Prairie Panther scores in Tioga feature
August 14, 2022Nichols, NY - Prairie Panther (Wally Hennessey) charges late to capture the $13,000 Open Pace at Tioga Downs on Sunday (August 14).
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Nichols, NY - Prairie Panther (Wally Hennessey) charges late to capture the $13,000 Open Pace at Tioga Downs on Sunday (August 14).
Lexington, KY - On Monday afternoon (Aug. 15) Red Mile will host two $80,000 second round legs of the Kentucky Championship series, three $30,000 second round legs of the Kentucky Commonwealth series and four $15,000 second round legs of the Kentucky Golden Rod series for freshman and sophomore trotters and pacers on a 13-race card.
Saratoga Springs, NY - Amanda Kelley has been the winningest trainer in the Open Pace thus far this season at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Her stable came into Saturday (Aug. 14) night with eight wins in the feature for pacers and added another one to tally.
TheAby Stora Pris raced at the Aby track in Gothenburg, Sweden was won by Moni Viking with Björn Goop in the bike. Moni Viking was timed 1:56 (mile rate) in the approximately two-mile trotting event.
It was a day of records at the Topsham Fair in Maine. The Saturday afternoon (Aug. 13) racing action saw a track record in the $10.000 Open Trot as Ron Cushing and Swan Fine Lady lowered the track record for 4-year-old trotting mares to 2:01, as she won by a little more than a length.
Ideal Perception and Sintra gave top Canadian driver James MacDonald a clean sweep of the first two trials of the Gold Cup and Saucer, presented by Atlantic Lottery, on Saturday evening (Aug. 13) at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
Tioga Downs played host to two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Saturday night (Aug. 13).
The two winners of the two Ohio Sires Stakes $55,000 divisions for the 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters took different routes to the winner’s circle, but both set lifetime marks in doing so. Longshot rallied down the stretch to capture the first division, while Rose Run Xtra went gate-to-wire to win the second division.
Leon Bailey and Frank Affrunti put on a show driving four winners each at Vernon downs on Saturday night (Aug. 13).
Dismissed at 12-1, Hello Yes Hi used the Lightning Lane to outkick the 4-5 favorite, previously undefeated My Little Captain, and spring the upset in Saturday’s $162,556 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Proud Mary captured the other division in the event, known as the Meadow Cheer, for freshman filly pacers.
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