Page 5 - Northside Downs News Today

On Saturday (August 6), Northside Downs welcomed horses from the Atlantic Sires Stakes program for the first time in 2022 and the competitors put on a display of record-setting speed.

Gentry Seelster has been a model of consistency for his connections, now with 90 percent of his seasonal starts resulting in paydays after a win in the top class at Northside Downs on Saturday (July 16).

Kelly Hoerdt trainee Codename Cigar Box once again reigned supreme over his peers, overcoming an assigned outer post to win the $13,500 Preferred Pace on a 17-race cavalcade at Century Downs on Saturday (June 25).

Mando Fun dug deep to come up victorious in the $1,600 Winners Over feature at Northside Downs on Saturday (June 18)

Gentry Seelster secured his second win in five starts this year in the $1,600 Winners Over feature race at Northside Downs on Saturday afternoon (June 11).

Over the last nine months, pacing mare Kiss Me Im Irish has shown the kind of the form that could make her a dominant force in Cape Breton this season.

Ardon Mofford started the 2022 season of harness racing at Northside Downs with a training triple, and he returned for the second week of on-track action showing that success was no fluke.

Sunny skies shone on Cape Breton as live harness racing returned to Northside Downs for its first card of the 2022 season on Saturday (May 14).

Seeing the Cape Breton Farmers Exhibition with a "For Sale" sign came as a shock to Jennifer MacNeil, especially since the grounds have been home to her family since her grandparents were kids.

Officials have addressed a report that raised eyebrows regarding the future of harness racing at Northside Downs in Nova Scotia.