Month: January 2024

In a year with no dominant sophomore colt pacer in Ohio, Wicked Character’s win in the $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Championship was the difference on his way to being named the Ohio 3-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.

The veteran Indiana bred trotter Double A Goldrush may have been an infrequent visitor to Hawthorne Racecourse through his first eight racing seasons, however, when he has competed on its one mile oval, he certainly has been productive.

Here is the 2024 winter training roster for Southern Oaks, Sorrento, Fla. Millionaire Metro winner Stockade Seelster is among the horses spending the winter at Southern Oaks.

Like a fine wine, It’s Academic continues to get better with age.  In 2023 It’s Academic won the most races of his career and earned more money than any other year on his way to being named the 2023 Ohio Aged Trotter of the Year.

There’s a new challenger in the Hawthorne filly and mare Open pace ranks to current champion Marvelous Marshia and she has the credentials to be a major force in Sunday’s (Jan. 7) third race feature. Making her first career start for the Virgil Morgan Jr. stable is the now 5-year-old mare Trick Of The Light who has piled up purse earnings of over a half million dollars in just three years of racing in the Midwest.

Commander Bob and driver David Lake captured the featured $10,800 Open Pace over RB on Saturday night (Jan. 6) at Northville Downs.

Halleysbigcomet, fresh from a smashing victory last weekend, looms an overwhelming favorite once again in Sunday night’s (Jan. 7) $15,700 Jack Williams Final, for pacing fillies and mares, at Cal Expo.