On Tuesday (Dec. 10), post positions were drawn for next Monday’s (Dec. 16) $250,000 MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series final at MGM Yonkers Raceway. The final major open stakes event on the North American harness racing calendar for 2024, the MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series final will go 1-1/16 miles and is race eight on the 11-race program.
Month: December 2024
Hart, Sir Pinocchio, and New York horses honored by USHWA
Beloved harness horse trainer Eddie Hart looked out at the capacity crowd of well-wishers at Sunday (Dec. 8) night’s 65th awards banquet of the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association, presented by the New York Sire Stakes, and said, “Me and my buddy Tom Manza took the BOCES harness class in high school over 50 years ago.”
Thunderously to Winbak Farm of Delaware
Winbak Farm of Delaware is excited to announce that Thunderously 2,1:57.2s; BT1:56.1s-’24 ($33,436), will be standing his introductory season in Delaware in 2025.
USTA District 8 meeting recap
On Sunday (Dec. 8), Chairperson Shawn Wiles and Directors Kim Crawford, Mark Ford, Mike Torcello, and Ray Schnittker hosted the annual USTA District 8 meeting in conjunction with the Monticello-Goshen USHWA and NYSS banquet in Otterkill, N.Y.
Campbell stays hot at Cumberland
Sizzling teamster Drew Campbell added another hat trick to his impressive win total on Monday (Dec. 9), taking another three races at Cumberland Raceway. Fresh off his 6,000th career driving win on Saturday, the Halifax, Nova Scotia, native continues to add more and more victories to his meet-leading total.
Alittlesidehustl N wins fifth Saratoga Fillies and Mares Open
Alittlesidehustl N won her fifth Saratoga Fillies and Mares Open this season when on Monday afternoon (Dec. 9), the Jackie Greene trainee went coast-to-coast in the afternoon’s feature.
Ammo explosive early, dominant late in Rosecroft repeat
After winning his previous three top-level assignments in Maryland from off the pace, Ammo surged to the fore early and powered away from his eight rivals late to post a front-end 1:50.2 win in Monday’s (Dec. 9) $10,500 Open Handicap Pace at Rosecroft Raceway.
MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series prelims completed
The third and final leg of the MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series was the feature on Monday night (Dec. 9) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Three $50,000 divisions took place, with each of those events going 1-1/16 miles.
Going Platinum repeats in DSBF prelim
Breakaway Racing’s Going Platinum was again the star of the show on Monday (Dec. 9) at Bally’s Dover, proving the fastest of the three divisional winners in the second round of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series for 3-year-old trotting fillies with a 1:57.3 score in the second $20,000 division.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo