Mark Macdonald

Quickaway

Quickaway Strong In U.S. Debut; Accident Mars NYSS Division

Quickaway won his career debut for Canadian connections in the first New York Sire Stakes leg for two-year-old colt and gelding pacers at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Thursday, June 19.

Send It Down Slim

MacDonald, Schnittker Feast At Buffalo

Driver Mark MacDonald and trainer Ray Schnittker had a feast on Wednesday afternoon (June 11) at Buffalo Raceway.

King Of The North

Mark MacDonald Set To Return

After more than five months on the sidelines, driver Mark MacDonald is set to return to the racetrack.

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...