The Sunday night (Aug. 11) program at Running Aces featured two elimination heats for the 2024 Steve Wiseman Memorial trot, with each division drawing a field of six and going for a purse of $17,500.
Month: August 2024
Mom and son win on same card at Skowhegan State Fair
Mistakes and mishaps can happen for any number of reasons. But while often unfortunate, some miscues just have a knack for working themselves out with positive outcomes. Such was the case with JK Cheerleader’s (1:59.1-$11.20) triumphant return to winner’s circle glory.
Looksgoodinloulou, Date Night Hanover stride home at The Red Mile
On Sunday (Aug. 11) the promising Looksgoodinloulou and Kentucky champion Date Night Hanover captured their respective second round legs of the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series for freshman and sophomore filly pacers and trotters at The Red Mile.
Buter-Cullipher-Pollack sweep Pocono Sire Stakes
Driver Tyler Buter, trainer Jeff Cullipher, and co-owner (with Cullipher) Pollack Racing combined to sweep the two $79,569 divisions of the third preliminary of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting colts, held Sunday evening (Aug. 11) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Wehadababyetzaboy delivers in Philly feature
Wehadababyetzaboy, fourth-inside and looking shuffled out of it going into the final turn of the $13,000 featured pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon (August 11), found room midturn and finished explosively while four-wide to overhaul pacesetting favorite Lyons Steel by a length in 1:50.4.
Fly By, Sir Pinocchio get NYSS wins at Tioga
Tioga Downs played host to a pair of $57,000 divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 3-year-old trotting colts & geldings on Sunday (August 11).
BFRC awards scholarships
The Buckeye Fair Racing Consortium would like to announce the award of two scholarships for 2024 to Aubrey Schwartz and Mitchell Bean.
Guns A Brazen asserts, Kramer triples in Midland (MI)
Guns A Brazen stamped himself as the season’s leading Michigan-sired 3-year-old male trotter when he handed Kaa Dee Archie his first defeat on the Michigan fair harness racing circuit in Saturday’s $11,150 Michigan Colt Stakes event at the Midland (MI) County Fair.
Grondin is tops with Maine Trotters at Topsham
Maine’s 2- and 3-year-old trotters wrapped up the meet at Topsham Fair on Saturday to compete in four $16,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes, with trainer Valerie Grondin capturing three-quarters of the events.