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The ASBA is now accepting Atlantic Sires Stakes Stallion Registrations for the 2016 breeding season. The registration fee is $500 and is payable to the ASBA by January 31, 2016.  Stallion registration information and payment should be forwarded to the ASBA – PO Box 65 Port Hood, NS, B0E 2W0. For further information, please contact…

  By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – It was all Barrieau, all day at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park for Atlantic Breeder’s Crown championship Sunday.The New Brunswick reinsman won seven races on the 15-dash program including three Atlantic Breeder’s Crown finals as the 2015 Atlantic Sires Stakes season came…

By Nicholas Oakes for Red Shores CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – The Atlantic Canadian weekend of champions takes center stage Saturday and Sunday at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The very best Atlantic Canadian racing and breeding has to offer will be on display Sunday afternoon with a 15-dash card getting underway at 1…

Charlottetown, PE – The Atlantic Breeders Crown host committee today announced a panel session has been added to the Atlantic Breeders Crown weekend which will be held October 9th to 11th weekend.  At the Atlantic Breeders Crown Banquet, Saturday, October 10, at the Rodd Royalty, Charlottetown, four of the most successful stakes competitors in Atlantic history…

By Jerry McCabe Charlottetown, PE – Four Atlantic Canadian harness racing families will be recognized for their significant contributions to the industry during the Atlantic Breeders Crown on Thanksgiving weekend. The Arsenault family, from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the family of Lloyd Downing of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Allan Jones family from New Brunswick and…

  Clare MacDonald had a driving double in Atlantic Sires Stakes racing action at Northside Downs on Saturday afternoon, securing first place in divisional standings for two of her trainees.   MacDonald and Heart and Soul crossed the finish line in 1:58.3 for owners Earith and George Riley of Kensington, PE.  This was the fifth…

The largest regular season Atlantic Sires Stakes purse in recent years will be up for grabs at Northside Downs on Saturday afternoon.   Eight two-year-old pacing fillies will line up behind the starting gate at the North Sydney track in an attempt to capture a portion of the $17,900 purse.  The entries include Atlantic Sires…

It was an invasion of the Atlantic Sires Stakes – Meridian Farms trotters on Wednesday at Inverness Raceway, as four trotting divisions were highlighted on the evening race card.   J K Blaze and driver Walter Cheverie captured the first $8280 division for three-year-old trotters.  The duo crossed the finish line in 2:03.4 for owner-trainer…

  The Atlantic Sires Stakes-Meridian Farms two and three-old trotters are heading to Inverness Raceway on Wednesday night for what is sure to be some competitive harness racing action.   Two divisions of the  two-year-old trotters will each go for a purse pool of $9060.  Meanwhile the three-year-olds will also go in two divisions each…

The best two and three-year-old pacers and trotters from the Maritimes will be showcased during Old Home Week harness racing action at Red Shoes at the Charlottetown Driving Park over the next week.  A full slate of Atlantic Sires Stakes events will take centre stage at the historic Charlottetown oval.   Saturday afternoon’s racing action…