First Leg Of 2025 World Driving Championship Set October 28, 2025 Canada's James MacDonald has his assignments for the opening leg of the 2025 World Driving Championship (WDC) in New Zealand.
MacDonald Takes Five Wins At Mohawk October 09, 2025 James MacDonald drove five winners on Thursday, Oct. 9 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and took the lead in the national drivers’ win standings.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
McCarthy Opts For Miss Belmar, MacDonald Picks Up Oaks Drive July 29, 2025 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 Wins OSS Gold; MacDonald Reaches $80 Million July 18, 2025 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...
Crunchintheodds Fastest Trotting Freshman In OSS Grassroots July 10, 2025 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...
Five For MacDonald At Mohawk July 03, 2025 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.
Canadian Harness Racing's Leaders At The Half July 01, 2025 As the 2025 Canadian harness racing season hits the halfway point, Trot Insider takes a look at the drivers and trainers leading the way.
MacDonald Managing A 'World' Of Options June 11, 2025 It's good to have options, but sometimes those options lead to difficult decisions.