Alta Revelry N stormed home to win the $25,000 Open Handicap Pace at Bally’s Dover on Thursday night (Feb. 13).
Month: February 2025
Dan Patch Awards silent auction to benefit HHYF, USHWA youth programs
The Dan Patch Awards dinner is rapidly approaching and along with it, the annual silent auction held in conjunction with the evening’s festivities. The Harness Horse Youth Foundation and United States Harness Writers Association industry outreach programs will benefit from the proceeds.
Batavia Downs cancels live racing Thursday
Due to deteriorating weather and the resulting track conditions, Batavia Downs management has canceled live racing for Thursday (Feb. 13) afternoon due to an abundance of caution for the safety of all the horses and horsepeople.
Walkin On Sunshine has connections feeling good
Maynard Miller planned on giving Indiana-bred female pacer Walkin On Sunshine a chance to compete out east on the Grand Circuit, but first he wanted to provide her the opportunity to mature and ease into the transition from racing against fillies at age 3 to mares at age 4. After watching Walkin On Sunshine close out her 4-year-old campaign in 2024 by winning seven of her last 10 races — including the Indiana Sire Stakes championship for pacing mares — and open this season with a victory in the Fillies & Mares Invitational at MGM Yonkers Raceway, even Hannibal Smith would likely love the way the plan appears to have come together.
Greenshoe breeding auction to benefit MSOA scholarship program
The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA) is excited to announce the auction of a Greenshoe breeding donated by Hanover Shoe Farms.
Celebrity Status in Cal Expo spotlight
Celebrity Status, fresh from a California Sire Stakes victory last week, heads the cast for Friday night’s (Feb. 14) pacing main event at Cal Expo.
Pair of Pop-Up Series added at Mohawk Park
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office has added two Pop-Up Series to next week’s condition sheet.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for Feb. 14
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Friday night (Feb. 14).
Big M cancellation was about safety first
With a forecast that called for a snowfall of four inches or more, accompanied by ice expected to make for treacherous driving, Meadowlands management made the decision to cancel racing last Saturday (Feb. 8) at approximately 9 a.m.
Pocono begins 60th anniversary harness racing season Saturday
Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania is scheduled to begin its 2025 harness racing season on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 15). Post time is at 1 p.m., opening a campaign that marks the 60th anniversary of racing at the Wilkes-Barre Township track.