MacDonald Adds To Leading Win Total

Rideau Carleton Raceway's leading driver John MacDonald dominated Sunday's 15-race program and he kicked off his winning ways right out of the starting gate

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MacDonald, who won four races during each of the Thursday and Friday night programs, swept Sunday's early Daily Double with the Mike Armstrong-trained Ec Speedy Jet ($7.40) and Pumped And Glidin ($4.50) for Gary McDonald. MacDonald made it three in a row with Serge Nadeau's wire-to-wire winner Ferrari Sena ($19.80). After hitting the board a couple more times, MacDonald made it to the winner's circle with the Lesley Newland-conditioned Nocturnal ($27.80) in the 10th race. J V S Ring ($3.90) completed his five-bagger and gave McDonald a training double.

The resident of Russell, Ont. currently sits seventh in the national leaderboard for wins this year. He has won 255 races while banking over $1.37 million in purses.

To view Sunday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Sunday Results - Rideau Carleton Raceway.

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