Virtual Horizon

Shark Week with Mike and Rod Hennessy

Alberta's 2023 Champions Awarded

The best of Alberta's 2023 harness racing season were honoured at the annual Alberta Standardbred Horse Association (ASHA) Awards during a night of glitz and glam on Saturday, March 9 at the Best West...

Blue Star Mercury

Dominating Duo In Alberta Classics

October 24, 2023

Easy. First, Side Piece in Saturday night’s $134,300 Century Casino Filly Pace. Then, two races later, Blue Star Mercury in the $110,710 Western Canada Pacing Derby -- both humiliating their opponents...

G Ts Skyla

Alberta's Top Sophomores Prepare For Showdown

October 04, 2023

As expected, G TS Skyla and Virtual Horizon -- the early favourites for Alberta’s most prestigious races -- the October 21 $110,000 Western Canada Pacing Derby and the $110,000 Century Casino Filly Pa...

Virtual Horizon

Virtual Horizon Makes It 13 Straight

October 01, 2023

Surviving two serious threats, Virtual Horizon maintained his unblemished sophomore record with his 13th straight victory, a hard-fought win in the $56,300 Alberta Plainsman final on Saturday, Sept. 3...

Shark Week

Shark Week, Virtual Horizon Star At Century

September 23, 2023

A densely packed card of 11 races marked the Saturday (Sept. 23) afternoon hosted at Century Mile with the Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) headlining the action. Amid the stakes action, Shark Week broke t...

Unpredictable Virtual Horizon Keeps Everyone Guessing

September 22, 2023

You look at Virtual Horizon’s perfect past performances this year and wonder what could possibly be wrong going into Saturday’s Plainsman eliminations for three-year-old Alberta-bred colts and gelding...

Virtual Horizon

Streaks Extended At Century Saturday

August 12, 2023

Virtual Horizon, G Ts Skyla, and Shark Week each took home victories in their respective assignments on the Mid-Summer Classic card at Century Downs on Saturday (Aug. 12) to extend their impressive wi...

Outlawguns N Roses, Grey Horizon, Virtual Horizon and G Ts Skyla

Stakes Mania At Century Downs

August 05, 2023

The Saturday (Aug. 5) card of harness racing at Century Downs featured eliminations for four lucrative stakes finals, with Virtual Horizon continuing his dominance over his division to run his win str...

Virtual Horizon Rings Up Score In ABSS Maverick

Albertan phenom Virtual Horizon added another victory to his unbeaten sophomore campaign with a 1:53.3 victory in the $59,000 Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) Maverick final at Century Downs on a stakes-fi...

Century Hosts Marquis, Maverick Eliminations

A total of seven Alberta Sires Stakes (ABSS) eliminations went postward at Century Downs on Saturday (July 15) with three for the ABSS Marquis, for sophomore pacing fillies, and four for the ABSS Mave...

Seven In A Row For Virtual Horizon In Moore’s Mile

The sophomore Vertical Horizon colt Virtual Horizon stayed unbeaten from seven starts through 2023 with a 1:53.2 victory in the $90,000 Moore’s Mile Breeders’ Stakes at Century Downs on Saturday (June...

Virtual Horizon winning at Century Downs

Alberta Sophomores Face Off In Stakes Eliminations

Three-year-old Alberta foaled pacers faced off in eliminations for next weekend's Moore's Mile and Shirley McClellan Breeders Stakes on Saturday afternoon (June 17) at Century Downs.

Shark Week Paces Fastest Mile In Western Canadian History

Never in the history of harness racing in Western Canada had a Standardbred raced a mile in under 1:50. Shark Week became the first to break the barrier when taking the $14,000 Preferred Pace on a sta...