Author: by Chris Tully for First Tracks Cumberland

Chester, PA – Brett Beckwith, a leading contender for this year’s Rising Star Award after a brilliant campaign on several fronts, made a stop at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon (Dec. 6)…

After taking top honors in the Virginia Breeders’ Fund championship in October, Platinum Proposal delivered a statement 1:59 win in her $20,000 first-round Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund division for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Monday (Dec. 2) at Bally’s Dover.

Dover, DE — Thanks to patient early handling from driver Pat Berry, Lady Burg sustained an uncovered grind through the middle half to put away Song Master and had enough left to…

While pedigree is important when selecting yearlings, it can also be helpful when embarking on a career that requires a lot of hard work and hands-on experience. Tyler Miller had all of those boxes checked when he set out on a career to become a winning harness driver.

Very nearly as much as the horses and horsemen themselves, the southeast Pennsylvania weather played a decisive factor in the Friday afternoon (Nov. 220 racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Moisture from the sky, whether drizzle or flurries, caused the track to be downgraded from “good” to “sloppy,” and was coupled with a strong headwind in the stretch, which necessitated horses finding success primarily by being close to the pace, and if on the lead backing off quarter two into the frigid wind.

Dominion Day and Wish List won the $15,000 featured trots at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon (Nov. 18) – one in a three-horse photo, and the other as easily as one could wish.

Kat’s Fancy and Indiana Star posted upsets in their respective $20,000 second-round preliminary Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund events for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Monday (Nov. 18) at Bally’s Dover.

Steve Wilson came from off the pace on Sunday (Nov. 17) to capture the $5,000 top pace at Cumberland Raceway with George Fenno’s Instant Replay.