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• Minnesota champions crowned at Running Aces

  September 15, 2019 by Darin Gagne, for Running Aces Casino, Hotel & Racetrack

  Running Aces closed out it's 2019 season with a bang on Saturday night (Sept. 14), hosting the track's annual Night of Champions program which featured some strong numbers. There were record purses of $543,500, the richest harness racing card in state history, and 111 Minnesota-sired horses participated establishing a new standard. The strong closing night numbers were icing on the cake for another successful season at the Minnesota track, for the fifth consecutive year, a new record was set for total wagering on the tracks live racing product.

• Rock Diamond N wins Yonkers feature

  September 15, 2019 by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway

  Rock Diamonds N (Ron Cushing, $17.20) and Benhope Rulz N (Shaun Vallee) were a two-speed dance number Saturday night (Sept. 14), the former winning Yonkers Raceway’s $42,000 Open Handicap Pace.

• Stunning performances in Metro, She’s A Great Lady eliminations

  September 15, 2019 by Mark McKelvie, for Woodbine Entertainment

  The fields are set for next weekend’s C$750,000 Metro Pace and C$540,000 She's A Great Lady following eliminations on Saturday evening (Sept. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Each event required a pair of eliminations to determine the 10 horses advancing to each final. The winners were Alicorn, Lyons Sentinel, Tall Dark Stranger and Capt Midnight.

• Evident Beauty shines in Elegantimage

  September 15, 2019 by Mark McKelvie, for Woodbine Entertainment

  Evident Beauty overcame a post position 10 to score a 9-1 upset victory in Saturday night’s (Sept. 14) Elegantimage at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Richard ‘Nifty’ Norman trainee capitalized off a great steer from driver David Miller to rally from third-over at the head of the lane for a 1:53 victory in the C$376,000 event for 3-year-old trotting fillies.

• Doc’s Hooligan hustles in KYSS consolations

  September 15, 2019 by Nicholas Barnsdale, for Red Mile

  Doc’s Hooligan blew by the field to score in the first $50,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes consolation for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday (Sept. 14) at Red Mile.

• Five records fall in NYSS finals at Batavia Downs

  September 14, 2019 by Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs

  The weather was perfect, the track was lightning fast and 3,500 excited fans filled the property to watch eight divisions of the $1.8 million New York Sire Stake finals during the Night of Champions at Batavia Downs on Saturday night (Sept. 14). Two stake and three track records were rewritten during the night led by 2-year-old trotting filly Hypnotic Am (Chapter Seven-Daydream Am S) who remained undefeated in 2019 and now sports a seven-race winning streak.

• Green Manalishi S and Tetrick victorious in Canadian Trotting Classic

  September 14, 2019 by Mark McKelvie, for Woodbine Entertainment

  Green Manalishi S and driver Tim Tetrick went to the front and never looked back to capture the C$605,000 Canadian Trotting Classic on Saturday night (Sept. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Marcus Melander trainee held off a late push from Pilot Discretion to win Woodbine’s marquee event for 3-year-old trotters by half a length in 1:52.4. Tetrick becam the winningest driver in the history of the Canadian Trotting Classic with four titles now to his name.

• Southwind Chrome establishes new track record at Harrah’s Hoosier Park

  September 14, 2019 by Emily Ratcliff, for Harrah's Hoosier Park

  For the second time in one week, a track record was lowered over Hoosier Park’s seven-eighths mile oval, marking the seventh track record that has been re-established this season. After stopping the timer in 1:51.3, Southwind Chrome and driver Sam Widger lowered the track record for older trotting horses in the featured event of the evening, the $20,000 Open Trot, on Saturday (Sept. 14).

• Two-year-olds compete for final point standings at Humboldt

  September 14, 2019 by Tara Spach, social media coordinator for IaHHA

  The morning may have started with rain, but the sun broke through as Iowa-Registered 2-year-old pacers and trotters took to the track at Humboldt on Saturday (Sept. 14), all looking to solidify their chance to reach the finals.

• Noble captures six; Fan Of Terror scores in 1:49.3 at Dayton

  September 14, 2019 from Hollywood Dayton Raceway

  Fan Of Terror (Dan Noble) notched the first sub-1:50 mile of the young season at Hollywood Dayton Raceway, scoring in 1:49.3 in the initial $17,500 Open Pace of the meet. The razor-sharp 7-year-old gelded son of Western Terror has had a sensational season winning half of his 28 starts and banking $179,475. It was one of six wins on the card for Noble.

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