With the Century Mile meet concluding on Saturday, Feb. 3, harness racing in Alberta will shift to Century Downs with the Calgary session beginning next month on March 16.
Shark Week (Vertical Horizon) brought Canada’s longest harness racing winning streak into 2024 with a 16th consecutive victory on Saturday (Jan. 6) at Century Mile. The gelding fired forward under urging from Michael Hennessy and took control before the quarter for the eighth straight start. He cut the mile with fractions of :26.2, :55.4, and
Mares track record holder Daisy Corvette returned to winning form as she circled a field of Preferred distaffers with a quarter-mile to go in Friday night's feature at Century Mile.
Mike Hennessy and Phil Giesbrecht recently both went over the $1-million mark for driving earnings this year, achieving the feat for the first time in their careers.