Shirley Mcclellan

Shirley McClellan

McClellan Honoured By University Of Alberta

Shirley McClellan, former Alberta politician and a longtime supporter of the Canadian harness racing industry, has been selected as one of nine luminaries who will receive honorary degrees from the Un...

Major Custard Honoured In Alberta

The Alberta Standardbred Horse Association has announced its award winners for the 2020 season, with Major Custard and his connections taking home major hardware after the pacer's sensational sophomor...

Appointments To Alberta Racing Tribunal

Horse Racing Alberta recently announced that the Alberta government has appointed individuals to positions within a racing tribunal in the province.

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.

Gall Takes In Super Final Night

October 29, 2017

Standardbred Canada President and CEO Dan Gall was at Northlands Park on Saturday evening (October 28), as he watched the province’s top two and three-year-olds square off in the Alberta Sires Stakes ...

Beautiful Debut For The Track On 2

September 18, 2017

There was an ‘old time county fair’ kind of atmosphere at The Track on 2 in Lacombe, Alberta on Sunday (September 17), as the track's new owner/operators, Kurt and Kyla Belich and Ross Morrison, welco...

McClellan's Contract Extended

The Board of Directors of Horse Racing Alberta (HRA) has extended the employment contract of HRA President & CEO Shirley McClellan to end June 30, 2018.

Northlands To Host Racing Into 2018

November 03, 2016

Horse Racing Alberta (HRA) and Northlands have reached an agreement that will see horse racing continue at Northlands Park Racetrack, while assisting Alberta’s horse racing industry during the 2017-20...

Northlands: ‘Anything Is Possible’

August 17, 2016

On February 17, officials with Edmonton’s Alberta’s Northlands Park announced that 2016 would be the track’s last year in the live horse racing business. Fast forward almost six months to the day, and...

Highlights From Century's Opener

"This is an industry who doesn't say 'I can't', they say 'how can I?' and the people that believed in this project looked for the 'how can we?'."

Century Opener Makes Headlines

The local media was out in Calgary for the opening of Century Downs, marking the return of live harness racing to the area for the first time in nearly a decade.

Harness Racing Returns To Calgary

"They're off! And we're racing at Century Downs!"

McClellan's Outlook On Alberta

January 26, 2010

With the recent spate of happenings and announcements in Alberta's harness racing industry, Trot Radio goes one-on-one with the Chair of Horse Racing Alberta, Shirley McClellan