Mark Macdonald

King Of The North

Update On Status Of Mark MacDonald

November 11, 2024

Mark MacDonald is currently recovering from an accident that occurred last month at Yonkers Raceway. The decorated driver will return no worse for wear, but the question isn't just a matter of when. I...

Abuckabett Hanover

Abuckabett Hanover Wins Mohawk Gold Cup

Abuckabett Hanover, in rein to Andrew McCarthy, took top prize in the $100,000 Mohawk Gold Cup, a race that had a two-horse spill early in the stretch, on Saturday night (June 17) at Woodbine Mohawk P...

Mark and Anthony MacDonald

MacDonald Brothers To Battle In Jug

September 20, 2022

When the first elimination hits the track for the 77th edition of the Little Brown Jug on Thursday at Delaware Country Fairgrounds, history will again be made by the MacDonald brothers.

Meadowlands Launches “Mark On Mic”

November 10, 2021

The Meadowlands’ Andrew “Shades” Demsky is working with 2021 Meadowlands Pace-winning driver Mark MacDonald on a new web series titled “Mark On Mic.”

Mark MacDonald: Too Stubborn To Quit

September 20, 2021

When a young Mark MacDonald moved a few cheap horses from PEI to Ontario's Windsor Raceway, many that knew him probably thought he was nuts. Two O’Brien Awards, many major stakes titles, and $103 mill...

Lawless Shadow Wins Hempt Memorial

August 21, 2021

Ontario-based Lawless Shadow picked up his second major stateside stakes score this summer with a gutsy effort to capture the 2021 Max C. Hempt Memorial Pace, one of the crown jewels of Sun Stakes Sat...

From P.E.I. To The Meadowlands Pace

"We’re two guys from Prince Edward Island and we’re a long way from home. I told Doc in the winner’s circle that the last time he and I were there together it was also in the rain 32 years ago."

MacDonald Sweeps Pocono Features

Driver Mark MacDonald won both of the $15,300 feature races at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Tuesday afternoon (June 15) with pacer Gray Dragon and trotter Cant Say No, the latter a game 1:55.4 w...

Splash Brother Letting It Fly In 2020

September 09, 2020

“It’s funny when he came back this year... It is like he is a five-year-old child with that type of energy behind him.”

MacDonald Joins $100 Million Club

August 24, 2020

Mark MacDonald can be called many things. Standardbred reinsman is one. Two-time O'Brien Award winner is another. Now, if you weren't aware, the native of Prince Edward Island can now also be referred...

Redemption, Good Karma For MacDonald

Mark MacDonald boasts multiple O’Brien Awards as well as victories in most of harness racing’s most coveted races. He’s also faced his share of recent adversity with a number of serious injuries.

Easter With Three Of The Best

An All-Star cast of Mark MacDonald, Dave Miller and Blake MacIntosh were featured on Sunday evening’s (April 12) episode of COSA TV. While the trio may be competitors on the track, they have remained ...

MacDonald’s Back In Action

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