Month: July 2023

Domovoy picked up his second win in the Buckeye Stallion Series as he rolled to a wire-to-wire victory Monday (July 3) at MGM Northfield Park. All four of the $20,000 divisions for 3-year-old colt trotters saw the winner go wire-to-wire.

Jet Hill will try to make it three for three in Ohio Sires Stake action Tuesday (July 4) at Eldorado Scioto Downs as sophomore colt trotters wrap up the third leg with two $55,000 divisions.

Trainer Anette Lorentzon dominated the nine-race card at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (July 3) with four wins on the day, including a victory in the $35,000 Tom Shehan Memorial Open Trot by Pioneer As in 1:53.4.

Prominent harness racing breeder, owner and executive Frank Antonacci was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York on Sunday evening (July 2) during a banquet attended by hundreds of racing notables. On Monday afternoon (July 3) at Plainridge Park, his racing connections continued that party by winning a natural hat trick in the first three races on the card with horses bred and owned by “Frank The Elder”, with two of the three taking new lifetime marks.

Majorca N and Itsrockandroll A each won their respective $20,000 Open events Monday (July 30 at Harrington Raceway.

The Pennsylvania stakes season for 2-year-olds at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania was born on the Third Of July this year, as freshman males who were first-time starters and were not their race’s favorites swept the four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars contest.

There were so many harness racing headliners and heroes on Sunday (July 2) in amateur competition at Oak Grove Racing and Gaming that it’s next to impossible and deemed a “dead-heat” for the top spot.

The United States Harness Writers Association, the leading group of Standardbred racing’s communicators, presented a $5,000 donation to the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame during the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Goshen, N.Y., on Sunday (July 2).