The Thursday night (Aug. 6) harness racing program at Running Aces featured the Minnesota-sired sophomore pacers going for $35,000 across two divisions as well as the weekly $16,000 Mares Open Handicap pace.
Month: August 2026
Update on drivers Scott Zeron and Jason Bartlett
DRF Harness on Friday (Aug. 7) provided updates on drivers Scott Zeron and Jason Bartlett, who were injured Thursday in an accident at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Saturday HarnessRacing.com Show to feature Hambletonian drivers
The HarnessRacing.com Show, presented by the Standardbred Horse Sales Company, which will showcase the top drivers in this year’s $1 million Grade 1 Winning Key Farm Hambletonian at The Meadowlands, is scheduled for Saturday (Aug. 8) at 11 a.m.
FAS Rulings for Friday, August 7, 2026
View Fines and Suspensions for the week of August 7, 2026 as reported to the USTA by racing commissions in the United States. This bulletin reports actions that have been taken by the…
Big night for Beachy in Ohio Sire Stakes at Scioto
Trainer Vernon Beachy had a big night Thursday (Aug. 6) at Eldorado Scioto Downs when he swept the $75,000 Ohio Sires Stakes for 2-year-old male trotters, setting a new track record in the midst, and won a third of the $50,000 filly divisions.
American Son takes Big M feature
It appears that things might be turning around for American Son.
Odds On Monetary, Surreal Spirit post NYSS wins at Yonkers
Odds On Monetary and Surreal Spirit emerged with the wins from a pair of $82,500 New York Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday night (Aug. 6) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Joyce extends lead in Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series
Leslie Joyce extended her lead in the Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series by winning at the Greene County Fair in Xenia, Ohio.
Hambletonian Oaks elim winners all part of ‘double’ pursuits
Four trainers will send out horses in both the Hambletonian Oaks and Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 8) at the Meadowlands, and three of them saw at least one of their horses come out of this past weekend’s eliminations with a win.
Burke hopes the time is now for AI
Hall of Fame trainer Ron Burke thinks 3-year-old trotter AI will win a big race in the near future. While it might not be this Saturday (Aug. 8) at The Meadowlands in the $1 million Grade 1 Winning Key Farm Hambletonian final, the second leg of the Trotting Triple Crown, Burke sees it coming.