Mike Hennessy won six races including the Alberta Sires Stakes Two-Year-Old Filly Super Final with precocious Byby Baby Byby. Yet, Hennessy was still upstaged by Doug McNair, who was flown into Edmonton from Ontario by Alberta trainer Jamie Gray for Saturday’s Super Final card at Century Mile.
Two weeks ago, on Oct. 14 at Century Mile, Byby Baby Byby and Outlawguns N Roses put on such a monumental performance in the Alberta Sires Stakes Starburst leg that it prompted Byby Baby Byby’s trainer Rod Hennessy to call it “one of the best miles paced in Western Canada by anyone.”
On a Saturday (Oct. 14) night that saw Virtual Horizon’s streak end, Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) won his 11th consecutive harness racing contest and broke the track record at Century Mile. The gelding, who previously also held the track record for an aged pacing stallion, was never headed in the wire-to-wire Preferred-winning effort. He fired
The longest winning streak in Western Canada ended on Saturday (Oct. 14) as longshot Blue Star Mercury (Mystician) defeated Virtual Horizon in the second Western Canada Pacing Derby elimination at Century Mile. Virtual Horizon, shooting for a 14th straight win, shot to the front as usual for driver Brandon Campbell and cut a quarter of