The Woodbine Mohawk Park Race Office has shared an updated training and qualifying schedule for April and May.
HHI scholarship applications due by May 1
The Harness Horsemen International Foundation is pleased to announce that applications for the annual Jerome L. Hauck Scholarship are now being accepted.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
Post time change at Meadowlands begins April 3
Beginning this Friday (April 3), the Meadowlands Racetrack will move its post time back to 6:35 p.m. (EDT).
Varney upsets in Cumberland feature
Nick Graffam orchestrated a mild upset on Sunday (March 29) at First Tracks Cumberland when he sat a patient, pocket trip with Varney to strike in the final strides and prevail by a nose over 1-5 favorite Alex Having Fun in the $7,000 winners over pace.
Little Rocket Man scores MVG Open, Miller wins five
Little Rocket Man went gate-to-wire to take the $36,000 Open Handicap at Miami Valley on Sunday night (March 29), one of five wins on the card for leading driver David Miller.
Trotting titans headline Oak Grove’s second week
While a pair of Open events on the pace headline Monday’s (March 30) 12-race program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, this week’s main harness racing event in the Bluegrass State is a Tuesday (March 31) showdown between a pair of trotters who have enjoyed recent success in Indiana.
Yonkers invader Ambushed wins Saratoga feature
Ambushed (Always B Miki) made her local debut a winning one Sunday afternoon (March 29) at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Cory Stratton-trained distaffer was the public’s 3-5 betting favorite for her first try in the $16,500 Fillies and Mares Open.
Diva Ek pulls off surprise at Solvalla
The 7-year-old Italian mare Diva Ek, driven by her trainer Alessandro Gocciadoro, proved the strongest in the prestigious Swedish major race C TH Ericssons Memorial at Solvalla (March 28). The race was contested over 1-5/16 miles with a total purse of SEK 1 million.