Todd Schadel is on the verge of a personal milestone in what already has been a great year for him, guiding Internationalcraze to victory in the faster of two $12,000 trotting features Sunday (Dec. 8) afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia to push his lifetime driving win total to 1999.
Month: December 2024
Cornerstone Stock Farm new website now live
Cornerstone Stock Farm is pleased to announce that its new website cornerstone.farm is now up and running.
Cumberland cancels Sunday, postponed to Monday
First Tracks Cumberland has cancelled racing for Sunday (Dec. 8) due to the inclement weather.
Drew Campbell secures 6,000th win at Cumberland
Veteran reinsman Drew Campbell skillfully secured lifetime driving victory number 6,000 on Saturday at Cumberland Raceway, winning three races overall on the mid-day racing program.
Carryovers galore Sunday night at MGM Northfield Park
Not only could you see fireworks in the distant sky, but the “home of the flying turns” sent off their own rockets with multiple longshots winning on the card. It wreaked havoc on all the multi-race sequences.
Cummings, McNeight III and Smith light it up at Batavia
Even though it was getaway day at Batavia Downs as the curtain came down on the 2024 summer/fall meeting on Saturday (Dec. 7), the competition was fast and furious during a card that saw drivers Kevin Cummings and Dave McNeight III win five races each while trainer Sam Smith sent four from his stable to the winner’s enclosure on a night he was awarded as top conditioner of the meet.
Big Skewy N pulls off big upset at Big M
Everything went Big Skewy N’s way in the Saturday night feature at The Meadowlands, a $40,000 Preferred Handicap for pacers, as the Scott Blackler trainee gunned down the razor-sharp Maximus Miki in deep stretch as the longest shot on the board.
Illinois bred series continues at Hawthorne
Round two of the series for ICF 2- or 3-year-old horses without $20,000 in lifetime earnings takes over the spotlight at Hawthorne Saturday night.
McGwire Sowers slams into his 1,000th win at Cumberland
McGwire Sowers drove a grand slam of four winners on Friday at Cumberland Raceway, which also gave the ‘Rising Star’ his 1,000th career victory.
Full House in Prix du Bourbonnais
When entries were announced on Thursday (Dec. 5) for the second qualifying race of the Winter Meeting for the Prix d’Amerique, the interest was so high that seven horses were eliminated.