Diamond Creek Farm has announced that Sweet Lou, the sport’s leading overall sire in 2025, will stand the 2026 breeding season at a fee of $30,000, an increase from $25,000.
Month: October 2025
Joshua Tree on course for Prix d’Amerique
The 6-year-old French top trotter Joshua Tree, with Jean Michel Bazire, showed his great class by winning the Group III race Prix de Cevennes on the first day of the Winter Meeting at Vincennes.
$15,000 GTD all-stakes Late Pick 4 Friday at Hoosier
Halloween at Harrah’s Hoosier Park will feature a treat for the bettors as the 13-race program concludes on Friday (Oct. 31) with an all-Grand Circuit stakes Late Pick 4 in races 10-13.
Moira Fanning to receive Monticello-Goshen’s highest honor
Moira Fanning, a world-renowned administrator and publicist for the Hambletonian Society and Breeders Crown, will be the recipient of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Monticello-Goshen Chapter’s Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual awards banquet in Campbell Hall, N.Y.
FAS Rulings for Friday, October 31, 2025
View Fines and Suspensions for the week of October 31, 2025 as reported to the USTA by racing commissions in the United States. This bulletin reports actions that have been taken by the…
Goldin doubles in Rosecroft MADC paces
Alexandra Goldin took the Thursday (Oct. 30) headlines at Rosecroft Raceway with a sweep of the evening’s two Mid-Atlantic Drivers Club events.
Morgan Jr., Odds On Racing sweep Dayton Opens
Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owner Odds On Racing enjoyed a nice evening on Thursday (Oct. 30), when Foxy Hill and Hey Hey Mama swept the $28,000 Open and $24,000 Open II Filly/Mare Paces at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Dover horsepeople’s meeting to be held Mon.
Horsepeople participating at the upcoming Bally’s Dover meet are advised that there will be a horsepeople’s meeting on Monday (Nov. 3) at 3:30 p.m. in the Bally’s Dover paddock.
Liberty Bell Stakes commence at Philly
The annual late-season run of the Liberty Bell Stakes series began at Harrah’s Philadelphia over a sloppy track on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 30), with 2-year-old males featured – each gait had two divisions, with $134,200 aggregate on the line in the four contests. It was a good day for pacing sire Tall Dark Stranger and trotting sire Captain Corey, as both studs accounted for the two winners on their respective gaits.
Mass. Breeders Stakes conclude at Plainridge
Plainridge Park played host to the $1.2 million Massachusetts Breeders Stakes finals on Thursday (Oct. 30), where eight $150,000 divisions of the best state-bred trotters and pacers went postward on an afternoon that featured inclement weather and an off track. But, despite those conditions, several big miles were thrown as the eight champions were crowned.