May 25, 2020:

Officials with the Nova Scotia Harness Racing Industry Association are pleased to announce that racing will commence at the Nova Scotia tracks in June....read on

April 3, 2020:

On Friday, April 3, management from Northside Downs announced that the track would be cancelling its previously announced race dates in May due to the COVID-19 pandemic....read on

November 16, 2019:

The winning streak is officially four-in-a-row and counting for Southwind Ricardo following his narrow triumph in Saturday’s $1,550 feature race at Northside Downs....read on

November 9, 2019:

Driver Brett Leblanc airmailed odds-on favourite Southwind Ricardo to the winner’s circle of the $5,000 Governors Cup Series Final on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Northside Downs....read on

November 2, 2019:

Ten horses returned for the second leg of the 2019 Governor's Cup Series at Northside Downs on Saturday (November 2) and in the words of Yogi Berra it was 'déjà vu all over again.'...read on

October 26, 2019:

Some of the top older horses in Cape Breton made their way to Northside Downs for the first leg of the 2019 Governor's Cup Series on Saturday (Oct. 26)....read on

October 19, 2019:

Apple pie and ice cream. Hot dogs and mustard. Blacky Black and Barry Bates....read on

October 14, 2019:

Barry Bates and Blacky Black were looking to record their third consecutive victory in Northside Downs’ winners-over pace on Monday (Oct. 14). The pair was bet down to the odds-on choice in the program’s $1,400 featured dash, as they were sent postward with the full support of the wagering public....read on

October 5, 2019:

Not even a former half-mile track world champion could best Blacky Black, as the horse that could lay claim to being the best in Cape Breton captured another weekly feature at Northside Downs on Saturday (October 5)....read on

October 1, 2019:

Trot Insider has learned that a pair of upcoming race dates at Northside Downs have been cancelled, but that the track has added a race date for later in the month....read on

September 28, 2019:

After fellow alliteratively-named Rusty Riley broke his win streak last week, Blacky Black was back to his old tricks on Saturday (Sept. 28) at Northside Downs....read on

September 21, 2019:

The old adage stating that it's not how you start, it's how you finish was illustrated to perfection by driver Paul Langille in Saturday's single $16,360 Atlantic Sires Stakes division at Northside Downs....read on

September 19, 2019:

The final Atlantic Sires Stakes stop of the season will take place this Saturday (Sept. 21), as Northside Downs will be playing host to the two-year-old colts and geldings....read on

September 14, 2019:

Cue the AC/DC. For the second straight week, the feature pace on the Saturday afternoon card of harness racing at Northside Downs provided track announcer Shane Ryan with a bevy (or bonanza) of alliterative opportunities....read on

September 9, 2019:

The Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association has announced that it is going to pay out the ASBA contribution for the Atlantic Sires Stakes races for two- and three-year-old colts that have been rescheduled multiple times due to Hurricane Dorian....read on