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The streak of Shark Week is over.

Shark Week’s 17-race, 11-month unbeaten streak at Alberta’s top level of harness racing ended on Saturday (Apr. 27) at Century Downs as Bonus Round (Santanna Blue Chip) caught him in the $25,000 Preferred. Shark Week, the fastest horse in Western Canada history, went to the front as usual for Mike Hennessy and headed the field

After guiding Outlaw Blue Isle to her first Fillies & Mares Preferred win on Friday, Dave Kelly engineered the winning trip with stablemate Bonus Round in the Preferred Pace on Saturday, April 20 at Century Downs to give that pacer his first top class tally.

Veteran pacer No Collusion was in career best form on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Century Mile, forging gamely first over to notch his first top class score at the Edmonton, Alta. oval.

David Kelly trainees bookended the winner's circle appearances on Saturday, Nov. 25 at Century Mile as part of a training triple to lift the horseman into the track's dash win lead for the year.

Trainer and driver David Kelly had a monster day on Sunday, Sept. 17 at The Track On 2, picking up five driving victories to go along with four training wins on the nine-race card, including a track record performance for three-year-old pacing colts by Panda Beer.

Rookies took centre stage on Saturday (Oct. 29) at Century Downs with fillies fighting in divisions of the Emerald Filly Pace and colts competing in Rocky Mountain Boys divisions.

The 2022 Alberta Sires Stakes season wrapped up on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 15) at Century Downs with four $75,000 Super Finals plus $15,000 consolations for the province's pacing stars.

Rookies hit the track at Century Downs on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 1) in three divisions of the $51,000 ABSS Shooting Star, for pacing colts and geldings, and in two divisions of the $50,400 ABSS Stardust, for pacing fillies.