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The Great Darke County Fair’s four-day meet began Friday night (Aug. 16) with 17 races, of which, hometown native driver Jeff Nisonger drove nine winners and trained four of those on the card.
Majestic Fire (Dan Daley) won the $7,000 featured trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (Aug. 16).
Truth And Liberty (Mike Simons) won the $11,000 featured Fillies & Mares Open Pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (Aug. 16).
Heather Vansickle’s Weslynn Quest set a new track standard of 1:53.3 in her $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes division on Friday night (Aug. 16) at Scioto Downs.
After heavy late afternoon rains degraded the track to sloppy, a very game Wheels A Turning overcame the weather, a slow start and a breaking horse to score a decisive victory in the $12,500 Open Handicap trotting feature at Batavia Downs on Friday evening (Aug. 16).
The Friday night (Aug. 16) Open for fillies and mares featured just a field of five at Saratoga Casino Hotel, and Clear Idea did not disappoint.
The only truly American international amateur driving program, the CKG Billings harness driving series, moved north of the border to Canada on Friday night (Aug 16), for a pacing event at Grand River Raceway and it turned into a laugher when Dabunka romped to an incredible 15-1/4 length triumph with Chris Long at the controls.
After having minimal success racing in Ohio as a 2 and 3-year-old, Mad Dog has turned his fortunes around as an aged horse in Massachusetts. On Friday (Aug. 16) at Plainridge Park, he set the bar for himself once again after he won the $12,000 5-year-old and under conditioned trotting feature with a personal best effort.
The Explosive Matter sophomore gelding Chiplosive, returned to winning form on Friday afternoon (Aug. 16), brushing to the lead at the half and wasn’t challenged from there in the $16,000 trotting feature in 1:55.4 at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Tim Tetrick is accustomed to having good seasons, but 2019 is shaping up to be one of his most memorable. Tetrick is the regular driver of harness racing’s No. 1-ranked horse, the New Zealand-bred pacing mare Shartin, and earlier this year reached career win 11,000. And last month it was announced that Tetrick is one of four people on the ballot for the Hall of Fame. The results of the voting will be announced later this year.
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