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Harness racing driver Natasha Day won the women’s driving challenge on the 19th annual Harness the Hope Night on Friday (Oct. 18) at The Raceway at the Western Fair District. Day, the defending champion, won none of the five challenge races but hit the board in all of them, winning the overall competition. The race […]
Journeyman harness racing gelding Sizzlen Hot Herbie (Here Comes Herbie) snagged his first win since August in a romp over featured conditioned company at The Raceway at the Western Fair District. Driven by sole proprietor Natasha Day, Sizzlen Hot Herbie resided in the three-hole for much of the first half that went in panels of […]
Natasha Day won three of six races en route to a victory in the Women’s Driving Challenge as part of Harness the Hope night at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Friday (Oct. 20). Day kicked off the card with a victory, taking the opener with Michaelas Angel (Archangel, 2:04), giving the filly […]
London, ON – February 25, 2023 – Natalie Elliott and Jack Wray, both owner-trainers, were the big winners on Saturday evening (Feb. 25) as The Raceway at Western Fair District honoured its top performers from the 2022 harness racing season in front of a capacity crowd at the Top Of The Fair dining room. Elliott’s […]
Sizzlen Hot Herbie (Here Comes Herbie) crushed The Raceway at the Western Fair District’s top harness racing trotters on Tuesday (Feb. 14) as the gelding came back to the oval following two starts at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Starting from post six, owner/trainer/driver Natasha Day slid him to the pylons from behind a three-horse wall entering […]
Riversdream (Il Sogno Dream) started late, suffered bone chips and stress lines, and frequently attacks passersby, but harness racing trainer/driver Natasha Day has kept the faith. On Friday (Jan. 20) at The Raceway at the Western Fair District, off a four-month layoff, the gelding cruised to victory by three-and-a-half lengths with Day at the lines […]
Sizzlen Hot Herbie (Here Comes Herbie) left his Preferred Handicap harness racing rivals behind in the last quarter for a dominant victory at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Tuesday (Nov. 30). Sole proprietor Natasha Day sent the gelding flying out of post seven and was rewarded with a pocket spot going into […]
The harness racing feature race of the evening at The Raceway at Western Fair District Tuesday evening (Nov. 1) was the 10th race when a field of ten trotters went for a purse of $10,000. Sizzlen Hot Herbie (Here Comes Herbie) won in the time of 1:59 with Natasha Day in the bike. The duo […]
Harness racing driver Marielle Enberg edged reigning title holder Natasha Day by one point in the opening leg of the 2022 OLG Ontario Women’s Driving Championship (OWDC) at Hanover Raceway on Saturday (Jul. 16). The competition features women drivers competing in five rounds at tracks across Ontario. It event also raises money for Harness The […]
MILTON, ON – March 7, 2022 – Mach My Kiss and harness racing driver Natasha Day took top prize in Monday evening’s International Women’s Day Race at Woodbine Mohawk Park. To celebrate Tuesday’s International Women’s Day, Monday evening’s third race featured all women drivers, with a field of nine older pacing mares facing the gate. […]
CLINTON, SEPT. 5, 2021 – Clinton Raceway wrapped up its 2021 season with a record-setting afternoon of harness racing on Sunday, Sept. 5. Trevor Henry won the 41st annual Charity Driver’s Challenge as fans wagered an all-time high $132,279 on the card. Henry captured three of the eight challenge races and finished with 200 points, well […]
Two days prior to the Sunday, August 29th harness racing card at Clinton Raceway, the lineup for the 41st Annual Charity Drivers Challenge was announced. Natasha Day, the Ontario Women’s Driving Champion, was among outstanding drivers selected to compete, but was currently ranked 4th in the Clinton Drivers Standings. This was no longer the case […]
Champagne Phil was a fitting harness racing winner on Harness The Hope Day in rein to Natasha Day, who wore pink silks for the featured race on Sunday afternoon (August 22) at Clinton Raceway. Adore Him and Travis Henry established the lead in the $5,500 Harness The Hope Pace with Champagne Phil and Day third […]
HANOVER, JULY 15, 2021 – Hanover Raceway’s fan capacity will expand to 635 this Saturday, July 17, just in time for the OLG Ontario Women’s Driving Championship and the first of six provincial stakes events the Grey County oval will host this summer. Eight of Ontario’s top female drivers will compete in the first five races […]
