Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association are pleased to announce that a limited number of reservations will be available for Pacer’s Clubhouse dining on Saturday (Aug. 22) for the Sun Stakes Saturday card.
Month: August 2026
Honesdale (PA) post time 2 p.m. Wednesday
Horsemen racing at the Honesdale (PA) Fairgrounds on Wednesday (Aug. 12), the 2-year-old Sire Stakes day, should be aware that the races will be starting at 2 p.m. (EDT), not the 3 p.m. that has been advertised in other places.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
Feature races at the Darke County Fair
The Darke County Fair will host the John Robinson Pace on Aug. 26 and the Jim Buchy Trot and the Gene Riegle Pace on Aug. 27.
Four scores for Sowers at Topsham Fair
McGwire Sowers held the hot hand on a steamy late summer Sunday afternoon (Aug. 9), scoring four driving wins over the course of Topsham Fair’s well attended opening day card.
Roy Murphy, 76, dies
Roy Jack Murphy, 76, of Celina, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 6, 2026, at the Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater.
Sweet Valorie wins again in BSS action
Sweet Valorie remained perfect in the Buckeye Stallion Series this season with a victory in the third leg for 2-year-old filly trotters at Northfield Park Racino on Sunday (Aug. 9).
Inferno DK posts track-record mile at Running Aces
There was no shortage of long shot winners on the Sunday night (Aug. 9) program at Running Aces, and that trend extended to a couple of the featured events on the card as well, including the $17,500 Steve Wiseman Memorial Trot Preview.
Funky Buddha game in Kentucky Championship Series
Funky Buddha motored for the lead and held the upper edge of a cutthroat stretch battle against 6-5 favorite Sea Bistro Hanover to win the lone $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series opening preliminary for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Sunday night (Aug. 9) at The Red Mile.
Snowonthepines takes Topsham by storm
A true sign of summer is when the Maine Sire Stakes and harness racing in general makes its annual swing into the Pine Tree State’s agricultural fair circuit.