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As we reach the middle of May, many of harness racing's top performers from 2021 have hit the racetrack in racing action or made their way to prepare for stakes competition with qualifiers.

Both of last season’s standout pacing glamour boys hit Flamboro Downs with fury on Sunday (May 15) as North America Cup champ Desperate Man hit millionaire status and Bulldog Hanover set a track and Canadian record in their respective $25,000 eliminations of the Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup.

The opening leg of the City Of London Series filled Friday evening's (May 13) card at The Raceway at Western Fair District.

On May 21, 2022, the Alberta Standardbred Horse Association and Century Downs will host a special mental health day in cooperation with the Lionheart Foundation. The Lionheart Foundation is a new organization specializing in assisting young people 12 to 25 and their families with anxiety-based mental health challenges.

The growing “international-ness” of art auctions delivered a record price for a New Zealand modernist, but the ardour for Beckett is cooling.

Kelly Hoerdt trainee circled by confusion at the top of the stretch to win the $61,875 Keith Linton Memorial at Fraser Downs on Sunday (May 8).

With the first weekend of May in the books, many of harness racing's top performers from 2021 have started to return to the racetrack for the upcoming stakes season or hit the racetrack in racing action.

Bulldog Hanover once again laid the smack down on his qualifying rivals at Flamboro Downs on Saturday (May 7) and it appears to be all systems go for his first four-year-old start in eight days time.

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As the stakes stars from 2021 head into the Grand Circuit's most lucrative events for this season, fans of harness racing feel one horse has the best chance to meet or exceed last year's totals in 2022.