The Sunday night (June 29) harness racing program at Running Aces will feature the 2025 Ron Banks Memorial with a very talented field of nine distaffers lining up to battle for the $42,750 purse in race seven on the 12-race program.
Month: June 2025
Ready Cash bloodline shines bright across Europe
A weekend of elite racing in Italy and Sweden confirmed the enduring influence of Ready Cash, whose lineage – led by Face Time Bourbon – swept Group 1 honors in two countries.
OHHA to livestream races from Marion County Fair on June 30, July 1
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will continue its 2025 Ohio county fair racing coverage with live streaming of two days of racing from the Marion County Fairgrounds in Marion, Ohio, on Monday and Tuesday (June 30 and July 1).
Sylvia Hanover upsets Twin B Joe Fresh in Perfect Sting
The doll of her class as a 2- and 3-year-old, Sylvia Hanover endured many defeats as Twin B Joe Fresh claimed the crown in the 4-year-old campaign in progress to a Horse of the Year title. But Sylvia Hanover returned in the fourth start of her 5-year-old season and landed a serious wallop on 1-9 chalk Twin B Joe Fresh to pull a stunner in the $116,500 Perfect Sting Mare Pace on Saturday night (June 28) at The Meadowlands.
Periculum clinches Crawford Farms Trot
Periculum, with Scott Zeron at the lines, fired mid-stretch from off the pace to carve a 1:50 score in the $164,000 Crawford Farms Open Trot on Saturday (June 28) at The Meadowlands.
Coach Stefanos, Ken Hanover torch track in Brower Memorial
Saturday (June 28) saw speedy returning victories by Ken Hanover, a winner once last year from 12 starts in a lifetime-best mile over this track, and 2024 Breeders Crown Open Pace champion Coach Stefanos in their respective $86,500 divisions of the Dave Brower Memorial at The Meadowlands.
Call Me Goo rambles to millionaire status in Six Pack
Call Me Goo fought confidently when making two moves in her 1:51.2 winning effort in the $114,500 Six Pack Mare Trot on Saturday (June 28) at The Meadowlands and thrusted herself over the seven-figure earnings plateau in the process.
Sevenshotsobourbon wins feature at Tioga
Sevenshotsobourbon (Tom Merton) won the $11,000 featured trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (June 28).
Bluesville and Helphasarrived win co-features at Vernon
Bluesville (Ron Harp) and Helphasarrived (Claude Huckabone Jr.) captured the co-features at Vernon Downs on Saturday (June 28).
Lip Reader A back to old self at Buffalo Raceway
It’s been a trying couple of months for Lip Reader A but on Saturday afternoon (June 28) in Buffalo Raceway’s $16,000 Open Pace, he made himself heard loud and clear with a resounding two-length victory over Annapolis Hanover in a seasonal best 1:53.2 over the fast track.