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.
Author: from the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of USHWA
Weather plays major factor in Philly features
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.
Progress Pace Elimination set at Bally’s Dover
There are 11 3-year-old Colt and Gelding Pacers scheduled to compete in the Progress Pace Elimination race at Bally’s Dover on Thursday (Nov. 21).
Dominion Day, Wish List win Pocono features
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.
Favorites fall in DSBF filly trots
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.
Instant Replay grabs top pace at Cumberland
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.
Lady Burg back on track with DSBF prelim score
Dover, DE — After gait issues derailed her over the half-mile Harrington Raceway oval, Lady Burg got her bearings back by way of a lifetime-best 2:00.1 win in the second of two…
Pocket Rockets account for Pocono features
The same phrase applies to the outcome of both $15,000 trotting features at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday (Nov. 11) afternoon: “Pocketsitter overhauls pacesetter.”
Quarrel wins feature at Vernon Downs
Quarrel (Chris Long) takes the $8,500 featured Fillies & Mares Open Pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (Nov. 8).
My Degenerate generates track record at Philly
On a Friday (Nov. 8) when it looked like the fast-class older set would be grabbing the headlines at Harrah’s Philadelphia, up pops a maiden 2-year-old altered trotting son of Muscle Hill – Decadence named My Degenerate, who scorched the 5/8-miler oval in 1:53.1, breaking the divisional track record and just missing the divisional world standard.