Let Them Gossip (Chris Long) pulled off an upset victory in the $7,500 Featured Fillies & Mares Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday night (Oct. 3).
Month: October 2026
It was bombs away for Thunder Country in Batavia Downs Open
A perfect storm that occurred early in the race, helped the seriously overlooked Thunder Country to strike late at 36-1 and win the featured $13,500 Open Handicap pace at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Oct. 3) night.
Closers dominate Saturday at Pocono
An atypical backstretch headwind combined with an atypical number of front-end duels resulting in wild fractions, leading to many come-from-behind horses posting upsets during most of the Saturday afternoon (Oct. 3) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Beau Jangles, Brandon Blvd score in Bluegrass Colt Pace
Last season’s Horse of the Year Beau Jangles and this season’s North American earnings leader Brandon Blvd both uncorked front-stepping 1:47.2 efforts to win their respective $79,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
Nix Nacken upsets in 134th Kentucky Futurity
Marcus Melander trainee Nix Nacken collected back-to-back Grade 1 victories following a win over 2026 Hambletonian winner Apex in the Canadian Trotting Classic when he sprung from a ground-saving trip and collared leg-weary rivals to win the $575,000 Grade 1 134th Kentucky Futurity—sponsored by Hunterton Farms—in a world-record equaling 1:50 mile.
Hope Hill upsets Miss Jum Jabber in Bluegrass Filly Pace
Hope Hill turned the tables after a 3-1/2 length defeat to Brett Pelling’s star sophomore pacing filly Miss Jum Jabber in the Kentucky Championship Series final when she overpowered her late in the stretch for a 1:49 victory in the second of the cohort’s $151,000 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
She’s Moni wins 61st Kentucky Filly Futurity
Trainer Nancy Takter snagged the top two finishing spots of the $300,000 Grade 1 61st Kentucky Filly Futurity when her trainee She’s Moni overcame a second-tier draw to seize the front and never look back for a lifetime-best equaling 1:50.1 victory over stablemate Madam Cheval on Saturday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
Little Road and Shemightbetheone shine in Keystone Classic Finale
Three-year-old trotting fillies brought down the curtain on Hollywood Casino at The Meadows’ stakes season with two $24,775 Keystone Classic divisions Friday afternoon (Oct. 2).
Maine trotters roll at Cumberland Fair
Two $16,000-plus divisions of Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotters went postward on Friday (Oct. 2) at the Cumberland Fair, with the sophomore leaders continuing their dominance in their respective classes.
Unbeaten Kountry Plunge among Big Apple elimination winners at Vernon
Vernon Downs played host to eight Big Apple elimination winners for freshmen fillies as well as their counterpart colts & geldings on Friday (Oct. 2). All eliminations raced for $20,000. All the qualifiers will race for $250,000 on Friday (Oct. 9).