This Saturday’s Oak Grove Derby will lead to some movement in Warkentin’s top ten in week three.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Little Brown Jug/Jugette condition change; Grand Circuit yearling nomination reminder
The Little Brown Jug Society has announced changes to the conditions of the Little Brown Jug No. 83 and Jugette No. 58, the stakes for foals of 2025 to be raced in 2028, which will take yearling payments on May 15, 2026.
Mossdale Ben N no longer a one-trick pony
It is said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Horses, though, are another story. Eight-year-old Mossdale Ben N has been showing off a new dimension to his game this season, and it could serve him well in Friday’s Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series championship at MGM Yonkers Raceway as he looks to win the final for the second consecutive year.
Post positions drawn for Borgata and McIntyre Series finals at Yonkers
Coaches Corner and Silk Cloud A drew the coveted pole positions in the Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series and Grade 2 $456,000 Ursula McIntyre Pacing Series finals, respectively, on Friday night (May 8) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Svanstedt duo among Hambletonian hopefuls ready for Dexter Cup at Big M
The road to the 101st edition of America’s Trotting Classic, August’s $1 million Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-olds, begins Saturday (May 2) when the Meadowlands hosts a field of eight sophomore male trotters for the Grade 3 Dexter Cup.
Brandon Blvd to make 2026 debut in Paul Revere Pace at Plainridge Saturday
Brandon Blvd (Downbytheseaside-Alexis Faith) was one of the fastest 2-year-old pacers of last season and he will be making his first start of 2026 in the G3 $100,000 Paul Revere Pace when the Grand Circuit returns to Plainridge Park on Saturday (May 2).
Oak Grove Trotting Derby draws 19, Trotting Oaks attracts 27
The inaugural editions of the $500,000 Oak Grove Trotting Derby, a 3-year-old open, and $300,000 Oak Grove Trotting Oaks, for 3-year-old fillies, lured 19 entrants and 27 entrants, respectively, for a total of six eliminations on Monday (May 4) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel – a day featuring over $600,000 in purses.
2026 Graded Stakes schedule to kick off Thursday
The 2026 Graded Stakes schedule kicks off on Thursday (April 23) with four finals of the Restricted 3 James K. Hackett Memorial for Ohio-sired 3-year-olds at Miami Valley Raceway. Each has a purse of $75,000.
In a New York state of mind: Coaches Corner excels at Yonkers
Coaches Corner is from Indiana, but he’s made New York – specifically MGM Yonkers Raceway – feel like home.
Hoping for a ‘Stunning’ Grand Circuit debut
Always Bstunning N dazzled her connections with her work at Plainridge Park last season, with the then 6-year-old female pacer even beating an Open field of male rivals that included several winners of multiple Grand Circuit stakes. Now, she will get her own opportunity on the Grand Circuit.