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Month: February 2025
Take Your Pick proves best in Pocono Distaff feature
Favored Take Your Pick picked to race on the front end, then held off a game challenge from Kiss My Cheek to win the $17,000 featured pace for mares in 1:53.3 on a warmer Monday (Feb. 24) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Live racing canceled at Batavia Downs Monday
Due to warm temperatures causing a quick thaw of the track, the judges at Batavia Downs made the decision to cancel the live card of racing scheduled for Monday (Feb. 24) out of an abundance of caution for the safety of all the participants.
Live racing canceled Monday and Tuesday at Monticello
Due to track conditions, live racing on Monday (Feb. 24) and Tuesday (Feb. 25) at Monticello Raceway has been canceled.
Monday program canceled in London
Mild temperatures in London have caused thawing and deteriorating track conditions, leading to the cancelation of Monday’s (Feb. 24) program at The Raceway at Western Fair District.
Kenneth Schultz Jr., 63, dies
Kenneth E. Schultz Jr., 63, died Feb. 19, 2025, after a brief illness.
Twin B Joe Fresh is 2024 Horse of the Year
Twin B Joe Fresh breezed through her season last year, going 10-for-10 in stakes or invitational finals, and added another triumph Sunday (Feb. 23) when she was named the 2024 Horse of the Year to conclude the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, before a crowd of 300 at Rosen Centre.
Under-saddle queen wins Prix de Paris at Vincennes
A month after the 6-year-old mare Joumba de Guez won the world’s richest under-saddle race, the Prix de Cornulier, she won the longest international trotting race at Vincennes, the 2-5/8 mile Prix de Paris for sulky.
Winner’s Bet book full and closed
Syndicate manager David Reid has announced that the 2025 book is closed for Winner’s Bet 2,1:54.1s; 3,1:51; 4,1:49.3-’24 ($1,364,651), a multiple stakes winner and 2024 Dan Patch Older Trotting Horse of the Year.
Hawthorne winter harness meet wraps up Sunday
Hawthorne Racecourse brings down the curtain on its winter harness racing meet with an earlier 6:30 p.m. first post Sunday night (Feb. 23), but not before a trio of Pop-Up Series finals are decided, including the filly and mare pacing showdown where the very likely betting favorite has been picture-perfect for the month of February.