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April 24, 2024 by Evan Pattak, for the Meadows Standardbred Owners AssociationSonadora quarter-poled to the point and held off late challengers inside and outside to preserve her 8-1 upset in Wednesday’s (April 24) $19,500 final of the Ruby Cook Memorial Pace, for 3-year-old fillies, at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
April 24, 2024 by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations ManagerEight horses were entered Wednesday for the Dexter Cup, the first Grand Circuit event of the season for 3-year-old male trotters, making eliminations unnecessary Saturday at Freehold Raceway. All eight horses advance directly to the Dexter Cup final, which will go for a purse of $134,900 on May 4 at the half-mile track in central New Jersey. Headlining the octet is Thinker Monkey, who was purchased for $500,000 at the 2022 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale and is a full brother to 2020 Trotter of the Year Gimpanzee.
April 24, 2024 from Standardbred CanadaIn his first Regional Driving Championship appearance, Tyler Borth showed he's a main-event player with a victory in the 2024 Ontario Regional Driving Championship (ORDC) on Tuesday (April 23) at The Raceway at the Western Fair District, in London, Ont.
April 24, 2024 by Pete Medhurst, for Rosecroft RacewayCall Me Goo's dad, Googoo Gaagaa, was a world champion with wicked speed, and her mom, Callmemza, won multiple Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund finals. Her sister Callmegaga was a one time Maryland Sire Stakes record holder, and her grandfather, Great George Two, while quirky, could fly. So it shouldn't be much of a surprise that Call Me Goo is a talented horse. On Tuesday night (April 23) at Rosecroft, the 4-year-old started her new year in fine fashion romping to victory in the $25,900 Maryland Sire Stakes for 4- and 5-year-old trotters in 1:54.2.
April 23, 2024 by PHHA for Pocono DownsWilkes-Barre, PA – The only mare in the field, Passionate Promise, showed “the boys” how to get the job done when she won the $35,000 Game Of Claims Trotting Series Championship for $25,000 base-tag horses on Tuesday afternoon (April 23) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
April 23, 2024 by Oak Grove racing PublicityOak Grove, KY — Ron Burke trainee Oh Look Magic shipped and delivered as the 9-5 favorite in the $30,000 Open Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday (April 23).
April 23, 2024 by Matt Sparacino for Harrington RacewayHarrington, DE - Mike Casalino Jr. and Dylan Davis' Majorca N ($5.40, Corey Callahan) notched her first win of the season in 1:53.3 Tuesday (April 23) at Harrington Raceway in the $22,500 Mares Open.
April 23, 2024 by John Berry, for the USHDCOn Monday (April 22), the United States Harness Drivers Club (USHDC), in cooperation with Oak Grove Racing and Gaming, put Steele Magnolia Sanctuary in the winner’s circle to receive yet another $1,000 contribution for their efforts.
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