James Macdonald

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MacDonald Presented With Canadian Colours

October 06, 2025

James MacDonald, Standardbred Canada's 2024 National Driving Champion and Canada's representative for the upcoming 2025 World Driving Championship (WDC), received his Canadian colours at Woodbine Moha...

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MacDonald To Receive Canadian Colours Monday

October 03, 2025

James MacDonald, Canada's 2024 National Driving Champion, is preparing to represent the nation once again at the 2025 World Driving Championship (WDC) in New Zealand this November. A special presentat...

Harness Racing in Canada

Canadian Racing's Leaders With A Quarter To Go

October 02, 2025

As the 2025 harness racing season passes the three-quarter mark, Trot Insider provides an update on the national leaderboard for drivers and trainers.

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MacDonald Gearing Up For World Driving Championship

August 21, 2025

New Zealand racing has its own "J Mac" in the form of Hall of Fame jockey James McDonald. But this November, a different "J Mac" will arrive on New Zealand shores in the form of Canada's four-time def...

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Conversano Wins 55th Hambletonian Oaks

August 02, 2025

An early give-and-go proved the winning move for driver James MacDonald and Conversano, who rallied from an earned pocket to collar Walspea in the final 100 yards of the 55th edition of the $694,444 H...

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McCarthy Opts For Miss Belmar, MacDonald Picks Up Oaks Drive

Imagine your prom is in a few days and two of the prettiest girls in school want you to put the corsage on her wrist and slow dance the night away in the gymnasium under the basketball hoop. Tough dec...

A Clean Deal

A Clean Deal Wins OSS Gold; MacDonald Reaches $80 Million

Doug McNair piloted A Clean Deal up the inside in deep-stretch and emerged from a four-horse cavalry charge to win the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold event for two-year-old filly pacers...

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Crunchintheodds Fastest Trotting Freshman In OSS Grassroots

Crunchintheodds, coming off a fifth-place finish on debut in the Tompkins-Geers, won the fastest of three $25,000 first-leg divisions of the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots for two-year-old trotting m...

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Five For MacDonald At Mohawk

Canada’s four-time defending Driver of the Year James MacDonald put in a strong shift at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday, July 3, winning five of the night’s 10 races.

Harness Racing in Canada

Canadian Harness Racing's Leaders At The Half

As the 2025 Canadian harness racing season hits the halfway point, Trot Insider takes a look at the drivers and trainers leading the way.

James MacDonald - 2025 Pepsi North America Cup Draw

MacDonald Managing A 'World' Of Options

It's good to have options, but sometimes those options lead to difficult decisions.

MacDonald’s Five-Win Night Highlighted by Mohawk Preferred

A 2024 O’Brien Award finalist, Amigo Volo showed exactly why he earned that distinction, cruising to an easy victory in the $36,000 Preferred Trot and giving four-time defending Driver of the Year Jam...

MacDonald Has The Hot Hands At Mohawk

James MacDonald had a stellar night at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday, April 3, making five trips to the winner’s circle.