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Nextroundsonme and Final Dream, both handled by George Napolitano Jr., took lifetime marks in their respective $15,000 featured trots during the Tuesday (July 23) twilight card at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
Racing action kicked off at the Lake County Fair in Painesville, Ohio on Tuesday (July 23) with nine races, five of which were won by driver Kurt Sugg.
Vernon Downs welcomes two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Thursday (July 25). Both divisions race for a purse of $54,000.
Sansovina Hanover — one of six winners on the card for driver Jim Pantaleano — stalked Caviart Scarlett from the pocket and then edged by her in the Lightning Lane to capture Tuesday’s (July 23) feature at The Meadows, an $11,500 fillies and mares conditioned pace.
Harrington Raceway’s richest program of the season will commence Thursday (July 25) as part of the annual Governor’s Day program during the Delaware State Fair. A 10-race card with nearly $600,000 in total purses will start at 7 p.m.
Harnessracing.com is reporting that drivers John "Duke" Sugg and Mark MacDonald were recently injured in separate racing accidents.
The penultimate card of The Meadowlands Championship Meet comes up this weekend with racing on Friday (July 26) and Saturday (July 27). Post time each night is 7:15 p.m.
Only two horses in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown top 10 were in action last week, which resulted in little movement at the top of the rankings. Shartin N remained No. 1, with 33 of 35 first-place votes.
The 2019 Ohio Sires Stakes season has now completed a little more than half of the events for 2- and 3-year-old Ohio-bred trotters and pacers of both genders. The last of the four legs will be contested this week through Aug. 24, with Super Night set for Sept. 1 at Northfield Park where the $300,000 finals for each division will be raced.
The 2019 Hambletonian Oaks has drawn a field of 19 sophomore trotting fillies.
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