Month: June 2025

One of the major summer races at Vincennes for open class trotters is the Group 1 Prix Rene Balliere over 1-5/16 mile with a total prize pool of 200,000 Euros.

Week two of the Maine Sire Stakes saw the return of three $11,000-plus divisions for 3-year-old trotters at Bangor Raceway on Sunday (June 23), with a new face joining a pair of last week’s victors that enjoyed repeat performances.

The Creatine gelding Ferretti sat a perfect two-hole trip, then moved outside mid-far turn and out trotted heavy favorite Southwind Coors to post the fastest mile of 2025 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, 1:51.3, in the $25,000 fast-class handicap trot Sunday (June 22) evening, during a card that would be rough going for chalk players and lucrative for longshot fanciers.

Younger horses looking to climb up the classification ladder were featured in two $12,000 events at Harrah’s Philadelphia on a warm Sunday (June 23) afternoon.

Stonebridge Reef (Tyler Miller) captured the $13,000 featured pace at Tioga Downs on Sunday (June 22).

In consideration for the heat wave next week, at the request of the Delaware Harness Racing Commission and Delaware Standardbred Owners Association, post time at Harrington Raceway for June 23-25 will be moved to 7 p.m.

Women Layer and Woman of Passion look to complete sweeps of their respective Kentucky Sire Stakes series for 4-year-olds on Tuesday (June 24) at Oak Grove Racing & Gaming, where they will head to post as odds-on morning line choices in their respective $150,000 championship events.

Oak Grove, KY — Due to the extensive heat wave that will cover the southern portion of Kentucky, the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and Oak Grove have made the agreed…