to 14 as he scooped the Century Mile Preferred again on Saturday (Dec. 9). For the sixth straight start, the gelding filled his program with ones. His four rivals let him have it his way as Michael Hennessy […]
Blue Star Mercury (Mystician), winner of the $110,710 Western Canada Pacing Derby in October, scored again in an overnight harness racing event at Century Mile on Nov. 25. Michael Hennessy put the gelding on top throughout. He banged out the first half in splits of :27.3 and :56.2 and reached three-quarters in 1:25.2 as the […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) won a 12th consecutive harness racing contest and lowered the overall track record he set a week ago in the Preferred Handicap at Century Mile. The gelding, handicapped with post six, created a fiery first quarter of :25.4 as he out-muscled Ernesto Delacruz (Jean-Francois Gagne) for the lead. Michael Hennessy gave […]
Captain Mike Deo (Captaintreacherous) shocked the Track On 2 harness racing public by ending a run of 23 straight losses – and hitting the board for the first time this year – at 16-1 odds on Wednesday (Aug. 30). The gelding remained seated seventh for Michael Hennessy through the first half and motioned to the […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) won his sixth straight harness racing contest on Friday (Jul. 7) at Century Downs in the closest finish he’s seen in months. As with his prior five wins, Michael Hennessey put the gelding on top. Shark Week blitzed the first quarter in :25.4 and cut middle splits of :54.3 and 1:22.2. […]
Grey Sea (Custard The Dragon) led all the way to go back-to-back in the Fillies and Mares Preferred Pace at Century Downs on Saturday (Jul. 1) and take her eighth harness racing win of the season. It was a textbook performance: the mare pushed up from the pylon post for Michael Hennessy and led through […]
Kioti (Mystician) destroyed his harness racing opponents for his third consecutive victory at Century Downs on Friday (Jun. 23). The stallion made a beeline for the outside from the second tier for Michael Hennessy and secured command just before the quarter in :27.3. He hit the half in :57.1 and edged away nearing three-quarters in […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon), who set the fastest harness racing mile in Western Canada history last week, went nearly a second faster to become the first horse in the region ever to break 1:50 at Century Downs on Saturday (Jun. 3). In a similarly dominant display to the prior week, he went to the front […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) was on a mission on Saturday (May 27) at Century Downs, and he succeeded in becoming the fastest horse ever at the track, breaking the overall record by a second. The gelding, previously a joint-record holder for the fastest ever at the 11/16th mile oval, powered to the front. Michael Hennessy […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) won his fourth Preferred-level dash of the season on Saturday (Apr. 15) at Century Downs with a coast-to-coast harness racing performance. The gelding pushed forward to take point after a brief three-horse skirmish and paced the opening quarter in :27. He completed the half in :57 and quickened the tempo to […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) circled the Century Downs Preferred harness racing field on Saturday (Apr. 1) and strode away to score by open lengths in his fastest time of the season. Michael Hennessy took Shark Week, who led at the quarter in nine of his last 10 starts, straight to the back from post six […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon), Alberta’s 2022 Champion Aged Horse, won the first feature of the harness racing season at Century Downs on Saturday’s (Mar. 11) opening day card. Michael Hennessy applied front-stepping tactics with the gelding, and the pair cut :28.4 and :59.2 first-half splits. Redstone Arsenal was the first out of line at the […]
Shark Week’s (Vertical Horizon) seven-race winning streak ended last week, but the harness racing stallion quickly regained his footing and got back to victory lane on Saturday (Jan. 28) at Century Mile. The five-year-old went wire-to-wire for the seventh time in eight starts. He was on top for Michael Hennessy through :28, :59.4, and 1:30.1 […]
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) won his third Preferred in his past four harness racing starts in the Saturday (Oct. 8) edition at Century Downs. Regular reinsman Michael Hennessy ordered him to circle the leader from second just after hitting the quarter in :26.2. The stallion then cut the half-mile split of :55.2 and tangled with […]
