Those watching the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series are very used to seeing sons and daughters of sire Captain Corey sail away sail away sail away in the stretch to victory. Captain Corey swept the two PaSS divisions of the third preliminary round for baby freshman trotters Monday (Aug. 17) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania: with Orinoco, who followed two Sires seconds with a win, and then Two Day Hangover, now two-for-two in the Sires while handling an off track brought out by midcard rain.
Seaside Ubeaut Wires Foes in Kentucky Championship Series
Seaside Ubeaut snagged an easy lead and rolled through sensible fractions to win the $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series second preliminary for 2-year-old pacing fillies during a makeup card of racing on Monday evening (Aug. 17) at The Red Mile.
Wehadababyetzaboy, Givens Headline Monday Harrington Card
Evm Racing’s Wehadababyetzaboy ($3.40) was a dominant winner despite post 8 in the $22,500 Open Pace Monday (Aug. 17) at Harrington Raceway in 1:52.4, part of a 7 win night for his driver Brandon Givens.
Wild Bill Wyatt goes career best in Plainridge Open
For the second week in a row, Wild Bill Wyatt used a favorable trip to set a lifetime mark at Plainridge Park and on Monday (Aug. 17), he did it in the featured $25,000 Open pace.
Wall Of Fame Remains Unbeaten With Kentucky Championship Series Win
Wall Of Fame flexed her class with a :54.2 back half to ring her undefeated record to five wins with a 1:52.2 effort in the $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series second preliminary for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Monday afternoon (Aug. 17) at The Red Mile.
Sharp Seven scores in NYSS at Monticello
The lone $115,000 division of the New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters at Monticello Raceway on Monday (Aug. 17) was a five-horse field that saw divisional leader Sharp Seven and driver Matt Kakaley score an 8-length gate-to-wire win in 1:56.3.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
Sun Stakes Saturday draws stars to Pocono
The lure of $2.3 million in purses, plus in many cases divisional bragging rights, have attracted a sizable portion of harness racing’s stars to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for its biggest card of the year, Sun Stakes Saturday, this Saturday afternoon (Aug. 22).
Bert Belanger, 82, dies
Bertrand “Bert” Belanger, 82, of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., passed away at home on Aug. 10.
Hernandez, Baker take AHDC Philly paces
Geovany Hernandez went pillar to post while Bruce Baker rushed off the speed to win their respective $8,500 divisions of American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) paces at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Aug. 16).