Western Canada Pacing Derby

With the future of racing in Calgary looking bright, having drawn the rail in Saturday’s Western Canada Pacing Derby, and being chosen as a candidate for the O’Brien Award of Horsemanship, it's hard t...

The photo finish camera was put to work as Playbook and Cowboy Caper won their respective $12,500 Western Canada Pacing Derby eliminations for three-year-old colts by the slimmest of margins on a snow...

Friday and Saturday night stakes action heats up at Northlands Park with eliminations for the Western Canada Pacing derby as well as the filly companion event, the Northlands Filly Pace.

Silver Eagle unleashed his ferocious late kick from the backfield and swooped past his fellow sophomore pacing colts to provide trainer Lance Ward with consecutive wins in the $100,000 Western Canada ...

"I've never been scared of racing a horse, so really nobody kind of scares me - it's a very well-matched field."

After a 15-year break from the business, trainer Lance Ward’s return to harness racing has been a thrill. He won the last edition of the Western Canada Pacing Derby and is overjoyed to have the oppor...

Post positions were drawn this morning for Saturday's $75,000 Northlands Filly Pace and the $100,000 Western Canada Pacing Derby - western Canada's richest harness race on the 2011 calendar

Bachelor Pad got up in the final strides to win the final prep race for the Western Canada Pacing Derby on Saturday afternoon at Northlands Park while the field for the Northlands Filly Pace was deter...

With the Western Canada Pacing Derby and Northlands Filly Pace on the horizon, some of the top contenders took to the track for some prep races on a frigid Saturday afternoon at Northlands Park

While Northlands Park's top harness race has fallen off the map, there are past champions still slugging it out.

The Western Canada Pacing Derby and Northlands Filly Pace will not be held at Northlands Park in 2009.