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Although Troy Beyer grew up around Standardbreds, it was a singular moment in his adolescent years that ultimately pushed him down the path of becoming a horseman. At just 23 years old, Beyer has already worked among some great horses in the stables of Nancy Johansson and Noel Daley. The Illinois native now plies his trade in the barn of Brett Pelling with the goal of becoming a catch driver.
While the casino at Monticello Raceway is due to close this spring, racing will continue at the storied Catskill track, at least for the time being.
If the preliminary legs are any indication, the $22,500 championship finals of a pair of Claim To Fame late-closers next Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 29) at Miami Valley Raceway should be humdingers. Five final divisions for $8,000 claiming geldings and a pair of splits for $12,500 claiming mares were contested on this Tuesday’s matinee (Jan. 22) to reduce the original hopefuls down to just nine for each final.
The Daily Bulldog in Franklin County, Maine, has an online story featuring horsemen Charlene and Michael Cushing and 8-year-old pacing gelding Air Force Grad.
Dave Briggs and Bob “Hollywood” Heyden were named the winners of the 2018 John Hervey Awards for excellence in harness racing journalism while Chris Gooden and Michael Burns were named recipients of the George Smallsreed Awards for photography and Woodbine Entertainment Group was selected the winner of the Sam McKee Award for broadcasting, the U.S. Harness Writers Association announced Tuesday.
For Dakota Jackson, ignorance may not have been bliss, but it sure was advantageous. On Nov. 21, the 20-year-old recorded his first driving win when he guided Dontcallme Dude to victory at Ohio’s Northfield Park. What Jackson did not know when the race started, is that his horse went off at odds of 6-5, making him the favorite for the first time in his young career.
Crawford Farms welcomed their first foal of 2019 Monday morning (Jan. 21).
Five-year-old female trotter Southwind Tesla topped Monday’s (Jan. 21) Tattersalls January Select Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands Racetrack, selling for $152,000 to agent Mario Zuanetti’s Atlantic Trot Inc. on behalf of Hickory Lane Farm. The plan is to breed the mare to Tactical Landing, Zuanetti said.
Two additional fields of Claim To Fame Series finalists were determined during the frigid cold Monday (Jan. 21) matinee at Miami Valley Raceway.
Early Sunday morning (Jan. 20), Winbak Farm welcomed their first foal of 2019. The foal is sired by CR Commando (a leading trotting stallion in Delaware) and out of the mare Too Fast For Math.
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