Fans and industry participants will want to mark their calendars with a number of schedule changes coming to MGM Yonkers Raceway throughout the rest of 2023.
Year: 2023
Former NFL player Oscar Johnson Jr. scores first training win at Shenandoah Downs
Former NFL player Oscar Johnson Jr. got his first pari-mutuel win as a trainer at Shenandoah Downs this past Saturday (April 22) with Dr. Scott Woogen’s pacer KJ Erich, then the next afternoon struck again with Woogen’s Just A Passenger.
Cal Expo main event lures Handsome Harvey
Handsome Harvey, coming off a solid runner-up effort behind the streaking Officer Jim in last week’s Lloyd Arnold Pace, gets the top billing in Friday night’s (April 28) $7,000 feature at Cal Expo.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for April 28
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Friday night (April 28).
Harness races in Thoroughbred places a win for Big M
Hoping to continue the momentum that was put in motion two years ago, The Meadowlands is once again partnering with the TV team at the New York Racing Association (NYRA) to show some of the biggest harness stakes there are to a nationwide Thoroughbred-centric audience on the networks of Fox Sports.
Charlotte Hamilton, 82, dies
Charlotte Hamilton, 82, of Letts, Iowa, died April 26, 2023, in her home.
Opportunity knocked and Amy Husted answered
When Illinois horseman Kyle Husted last year designated his wife Amy as the stable’s listed trainer to give his wife some “recognition” she deserves, no one had any idea it would propel her into the Hawthorne harness racing annals. When the Hawthorne meet ended Amy finished on top of the trainer standings in her very first year as the Husted stable’s chief conditioner — and made history at the Chicago circuit racetrack.
Ocean Downs readying for 2023 spring-summer meet
The first horses are hitting the track at the “vacationland oval” in Worcester County, Md., as preparations are in earnest for the 74th race meeting at Ocean Downs.
Deadline nears for Matching Funds Grant program
The application deadline for the USTA’s Matching Funds Grant program for the fairs is midnight, May 5. Applications are available on the Fairs section of the USTA website.
Ranger and Graffam drive favorites in Spring Fling finals
The Spring Fling Late Closing Series finals highlight the weekend programs at Cumberland Raceway, with Bruce Ranger and Nick Graffam set to drive the favorites in the $35,000-combined events.