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• Davis happy with sharp ‘Shnitzle’

  February 25, 2021 by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager

  Shnitzledosomethin keeps growing on trainer Dylan Davis. Literally. “Physically, to me, he’s still getting bigger,” Davis said about the 6-year-old male pacer, who has earned $817,583 in his career. “If you saw him up close, you wouldn’t think it was possible for him to get any bigger. But to me, each year he gets a little heavier, a little wider, a little more girthy I guess is the best way to put it. He’s massive.” Shnitzledosomethin races in Saturday’s $27,500 winners over/open at The Meadowlands. So far this year, the stallion has two wins and two seconds in five starts.

• Season’s best mile for Cobra Killer Gar in Italy

  February 25, 2021 by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA Senior Newsroom Correspondent

  The Italian 3-year-old trotter Cobra Killer Gar won in impressive style Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 24) at the track in Turin in 1:56.3f, the fastest record by a 3-year-old in Europe and on a five-eighths-mile track in the world in 2021.

• Anytime N wins Dover Downs feature Wednesday night

  February 24, 2021 from Dover Downs Media Relations

  Edge Of Eternity and Anytime N both left alertly for early race positioning with the former leading the field through fractions of 26.4, 55.3 and 1:22.4 while Dexter Dunn took back with Anytime N and accepted the pocket position.

• Amelias Courage A wins Meadows feature in Lightning Lane

  February 24, 2021 by Evan Pattak, for The MSOA

  Washington, PA - Amelia’s Courage A stretched out the challenging All Day Sunshine to the quarter, then blew by her in the Lightning Lane to capture Wednesday’s (Feb. 24) feature at The Meadows, a $9,400 Filly & Mare Conditioned Pace.

• ‘Daisy’ blossoms into top-class mare

  February 24, 2021 by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager

   It is no surprise that trainer Tahnee Camilleri feels like a proud mom when she watches Bronskimackenzie A on the racetrack. Camilleri has been part of the female pacer’s life since the morning after Bronskimackenzie A’s birth and the two have together risen to success in North America. Bronskimackenzie A -- better known to her faithful followers as Daisy -- was among three horses Australia native Camilleri brought to the U.S. when she started her Stateside stable in 2018. Since arriving, Bronskimackenzie A has won 12 of 50 races and earned $128,249.

• PHRC adopts resolution opposing plan to shift $199 million from the Race Horse Development Fund Trust

  February 24, 2021 by Tom LaMarra, USTA Web Newsroom Senior Correspondent

  The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission, as it did last year, has unanimously adopted a resolution opposing a plan by Gov. Tom Wolf to shift $199 million from the Race Horse Development Fund Trust and use the funds for a higher-education scholarship program.

• Lucky Artist A paints way to Pompano feature win

  February 24, 2021 by John Berry, for Pompano Park

  Lucky Artist A, superbly handled by Mike Simons, painted her way to a repeat win in Pompano Park's $10,500 Open Pace for mares on Tuesday night (Feb. 23), stopping the timer in 1:51.4.

• Morairtime repeats at Dover

  February 23, 2021 from Dover Downs

  Morairtime recorded a second consecutive victory in the $20,000 Open Trot at Dover Downs, wiring male company in a blistering 1:52.3 on Tuesday night (Feb. 23).

• Sweet Mr Pinetucky at home at Miami Valley

  February 23, 2021 from Miami Valley Raceway

  Sweet Mr Pinetucky prevailed in 1:53.4 in Miami Valley Raceway's $22,500 Open Trot on Tuesday (Feb. 23) in 1:53.4, missing his career mark by just one-fifth of a second.

• Racing reflections with Jordan Stratton

  February 23, 2021 by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager

  When he was quite young, it wasn’t enough for Jordan Stratton to spend his waking hours around horses, or with his father, trainer David Stratton. “My parents told me the only way they could get me to nap was by being on the jog cart with my dad, counting laps,” Stratton said, adding with a laugh, “By the second lap, I was lights-out.” Stratton’s early exposure to harness racing and enjoyment in the sport meant lights-out on any other choice of profession.

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