The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will continue its 2023 Ohio County Fair racing season with live streaming coverage from the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Wellston on Thursday (July 13) and Friday (July 14).
Year: 2023
Norman Vance, 95, dies
Norman Vance, 95, of Plymouth, Mass., died Feb. 25, 2023.
Meadowlands Pace Night details
The “Biggest Party in Harness Racing” — Meadowlands Pace night — is finally here. The stage is set with a dazzling 14 race card of Grand Circuit stakes with total purses of more than $2.3 million, led by the $668,000 Meadowlands Pace.
Call Me Goo makes it five in a row in stakes action
Ocean Downs hosted the final 3-year-old preliminaries of Maryland Sire Stakes leading to the Sophomore Showcase on Wednesday (July 19) with four $85,000 finals.
Fourteen-year-old Natural Breeze wins at Bangor Raceway
Bangor, ME — On a day when the sophomore pacing stars of the Maine Sire Stakes program were pegged as the marquee attraction, it was a grand 14-year-old veteran who stole the headlines…
Tim Tetrick is the dominant force at Philly on Wednesday
hester, PA – Tim Tetrick, the leading driver at Harrah’s Philadelphia, won the most races (six) and swept the $12,600 features on a hot Wednesday (July 12) afternoon at the southeast Pennsylvania riverside oval.
And not only did Tetrick take both features, but he won them by a combined 11½ lengths.
Lee lands in NAADA Trot at Monticello
Monticello, NY — Joe Lee launched from the pocket through the open stretch to nab a narrow victory in the $7,500 North American Amateur Driving Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (July 12).
Boston Rocks “Rocked It’ in NYSS at Buffalo
Hamburg, NY – Boston Rocks ($4.60) was ‘rocking it’ at Buffalo Raceway by trouncing his $52,500 division of the New York Sire Stakes for the 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers on Wednesday afternoon (July 12). He beat Vandiemen Bluechip by 5-1/4 lengths in 1:56.2 over the fast track.
Demers aiming for trip to the bank in OSS Gold action
Hit The Bank’s pari-mutuel debut Thursday night (July 13) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in race four, a C$103,100 Ontario Sires Stakes division for 2-year-old trotting fillies, will give trainer Gerard Demers a chance at his first OSS win of 2023.
“Quest For The Governor’s Cup” moves to Frankfort
The Clinton County Fair plays host to the eighth round of the Indiana fair circuit’s “Quest for the Governor’s Cup” Thursday (July 13) and Friday (July 14), with racing beginning at 6 p.m. each day.