Three-year-old pacing colts and fillies brought the preliminary rounds of Indiana Sire Stakes to a close at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Oct. 2). North America Cup champion Odds On Mr Mamba returned after a month away to headline two splits for pacing colts, while Somemore Blue remained red-hot notching her fourth straight to get top billing of the three filly splits.
Month: October 2026
Fifth And Five ties track record at Plainridge Park
Only weeks removed from his epic track record-tying performance in the prestigious Gold Cup and Saucer at Red Shores Racetrack in Prince Edward Island, Fifth And Five shipped into Massachusetts and tied the track record for a 4-year-old pacing horse in the $24,000 Open Handicap pace at Plainridge Park on Friday (Oct. 2).
OSS Veteran Championships Sunday at Northfield Park
Sunday night (Oct. 4) Northfield Park plays host to the $100,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Finals for 4-year-olds and up, across all four divisions.
D A Johnny Cash breaks OSS record for rookie trotting colts with first Gold triumph
D A Johnny Cash set a 1:52.3 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record for 2-year-old trotting colts while winning the lone C$150,000 OSS Gold Leg 5 event on Friday (Oct. 2) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Verily smashes OSS record for rookie trotting fillies with 1:53 Gold triumph
Verily smashed the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record for 2-year-old trotting fillies, previously shared by four fillies, with a 1:53 score in the first of two $100,000 OSS Gold Leg 5 events on Friday (Oct. 2) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Fellow division leader Major Contender won the second Gold test in 1:54.1.
Upcoming draw schedule for Northfield Park
Northfield Park has announced its draw schedule for the upcoming week.
Rumble And Sway Rips Home in Bluegrass Rookie Pace
Rumble And Sway splashed decisively along the mud to lead every step for a 1:51.4 victory in the first of three $89,300 Bluegrass Stakes divisions for 2-year-old pacing males on Friday afternoon (Oct. 2) at The Red Mile.
Wall Of Fame Stays Undefeated with Bluegrass Stake Victory
Wall Of Fame remained resolute under intense homestretch pressure from pocket-popping Gabriela Beatriz S to keep her perfect record intact with a 1:54.3 effort over an off track in the $94,000 second Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes division – the Norman Woolworth Memorial sponsored by Arden Homestead Stable – for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday afternoon (Oct. 2) at The Red Mile.
Gimpanzee Dancer aims to step up in loaded Dayton Trotting Derby
When trainer Chris Beaver took a look at the field for Saturday’s (Oct. 3) $250,000 Grade 2 Dayton Trotting Derby, which features seven horses with at least $1 million in career earnings and four with lifetime marks of 1:49.3 or faster, he reached a simple conclusion.
Ricki Lyn Martindale, 73, dies
RICKI LYN MARTINDALE, age 73 of Washington CH, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 1:39 a.m. while surrounded by his wife of 55 years and loving family. He passed peacefully at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe after a short fight with infection following health issues in the recent year.