Call it Lefebvre-palooza or maybe Graffam-obsession, but whatever the moniker, the fans at Bangor’s historic Bass Park feasted on the frenzy as driver Nick Graffam and trainer Michelle Lefebvre teamed up to emphatically serve up a five-course-banquet of winners on Sunday (Oct. 18).
Sheridan sweeps Philly AHDC paces
Yogi Sheridan scored a double with a narrow victory and a romp in the pair of $8,500 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) paces at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Oct. 18).
Reminder: USTA District 12 meeting Tuesday
USTA District 12 (New Jersey) members are invited to take part in the annual membership meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 20) at 2 p.m. via Zoom.
USTA extends condolences following passing of Scott Knight
The U.S. Trotting Association joins the entire harness racing community in mourning the tragic passing of Canadian driver and trainer Scott Knight, 52, who lost his life following a racing accident Sunday (Oct. 18) at Desert Park Raceway in British Columbia.
Virginia Breeder’s Championship Series gets underway at Shenandoah Downs
Hagerman Racing’s impressive 2-year-old gelding trotter In The Worst Way captured his fifth straight race in a $10,000 Virginia Breeders prep division Saturday (Oct. 17) at Shenandoah Downs as round number one of the 29th annual Virginia Breeders Championship Series kicked off. A second round of preps and eliminations will take place next weekend in advance of the $400,000 “Day of Champions” card on Oct. 31.
Quality fast racing and “Pink Out Day” headline Sunday at Philly
The Sweet Lou sophomore gelding Toast Of The Town, last seen getting a luckless trip in his Jug elimination, on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 18) returned to the state where he had scored three stakes wins at as many tracks and won the $14,000 featured pace for up-and-coming horses easily in 1:51.2.
Maine sophomore finals provide thrills and chills
On a brisk but sunny autumn afternoon at Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway, in Bangor, Maine, four $100,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes finals on Saturday (Oct. 17) delivered some chalk and an upset in the culmination of the annual series for Pine Tree State-bred 3-year-old trotters and pacers.
Massive Speed wins Fred Nichols final at Bangor
The first real cold snap of autumn could do nothing to lessen the enthusiasm felt at Bangor Raceway on Saturday (Oct. 17) as the Queen City oval played host to the $400,000-plus championship round of the Maine Sire Stakes sophomore set, a card co-headlined by the $20,000 final of the Fred Nichols Pacing Series.
Six Simpson sections head Saturday Pocono card
Stakes youngsters were gathered at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun on Saturday afternoon, as $211,700 was up for grab in two John Simpson Sr. Stakes, two divisions of the Razzle Hanover, for freshman pacing females, and two sections of the Ayres, for sophomore trotting males. In both groups, the only favorite to win in the divisions turned in the group’s fastest mile.
Hope Hill, Sangria Summer score in Crown elims for 3YO filly pacers
Hope Hill jogged to victory in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (Oct. 17) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.