For a guy who didn’t arrive until four months ago, Todd McCarthy continues to impress in harness racing’s toughest driver colony stateside....read on
'Anoka' Helping McCarthy Acclimate
November 20, 2020:
Todd McCarthy is no fan of the cold, but the Australia native is a big admirer of good horses. And the latter will keep McCarthy in the United States through this winter and next year....read on
McCarthy Making Waves At Meadowlands
September 13, 2020:
McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy! No, not Andy of Hambletonian fame, but little brother Todd, who stole the show at The Meadowlands Saturday night (Sept. 12)....read on
McCarthy Makes The Big Jump
September 3, 2020:
Over the past several years, driver Todd McCarthy contemplated leaving his native Australia to continue his career in North America. Watching his brother Andy win four Breeders Crown trophies last October at Woodbine Mohawk Park helped convince Todd to do it in 2020....read on
McCarthy Bros. Sweep PA All-Stars
August 29, 2020:
JK First Lady defeated Rocknificent in a much-anticipated showdown between the two in one of two $35,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event for three-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday afternoon at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono....read on
Bongiorno Reaches 2,000-Win Mark
August 28, 2020:
Joe Bongiorno became one of the youngest drivers to achieve 2,000 career victories when the 26-year-old sent developing force Nicholas Beach to the lead and just kept pouring it on, winning in a lifetime best 1:49 in the $11,200 featured pace on Friday afternoon (August 28) at Harrah’s Philadelphia....read on
WDC Report: Day Two
May 25, 2019:
Two legs of the 2019 World Driving Championship are now in the books and the drivers will take a break on Sunday before resuming competition on Monday. Canada's James MacDonald is joined by a special guest in the second WDC Report....read on
2019 WDC Drivers Unveiled
April 9, 2019:
Don’t look now, but the 2019 World Driving Championship is just around the corner. International reinsmen will battle over no less than five Swedish racecourses during the late-May WDC, and the eagerly awaited list of global combatants is now available....read on
MacDonald Wins In Australia
December 8, 2017:
With the eyes of the harness racing world on him this past summer, Canada's James MacDonald rose to the occasion and captured the 2017 World Driving Championship on home soil. On Friday (December 8), MacDonald made his mark on Australian harness racing with a win in a driving competition downunder....read on
International Drivers Series Finals Set
December 5, 2017:
This year's World Driving Champion James MacDonald from Canada and American Marcus Miller have both fared better in the ballot for horses in the two heats of the Sky Racing/Slater Gartrell International Drivers Series, which will conclude Friday night at Gloucester Park....read on
MacDonald On Down Under Driving
December 3, 2017:
“It was a great experience and the racing is extremely tight and a buzz driving in front of such a big crowd."...read on
Drivers Series Underway Downunder
December 1, 2017:
The first leg of the International Invitation Drivers Series is complete after the first two races went postward at Gloucester Park on Friday (December 1)....read on
MacDonald, Miller Arrive Down Under
November 30, 2017:
Drivers James MacDonald and Marcus Miller have arrived safely in Perth, Australia in advance of the International Invitation Drivers Series, which will get underway on Friday (December 1)....read on