The Paul Bolon Signature Series Pace at the Monroe County Fair in Woodsfield, OH did not fill so the entry box will remain open until 11 a.m. on Sunday (Aug. 23).
Eastie Boy takes the Tyler B Stakes at The Meadows
Hollywood Casino at The Meadows hosted 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers Friday evening (Aug. 21). A single $129,491 division of the Tyler B Stakes highlighted the card, along with three Stallion Series divisions.
Switzer wins four while Hall scores three at Skowhegan State Fair
Two of Maine’s top-rated harness drivers dominated the action on the quickening mid-state oval on Friday (Aug. 21), combining to win 7 out of the eleven races carded at the Skowhegan State Fair.
Gold Cup And Saucer set to end Old Home Week
The biggest race on Canada’s Eastern Seaboard goes to the gate Saturday evening (Aug. 22) with the C$100,000 Gold Cup and Saucer final, and defending champion driver Corey MacPherson says anyone who thinks they know what will transpire is simply guessing in a race where anything can happen.
Stars deliver in INSS at Hoosier
It was a barrage of Indiana Sire Stakes action on Friday (Aug. 21) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, with rookie trotting fillies and pacing colts in action, to go along with the 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. A few horsemen dominated the proceedings, with the Erv and Alvin Miller barns combining to take half of the 14 races, while driver John De Long tallied five wins on the evening.
‘Wrong’ proves right in Big M’s Garden State
Wrong Sounds Right picked up his third win in his last four tries Friday night (Aug. 21) at The Meadowlands after taking the featured $80,000 Garden State for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the trot.
Roy Sweeps Whenuwishuponastar, Dream Maker Finals
Louis-Philippe Roy nabbed the pair of Grade 3 events for pacing freshman at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night (Aug. 21), winning the $120,000 Dream Maker Final with undefeated colt Shalom Hanover and the $125,000 Whenuwishuponastar Final with filly Treacherous Nova.
Detonater Hanover tops Wellwood elims; Athenas Girl quickest in Peaceful Way elims
Trotting freshman sparred in a pair of eliminations for the Grade 1 William Wellwood Memorial and Peaceful Way Stakes on Friday (Aug. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with Detonater Hanover and Gios Hope taking the Wellwood elims while Dataprivacy and Fashion Athena scored in the Peaceful Way elims.
Tick A Loch A times move well in Philly feature
Tick A Loch A backed off (relatively) early and had a good seat behind sulky pyrotechnics that blazed for three eighths of a mile, then came on first-over and won the $13,000 fast-class distaff handicap pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday (Aug. 21) afternoon.
Stakes winners set to clash in Hempt
So far this season, there have been three Grade 1 stakes and three Grade 2 events held for 3-year-old male pacers. And those six races have produced six different winners. On Saturday (Aug. 22), five of those winners will meet at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for the Max C. Hempt Memorial.