Greg Luther wasn’t necessarily counting down the days until Amazing Catch’s first race of this season, but he is happy his trotter’s 2025 debut is nearly here. Amazing Catch, purchased by Luther for a record $1.85 million during the mixed sale portion of the Standardbred Horse Sale this past November, will compete Saturday (May 31) in the opening round of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old trotters, going for a purse of C$102,000 at Woodbine Mohawk Park in Ontario.
Month: May 2025
Hanover Shoe Farms to offer 20 yearlings online
Hanover Shoe Farms will be selling 20 yearlings online in September. Ten will be offered by Preferred Equine Online on Monday (Sept. 8) and ten will be offered by onGait on Friday (Sept. 19).
Muscle Dynasty wins Harrington Open Wednesday
Frank Chick’s Muscle Dynasty ($8, Tony Morgan) prevailed in 1:57.2 in the $18,000 Open Trot over a sloppy racetrack Wednesday (May 28) at Harrington Raceway.
$9,473 Pick-5 carryover Saturday at MGM Northfield Park
It was “Wacky Wednesday” on May 28 at MGM Northfield Park with a puzzling Pick-5 sequence. The correct combination could not be found, spiraling $9,473 of carryover money over to Saturday evening (May 31).
Magical Acres to host qualifiers/2-year-old races on June 19 and 26
Magical Acres will be hosting qualifiers/2-year-old races on Thursday (June 19 and 26).
HHYF honors Fair Winds Farm
The Harness Horse Youth Foundation has announce Fair Winds Farm, owned by Mark Mullen, as its 2025 Service To Youth honoree.
Scenic Adventure narrowly prevails in Buffalo feature
Scenic Adventure had a bit of an adventure in Buffalo Raceway’s feature $12,100 pace for fillies and mares on Wednesday afternoon (May 28), but things worked out perfectly in the end. She beat Bettor B Sawyer by a neck in a season’s best 1:56.3 over a good track.
Road to the NA Cup – May 28
Woodbine Entertainment on Wednesday (May 28) released its latest “Road to the Pepsi North America Cup” rankings for the 2025 edition of Canada’s most prestigious harness race.
Freshman Focus to feature Chris Beaver
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will feature Chris Beaver and his Ohio 2-year-olds in training in this week’s edition of Freshman Focus.
Bartlett wins four Pocono qualifiers, including sophomore Dandy Ideal in 1:50.3
Jason Bartlett, North America’s leading driver in terms of both victories and earnings, won four of the five qualifiers held at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning (May 28).