Paul Ryneveld

Racing On Hold In Alberta

A quick glance at the 2021 race date calendar indicates that Alberta's harness racing industry was slated to resume activity this weekend. That launch will have to wait, according to officials.

Alberta Racing Surpasses Expectations

November 13, 2020

"We missed all of March, April and May. We didn’t start racing until the middle of June. We were scheduled to race 227 days but we only got in 140 race dates and yet we still managed to pay off our de...

Century Downs Season Heating Up

Now that the racing seasons have ended at Fraser Downs in Surrey, B.C., and are about to close at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California, it’s expected that a bunch of horsemen will be bringing their stab...

Alberta Lauds Ten-Year Agreement

November 06, 2017

Alberta is now two years into a landmark agreement between the provincial government and the horse racing industry, and both sides are adamant that the ten-year deal is working well for each of them.

A New Beginning

August 28, 2017

“I think first and foremost the track and entertainment destination will be an injection of excitement into horse racing. It will turn racing in western Canada around. It brings with it a new long ter...

Fractional Ownership To Take Centre Stage

When Paul Ryneveld, general manager of Century Downs Racetrack and Casino, talks about fractional ownership at the upcoming World Trotting Conference Symposium, he will have at least 87 reasons to be ...

How The West Won The WDC

On Saturday, August 12, eleven of the top harness racing drivers from around the globe will assemble at Century Downs Racetrack and Casino, near Calgary, Alta., to kick off the 2017 World Driving Cham...

May Handle Up At Century

Handle on live Standardbred Racing increased 17 per cent in May over last year (May 2016) at Century Downs Racetrack and Casino. In the first two years of operation, Century Downs raced a Friday eveni...

More On New Edmonton Track

September 20, 2016

On Monday, Horse Racing Alberta announced that Century Casinos Europe GmbH is the successful applicant to own, build and operate an 'A' Track Horse Racing Facility in the Edmonton market area. More de...

Century Handle Continues To Surge

Halfway through the lengthened season of Standardbred racing at Century Downs Racetrack and Casino, the live racing handle continues to show strength.

Century Handle, Race Date News

Century Downs Racetrack and Casino has announced that its handle has spiked significantly so far this year, and that the track’s live Standardbred meet has been extended into the fall months.

Century Launches Ownership Club

February 26, 2016

Century Downs Racetrack and Casino is on a quest to attract 100 new owners to the sport with the launch of a new fractional ownership program for its 2016 harness racing season.

“It’s Probably The Lifesaver For Us”

“It’s probably the lifesaver for us. We all have been just hanging on by the skin of our teeth the last years, every year getting tougher. And finally the light is going to show up at the end of the t...