Sylvia Hanover and driver Tim Tetrick will aim for their third consecutive win, and fourth in five starts since being united in late June, when they face eight rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Cleopatra Invitational for older female pacers at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Month: August 2025
Morgan Jr. takes two BSS splits at Scioto
Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owner Odds On Racing captured two divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old male pacers on Friday (Aug. 22) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Rock Shines Again leads INSS winners at Hoosier
Indiana Sire Stakes action resumed at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Aug. 22) with a pair of $50,000 splits of the seventh and penultimate leg for sophomore pacing colts and geldings, and two $67,000 divisions of leg four of six for 2-year-old trotting fillies.
Monti wins five, including co-feature, at Batavia Downs
A pair of $11,100 mid-level conditioned trots topped the card at Batavia Downs on Friday (Aug. 22), and class-droppers were victorious in both.
Wattsburg (PA) Fair meet to be livestreamed
The Pennsylvania Fair Harness Horsemen’s Association will be livestreaming the two-day fair meet from the Erie County Fair in Wattsburg, Pa.
Aetos Kronos S sets track, Canadian record in Maple Leaf Trot elimination
The 9-year-old Bold Eagle stallion Aetos Kronos S kept the gears turning while gutting through a parked first half and stopped the clock with plenty of steam to set a track and Canadian record to win his $50,000 Maple Leaf Trot elimination at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night (Aug. 22) in the first sub-1:50 mile on Canadian soil.
Human Cocktail wins at Tioga; races canceled after sixth Friday
Human Cocktail (Ridge Warren) captured $10,000 Leg 2 of the Summer Sensation Claiming Series at Tioga Downs on Friday (Aug. 22).
Standardbreds at World’s Championship Horse Show
In addition to all the Roadster classes offered, the 2025 World’s Championship Horse Show held two high profile events just for Standardbreds this week – the USTA Roadster Classic and the Standardbred Roadster 100.
Suzanne F. Christensen, 83, dies
Suzanne F. Christensen passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at Bolster Heights Residential Care Facility in Auburn, Maine. Sue was born on July 17, 1942 in Lewiston, Maine.
City Of Hope wins feature at Vernon
City Of Hope (Jeff Gregory) captured the $7,500 featured Kenny Schultz Jr. Memorial Trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (Aug. 22).