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Wednesday, 31 August 2016 22:49
Fall Race Meet Preview at RMTC
The Fall Race Meet at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club is upon us. The Fall Meet runs Sept. 3-5 and…
Wednesday, 31 August 2016 22:34
Just where does the time go?
When Robert ‘Red’ McKenzie was born on January 1, 1927 Mount Rushmore hadn’t even built. It would be five months…
Tuesday, 30 August 2016 23:35
ASHA and the Standardbred 4-H Project Report
Sierra and Cleo (Call Sign) Hi, my name is Sierra Macdonald and this is my 6th year in 4-H. I…
Tuesday, 30 August 2016 10:28
Post Derby Doldrums
It was a slow 3 days of racing at Northlands this past week. We could start off by giving Riversedge’s…
Monday, 29 August 2016 13:38
Hoofprints - August 28th
Two months to go until Super Finals Day, Oct. 29th, at Century Downs. But the countdown to qualifying for Alberta’s…
Friday, 26 August 2016 15:12
Vargo and Castiglione discuss the ownership experience
How easy is this? That’s what Robert Vargo wondered when he first got into thoroughbred racing in 2005. The first…
Tuesday, 23 August 2016 11:25
2016 Canadian Derby Crowd – Un bee leave a ble!!!
Those who were on hand last Saturday at Northlands would have to agree that there is nothing better than watching…
Sunday, 21 August 2016 22:39
Hoofprints - August 21st
By the time you read this, Ed and Ashleigh Hensley will have packed up their eight horse stable and pointed…
Sunday, 21 August 2016 09:31
87th Canadian Derby - Curtis wraps up Derby Day
Long after Paul Brandt had stopped singing, long after Ready Intaglio had snuck through on the rail to win the…
Sunday, 21 August 2016 00:10
87th Canadian Derby - Ready Intaglio wins Canadian Derby
Ready Intaglio wins the 87th running of the Canadian Derby presented by CIBC EDMONTON, AB (August 20, 2016) – Shamaree…
Saturday, 20 August 2016 01:26
87th Canadian Derby - Ruck and Ryan Bott Homecoming
The Canadian Derby often brings trainers and owners 'home', and the 87th running is no different. Rarely, though, do we…
Thursday, 18 August 2016 13:35
87th Canadian Derby - Law Master ready for another Alberta win
Outspoken author and 60’s activist Hunter S Thompson wrote “anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.” Reserved…
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 17:01
87th Canadian Derby - A look back at Freedoms Traveller
Freedoms Traveller (by Peacenfreedom, out of Lunar Gem) was the last Alberta bred to win the Canadian Derby in 2011,…
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 16:47
87th Canadian Derby - It’s Show Time – in more ways than one!
The marquee event of the Northlands thoroughbred the 87th running of the Canadian Derby is carded as the 11th race…
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 17:26
87th Canadian Derby - Post Positions
FINAL 12 THOROUGHBREDS AND POST POSITIONS ANNOUNCED FOR 87th CANADIAN DERBY EDMONTON, AB (August 16, 2016) – The final list…
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 16:12
87th Canadian Derby - Dr. Doolittle in the backstretch
I met an old friend the other day. We haven’t talked in years. But there he was right where he…
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 15:45
87th Canadian Derby - Draw List
PP Horse A/S Med Jockey Wgt Trainer Odds 1 Hold the Giant (KY) 3/G L G Olguin 122 T Rycroft…
Monday, 15 August 2016 11:44
Hoofprints - August 14th
After a weekend of no stakes racing, the added money events resume this coming weekend with 4 different stakes to…
Friday, 12 August 2016 11:32
Big Name Drivers At Century Downs Sunday
Three 'big-name' Ontario drivers will be at Century Downs for a Pacing For Charity event this Sunday. Jack Moiseyev, Jody Jamieson and James…
Wednesday, 10 August 2016 17:48
Jackpot High 5 hit two weeks before Canadian Derby
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. There was one at Northlands Park on Saturday that was worth…
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