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The champions of the 2012 Atlantic Sires Stakes season were crowned on Sunday afternoon at Red Shores Charlottetown Driving Park during the season-ending Atlantic Breeders Crown.  The Weekend of Champions featured the best two and three-year old pacers and trotters of the Atlantic Sires Stakes season.Capturing the three-year-old pacing colt championship and the winner’s share…

The best two and three-year-old performers of the 2012 Atlantic Sires Stakes racing season will be showcased this weekend, during the Atlantic Breeders Crown at Red Shores Charlottetown Driving Park.The Atlantic Breeders Crown Weekend of Champions has become a premier event in Maritime harness racing and $130,000 in purse monies will be  handed out to…

The top point earners in each of the six Atlantic Sires Stakes divisions have now been determined, following the two-year-old pacing filly events at Exhibition Park Raceway in Saint John, NB, on Saturday afternoon.  These events were the final Atlantic Sires Stakes races leading up to the season-ending Atlantic Breeders Crown Championship Weekend.Top Brand and…

By Lee DrakeCharlottetown, PE – Two additional panel members have been added to the roster for Atlantic Breeders Crown weekend, which will be held October 5-7, 2012.At the Atlantic Breeders Crown Banquet, Saturday, October 6, 2012 at the Dutch Inn, Cornwall, Howie Trainor will join Phil Pinkney, Mike Campbell and Ralph Annear on a  Look…

Charlottetown, PE – Four Atlantic Canadian harness racing families will be recognized for their longtime contributions to the regional industry during Atlantic Breeders Crown on Thanksgiving weekend. The Atlantic Breeder’s Crown Host Committee has released the names of the families which will be honored at the ABC awards banquet. The Whelan family, originally from Alberton,…

By Lee DrakeCharlottetown, PE – The Breeders Crown committee has announced tickets for the 2012 Atlantic Breeders Crown awards banquet will go on sale this weekend at Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.Maritime horsemen and horsewomen will be on the Prince Edward Island Saturday for the PEI Colt Stakes. Tickets are…

The Atlantic Sires Stakes two-year-old pacing colts put on an impressive show at Inverness Raceway on Sunday afternoon.Scamp Finesse, with owner-driver Clare MacDonald in the bike,  captured the first of three ‘A’ division events in a time of 1:59.2.  The two-year-old colt is also owned Morah Kerr of Greenfield, NS, and Phonsie MacEachern of Port…

The Atlantic Sires Stakes two and three-year-old trotters were featured at Inverness Raceway Friday afternoon and into the evening. My Daisy Duke and driver Corey MacPherson captured the first of two events for three-year-old trotters for owner Jonathan MacDonald of North Wiltshire, PE.  The second three-year-old event went to Sweetwater Rukkus with Jack Panting in…

The Host Committee of the 2012 Atlantic Breeders Crown will again recognize Atlantic Harness Racing Families for their significant long term contribution to the industry. One family meeting the criteria will be selected from each of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.  Awards sponsored by the Province of Prince Edward Island…

Please Note: This race card has be re-scheduled to Friday, September 7.  First race post time 4:30 pm.Atlantic Sires Stakes two and three-year-old trotters will invade Inverness Raceway on Wednesday evening.  Two divisions of each age category will take to the Inverness oval in a final attempt to earn points this season.  Points earned in…