She’s Spicy added a touch of flavor to the second session of harness racing of the 2026 meeting at the Windsor Fair on Sunday (Aug. 30), speeding round the lightning quick oval to establish a divisional track record at the 138-year-old mid-Maine agricultural exhibition.
Month: August 2026
Iron Sharpens Iron takes Aces feature with career-best mile
The top trotters were in the spotlight at Running Aces on Sunday night (Aug. 30) for the $17,000 Open Handicap, which offered a very accomplished and talented field of seven contenders.
Maine’s top colts wrangle at Windsor Fair
The Monsters of the Midway invaded Windsor Fair on Sunday (Aug. 30) with two $17,000 Pine Tree State-bred splits of 3-year-old male pacers vying for divisional supremacy at one of Maine’s historic agricultural fairs.
Schedule for Pennsylvania-sired pari-mutuel championships
With the last preliminary rounds of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Pennsylvania Stallion Series completed on Sunday (Aug. 30), there’s scant time to catch one’s breath before this coming Labor Day Weekend’s staging of the Championship events of these pari-mutuel programs for the premier Pennsylvania-sired 2- and 3-year-olds, in aggregate worth over $3 million for the cream of the Pennsylvania crop.
Nezuko Kamado S returns a winner; McCarthy wins 4,000th race
Nezuko Kamado S found the winner’s circle in her first start since claiming the Grade 1 Hambletonian Oaks earlier in the month when she launched off cover for a 1:51.1 victory in the $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series third preliminary for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday night (Aug. 30) at the Red Mile.
Philly hosts final PA-sired prelims
The time to distribute over $3 million to the best Pennsylvania-sired youngsters, by age, sex, and gait, will come this week after the last of the preliminary rounds, the fourth and final leg for 3-year-old male trotters, raced in Sire Stakes and Stallion Series competition on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 30) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, which will host the 3-year-old Sire Stakes Championships and consolations next Sunday, Sept. 6. Stakes purses on the afternoon totaled $138,604.
Fearless Partners, Odds On Monetary grab EBC wins at Tioga
Tioga Downs played host for the Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) for both 3-year-old pacing fillies and pacing colts and geldings on Sunday (Aug. 30).
Warren gets 2,000th win Saturday at Tioga
Driver Ridge Warren scored his 2,000th career victory Saturday (Aug. 29), steering Eyes Of Justice to a one-length triumph at Tioga Downs.
Blazing Home N a narrow winner in Gerrity Memorial Final
Blazing Home N (Rock N Roll Heaven) prevailed in the 17th Annual Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace, held Saturday night (Aug. 29) at Saratoga Casino Hotel. One of the richest races of the year at the Spa saw nine participants square off for a purse of $100,000. The event concluding a two-month stint in which the top local pacers slugged it out in Invitational races to accrue points towards the Saturday Final.
Sheriff N scores 55th career win in Windsor Fair triumph
Like the fabled old gunslingers of our old west legends, Sheriff N bravely held his ground and took no prisoners while coldly staring down his foes on Saturday (Aug. 29), securing the 55th score of his veteran career while keeping the peace in a crowded rush to the finish during the opening session of harness racing at the Windsor Fair.