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Month: January 2024
MGM Northfield Park cancels Tuesday and Wednesday programs
Due to poor and unsafe track conditions caused by fluctuating winter weather, live racing has been canceled for Tuesday (Jan. 30) and Wednesday (Jan. 31) at MGM Northfield Park.
Wallin continues to rise
Lucas Wallin is on a Dan Patch roll. One year after Wallin received the Rising Star Award from the U.S. Harness Writers Association, the Wallin-trained Soiree Hanover was voted the best 2-year-old female trotter of 2023. The horse will be honored at USHWA’s Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, Feb. 25 at Rosen Centre in Orlando.
Watch future racehorses born at two PA farms
The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association will offer a unique look into foaling season this February and March in partnership with Delaware Valley University in Doylestown and Whysper Wynd Farm in Chester Springs.
USTA District 4B meeting recap
On Saturday (Jan. 27), Chairperson Gabe Wand hosted the annual USTA District 4B meeting in conjunction with the Wisconsin Harness Horsemen’s Association banquet in Madison, Wis.
Huntsville’s book is full and closed
Cameo Hills Farm has announced that the 2024 book for Huntsville, New York’s leading pacing stallion, is full and closed.
World champion American Ideal dies
World champion racehorse and sire American Ideal, a dual hemisphere stallion, died Sunday (Jan. 28) at the age of 22. He stood since the beginning of his career at Blue Chip Farms in the U.S. and had stood in Australia at Llowalong Farms in conjunction with Woodlands Stud of New Zealand.
Stake Your Claim Series action ahead at MGM Yonkers Raceway
MGM Yonkers Raceway will be offering a handful of “Stake Your Claim” claiming series events for a variety of classes next month.
Taggart drives six winners this past Thursday at Monticello
Jim Taggart Jr., the leading dash winning driver of 2023 at Monticello, had his best day so far of the young 2024 season this past Thursday, reigning six winners on the 11-race card, with three of the winning drives aboard his brother Shane’s mounts.
Third time could be the charm for Hawthorne’s Open Trot
They say that the third time is the charm. We’re hoping they’re right so Monday’s (Jan. 29) Hawthorne Open Trot can finally be contested.