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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.

Harness racing driver Doug McNair, about 2,600 kilometres west of his home track, stole the show in the Alberta Sires Stakes Super Finals on Saturday (Nov. 4) at Century Mile as the Ontario-based reinsman won three of the four $75,000 events. Come On Santana (Santana Blue Chip) captured the first Super Final for two-year-old colts

After posting a 32-1 upset in the elimination, Blue Star Mercury returned on Saturday (Oct. 21) evening at Century Mile to win the $110,710 Western Canada Pacing Derby from gate-to-wire.

Planets aligned as Century Mile hosted the Western Canada Pacing Derby Eliminations, each worth a $14,000 purse prize, on Saturday (Oct. 14) evening with Blue Star Mercury and Over The Horizon winning their respective splits.

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

Harness racing action continues at Century Mile this weekend, and the Saturday card features the Western Canada Pacing Derby eliminations. Also, the two-year-old stakes that were cancelled last weekend were added to the card on Saturday. RACE 8: WESTERN CANADA PACING DERBY FIRST ELIMINATION- $14,000 Tin Can Timmy (8-1) The Dickens (6-1) General Custard (4-1)

Two-year-old pacers will have another chance to shine in the second leg of the Alberta Sire Stakes this Saturday when harness racing returns to Century Mile. The fillies and the colts both have two splits in their respective divisions. RACE 6: ABSS STARBURST TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES (FIRST DIVISION) - $27,100 Licklips Swinghips (10-1) Im Outrageous Too

With more than $200,000 in purses offered on the program, The Track On 2 hosted the richest single day in the track's history on Sunday (Aug. 20) evening. 

The Saturday (August 5) card of harness racing at Century Downs featured eliminations for four lucrative stakes finals, with Virtual Horizon continuing his dominance over his division to run his win streak to double digits.

Albertan phenom Virtual Horizon added another victory to his unbeaten sophomore campaign with a 1:53.3 victory in the $59,000 Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) Maverick final at Century Downs on Saturday (July 22).