March 11, 2020:

After having been injured in an on-track incident last July, O’Brien Award winning driver Mark MacDonald is back in the race bike....read on

November 14, 2019:

“I feel like I could drive tomorrow. I don’t know if I’d want to hit the ground tomorrow, and that’s what they’re worried about. The surgeon wants me clear for contact.”...read on

August 24, 2019:

Driver Mark MacDonald will likely miss the remainder of 2019 after undergoing surgery following an accident at Saratoga Casino Hotel in July....read on

July 23, 2019:

It has been reported that two-time O’Brien Award-winning reinsman Mark MacDonald is recovering after having been hurt on the racetrack this past weekend....read on

July 2, 2019:

“Hall of Fame weekend is great. They always have a great atmosphere [at Goshen] … What really makes it great is that the grandstand is packed. Everybody likes working in front of a packed house.”...read on

February 22, 2019:

After a break of more than three months, multiple O'Brien Award-winning driver Mark MacDonald will make his 2019 debut in pari-mutuel action on Friday (February 22)....read on

August 19, 2018:

Favoured Obrigado (Mark MacDonald, $4.20) pounced from the pocket Sunday afternoon (Aug. 19), winning Yonkers Raceway’s featured $44,000 off-going Open Handicap Trot....read on

May 6, 2018:

The fifth night of the fifth month found Mark MacDonald putting forth his own Cinco de Mayo festivities, piloting five winners during Yonkers Raceway’s dozen races Saturday, May 5....read on

November 10, 2017:

“He’s very loyal. It doesn’t matter what happens, he’s a very, very loyal person. Win, lose, or draw, you might hear about it a little bit, but he’s very loyal.”...read on

October 27, 2017:

Four-year-old pacing mare Pure Country, a favourite in her first Breeders Crown victory at two, pulled off a 14-1 upset this time around as she closed from the outer flow in an exciting finish to the first night of championships at Hoosier Park....read on

October 27, 2017:

Yonkers Raceway driver Mark MacDonald scored his 6,000th career win last month....read on

September 23, 2017:

A track record-setting performance by Atlanta in her division of the New York Sires Stakes during Friday’s card at Vernon Downs also proved to be a very special victory for driver Mark MacDonald....read on

September 8, 2017:

The fields are set for next weekend's Milton Stakes and Maple Leaf Trot after Friday night's (September 8) elimination round at Mohawk Racetrack....read on

August 5, 2017:

Winless in six straight starts for the first time in her award-winning career, Pure Country finally clicked for her first win as an older competitor in the $200,400 Lady Liberty TVG Free-For-All for older pacing mares....read on

June 8, 2017:

Obrigado might have a little Alfred E. Neuman in him. One gets the feeling after talking with the seven-year-old trotter’s regular driver, Mark MacDonald, that an appropriate caption under the horse’s photo would be “What -- me worry?” just the same as the cartooned Neuman on the cover of MAD magazine....read on