Ken Rucker trainee Little Rocket Man again braved troubled seas out of post eight to grab a repeat 1:49.3 win off a parked mile in the $40,000 Open Pace at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (July 1).
Month: July 2024
2024 New York Sire Stakes County Fair Series Gets Underway at Goshen Historic Track on July 5
The 2024 New York Sire Stakes County Fair Series season begins on Friday, July 5, at Goshen Historic Track in Goshen, NY. The opening day race program will feature 2- and 3-year-old races beginning at 1 p.m. Goshen Historic Track is the world’s oldest active harness racing track after being established in 1838.
Attis Rock wins photo in Pocono feature
The Bar Hopping sophomore gelding Attis Rock came up the inside to just catch pacesetter G Load in 1:57 while taking the $15,000 featured trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Monday (July 1) afternoon.
Posting of position of starter at Yonkers Raceway
The NYS Gaming Commission has posted the position of starter at Yonkers Raceway.
OHHA to livestream from Marion County Fair
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will continue its 2024 Ohio County Fair racing coverage with livestreaming of two days of racing from the Marion County Fair in Marion, Ohio, on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 2 and 3).
“New” Communicators Hall of Fame exhibit debuts Saturday
The United States Harness Writers Association will celebrate the opening of the new, interactive Communicators Hall of Fame kiosk, inside the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame at Goshen, N.Y., on Saturday (July 6) with a special ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m.
Wicked Awesome
Owner-breeder David McDuffee reflects on the ‘magical’ life that took him to the Hall of Fame by Rich Fisher It’s easy to tell David McDuffee is from New England after just two…
Profile: Dave Brower
Grand Ambassador Hall of Fame Communicator Dave Brower’s legacy lives on story by James Witherite Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, a young Dave Brower often accompanied his dad, Dave Sr.,…
Watching the Wheels July 2024
Silent Majority How can we better facilitate member engagement? by Mike Tanner, USTA Executive Vice President and CEO My colleague TC Lane’s column “Thankful For Our 60,” which appeared in the May…
Hoof Beats July 2024
Features The Amazing, Adaptable Mr. Campbell Two-time Hambletonian-winning trainer Jim Campbell gets the ‘hall call’ by Ed DeRosa Renaissance Man After 60 years of successfully mixing it up as a driver, trainer,…