Month: January 2024

An earner of over $110,000 in 2023, Oberto has kicked off the new year in a big way, as he continued his winning ways on Sunday (Jan. 21) in the $18,000 co-featured Open Trot at MGM Northfield Park.

The well-received conditioned mini-series wrapped up Sunday night (Jan. 21) at MGM Northfield Park with a pair of finals for non-winners of $750 per start in 2023.

The Prix de Cornulier with a total purse money of 700,000 Euro at Vincennes, Paris, France was won by 22-1 shot, the 10-year-old mare Esperanza Idole with Jean-Yoann Ricart in the saddle.

Anyone who is a follower of horse racing knows that not all the gambling on the sport comes from the racetrack’s mutuel system. There has always been plenty of horsepeople’s money changing hands through the track’s claiming box, as well.

Lauren Harmon teamed up with the 9-year-old Deliciousstone DK (Wishing Stone) to score a handy win approaching three lengths in MGM Northfield Park’s Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA) Trot on Saturday night (Jan. 20).

Not once did a trainer win more than four races on a single card at the Meadowlands during 2023, so maybe it was on Per Engblom’s list of New Year’s resolutions to accomplish the feat.

The Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association, the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association, and the Pennsylvania Fair Harness Horsemen’s Association held their annual banquet in conjunction with the USTA District 7 meeting, with the dinner hosted at the Omni Resort Bedford and some 140 people attending.

While it had been a couple of weeks since Think Of Galaxies made her way to the winners’ circle, she turned things around on Saturday (Jan. 20) with an impressive victory in the $18,000 distaff feature at MGM Northfield Park.