Drivers Set For The Western Regional Driving Championship March 28, 2024 The Western Regional Driving Championship, the first of four regional events, kicks off the path to the 2024 National Driving Championship (NDC) in Trois-Rivières, Que. on July 5.
Team Hennessy Sweeps Century Features Saturday March 23, 2024 The duo of driver Mike and trainer Rod Hennessy captured plenty of Preferred pacing events at Century Downs in 2023 thanks to Horse of the Year Shark Week. With that star still to find a place to race...
Hennessy Drives Five Winners At Century Mile December 17, 2023 Mike Hennessy stole the show at Century Mile on Saturday, Dec. 16, driving half of the evening's winners.
Hennessy, Giesbrecht Reflect On First Million-Dollar Seasons December 12, 2023 Mike Hennessy and Phil Giesbrecht recently both went over the $1-million mark for driving earnings this year, achieving the feat for the first time in their careers.
No Collusion, Hennessy Shine At Century Mile December 03, 2023 Veteran pacer No Collusion was in career best form on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Century Mile, forging gamely first over to notch his first top class score at the Edmonton, Alta. oval.
A Super Night For McNair And Alberta's Finest Pacers November 07, 2023 Mike Hennessy won six races including the Alberta Sires Stakes Two-Year-Old Filly Super Final with precocious Byby Baby Byby. Yet, Hennessy was still upstaged by Doug McNair, who was flown into Edmont...
Stakes And Streaks The Story Saturday At Century Mile November 05, 2023 There was no shortage of action on the packed Saturday (Nov. 4) evening card at Century Mile with the ABSS Super Finals on tap as the main event with headliners featured by the longest win streak of t...
Fabulous Freshman Fillies Set For Super Final Showdown November 01, 2023 Two weeks ago, on Oct. 14 at Century Mile, Byby Baby Byby and Outlawguns N Roses put on such a monumental performance in the Alberta Sires Stakes Starburst leg that it prompted Byby Baby Byby’s traine...
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...
Kioti's Phenomenal Rise And High Hopes For The Future September 06, 2023 New season. New hopes. New dreams.
Rod, Mike & Shark Week: Much More Than Just A Record-Setting Trio August 21, 2023 When Shark Week became the first Standardbred in history to win sub-1:50 on Western Canadian soil, people celebrated the feat nationwide. The truth is, however, that there is much more to this story t...
Seven In A Row For Virtual Horizon In Moore’s Mile June 24, 2023 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...
Shark Week Wins On Big Day For Hennessys June 18, 2023 Team Hennessy’s star pacer Shark Week uncorked another dynamite effort to take the $14,000 Preferred Pace, his fifth straight win, on Sunday (June 18) at Century Downs – a day where driver Mike Hennes...