Month: December 2024

Friday’s second leg of the popular Jingle Bell series for pacing fillies or mares exceeded the first round as far as entries were concerned with four divisions necessary on Friday night’s (Dec. 13) Hawthorne nine-race card.

Cumberland Raceway’s next to last weekend kicks off on Friday (Dec. 13) and has significant purse increases, due in large part to the second legs of over a dozen pop-up series divisions.

On a chilly, blustery day at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday (Dec. 12), Resolve To Win got the best trip among the main contenders and won the $15,000 fast-class trot in 1:55.4.

Sweet Angel Boy benefited from a perfect journey and won the Blue Hen/Open Handicap Pace at Bally’s Dover on Thursday night (Dec. 12).

Captain Pete stamped himself as the likely horse to beat in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) championship for 3-year-old male pacers with a sparkling 1:52.2 win in the second of three $20,000 second-round preliminary divisions on Thursday (Dec. 12) at Bally’s Dover.

For the second consecutive week, big payouts were the norm at The Meadowlands on the second and final Thursday night of racing on the 2024 calendar.

The Kentucky Standardbred industry will expand the number of live racing dates in 2025 based on an approved calendar that appears on the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation website.

The Sweet Lou 3-year-old filly Canigetalouploup p,3,1:50.1 ($337,889) led the Burke Stable consignment Thursday afternoon (Dec. 12) at onGait.com when she sold for $161,500.