Mark MacDonald and Ray Schnittker teamed up to win three Landmark Stakes over the weekend as the Grand Circuit visited Historic Track.
Month: July 2024
Shenandoah Downs Fall meet harness applications now available
Racing applications for the ninth annual Fall pari-mutuel harness racing season at Virginia’s Shenandoah Downs are now available online.
Freshman male pacers ready for NYSS at Buffalo
While the 2024 live racing season winds down at Buffalo Raceway with just seven programs remaining, the New York Sire Stakes is just getting into high gear as the 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers arrive on Wednesday afternoon (July 10) with a pair of $52,500 battles to be contested.
Post time changes at Clinton County (Ohio) Fair
Post time for the Clinton County (Ohio) Fair on Monday (July 8) will be moved up an hour to 4 p.m.
DP Freedoms Chrome and Baby Flash dominate sophomore trot races at Aces
Among the featured events on the Sunday night (July 7) program at Running Aces were three divisions of sophomore Minnesota-sired trotters, going for a total purse of $42,500.
Qualifiers at Illinois State Fairgrounds on Wednesday (July 10)
Qualifiers will be held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Wednesday (July 10) at 11 a.m.
Babes All In best in Maryland Sire Stakes; track records fall
Ronald Short’s homebred Babes All In rode the pocket to an odds-on victory in Sunday’s (July 7) $25,500 Maryland Sire Stakes for 4- and 5-year-old pacers at Ocean Downs.
Italian Muscle Hill colt wins debut in 1:59.1f
Europe’s fastest 2-year-old trotter so far is the Italian Muscle Hill colt Ginostrabliggi, who won his debut Sunday (July 7) at the Vinovo track in Turin by open lengths, timed in 1:59.1f.
OHHA to livestream from two County Fairs
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will continue its 2024 Ohio County Fair racing season with livestreaming coverage from two fairs on Monday (July 8).
Skywalker Sea sets Oak Grove track record in Kentucky Sire Stakes
In just the second start of her career, Skywalker Sea paced the fastest mile ever for 2-year-old pacing fillies over the Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel oval in winning her division’s lone $40,000 dash of Kentucky Sire Stakes on a jam-packed Sunday (July 7) card.