Northside Downs

Gifted the perfect pocket ride, Hugh Heff picked off favoured Alritealritealrite in the stretch to prevail in the top class at Northside Downs on Saturday, Aug. 29.

Alritealritealrite showed last week’s sixth-place finish was nothing more than a stutter as the stallion wired the field in the $1,600 Winners Over Pace for his fourth victory in his last five starts ...

The wins aren't as plentiful as past years, but Hugh Heff still remains a stiff threat in the top classes at Northside Downs.

He's better than just alright, he's Alritealritealrite and he's now a winner of three straight efforts in the top class at Northside Downs.

Since arriving in Cape Breton earlier this year, only two things have been able to stop Alritealritealrite from winning — and one of those impediments literally stopped him from racing.

Alritealritealrite was more than alright on the engine, wiring the field in the Winners Over feature pace on the Monday, July 20 card at Northside Downs.

Northside Downs cancelled its live card of harness racing on Saturday, July 18 after a starting gate malfunction in the first race that prompted judges to declare the race a no contest.

Tobins Gem was never better than on Saturday, July 11 at Northside Downs, pacing to a new lifetime mark in the faster of two $16,200 Atlantic Sires Stakes "A" divisions contested.

The three-year-old pacing colts of the Atlantic Sires Stakes head to Northside Downs for stakes action on Saturday, July 11.

Mappos Lion has yet to taste defeat in 2026. The nine-year-old extended his streak to eight straight Saturday, July 4 with another impressive win, this time taking the $1,600 Winners Over Pace at Nort...

As the old expression goes, when the cat is away, the mice will play. In this instance, the cat in question is Mappos Lion. The nine-year-old pacer is perfect in six starts this year and 11-for-12 in ...