Tyler Buter (career driving wins: 4,299) and Cody Schadel (career training wins: four) each had two winners during Tuesday afternoon’s (July 11) four $30,000 divisions of the Pennsylvania All-Stars for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Jiggy Jog S takes over No. 1 spot in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
Jiggy Jog S, who won the Graduate Series final for 4-year-old trotters this past Saturday at The Meadowlands, took over the No. 1 spot from It’s My Show in the Week 5 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday.
Meadowlands Pace night card drawn
Meadowlands Pace night will certainly live up to the advance billing as the evening’s stakes promise a great night of racing. Purses on the night will be right at $2.5 million.
Freshman colt trotters complete first leg of Buckeye Stallion Series
The first leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old colt trotters is in the books. Six $20,000 divisions went to the post Monday (July 10) at MGM Northfield Park.
Maryland Sire Stakes sophomore preliminaries continue
On Monday (July 10), Ocean Downs hosted a single preliminary of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings and a pair of splits for the sophomore filly pacers.
Gallucci and Millar get on the board in OSS action
Trainer Nick Galluci picked up his first Ontario Sires Stakes win of 2023 when Millar Farms homebred Chain Gang got up late to win race six, the second C$103,100 OSS Gold division for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings Monday night (July 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Meadows Monday Memo
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The Pantheist A wires Oak Grove distaffers; Tharps wins four
Douglas Overhiser’s The Pantheist A made every call a winning one in the closing day feature at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, scoring at odds-on in 1:50.4 in Monday’s (July 10) $30,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace.
Marquis Lafayette shines in career best effort at Plainridge
Overcast skies and a rain-laden track were the conditions to be dealt with on Monday (July 10) at Plainridge Park, but speedy miles were the call of the day for the many trotters that went postward. The fastest of the group was posted by Marquis Lafayette who notched a new lifetime mark while winning the featured $25,000 Open for the diagonal gaited.
Freshman pacing colts shine in PA All-Stars races
Precocious 2-year-old pacing males were on display in four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event on Monday afternoon (July 10) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, and the four winners all emerged as still unbeaten in purse contests.