The field for the C$1 million Metro Pace (G1) is set following Saturday (Sept. 19) night’s eliminations at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Author: by Mark McKelvie, Woodbine Communications
Congressional game as ever to win Pocono feature
The Always B Miki gelding Congressional may not win very many “style” points for his gait, but he can go with anybody in a battle of stretch courage, just as he did Saturday (Sept. 19) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, when he won the $21,000 featured pace in 1:49.4.
Meyersdale (PA) Sunday card cancelled
Racing at the Somerset County Fair 2-Day Sire Stakes event for Sunday (Sept. 20), which was to feature 3-year-olds, has been cancelled due to steady overnight rain in the locale of this southwest Pennsylvania borough.
Slipped Onmybeans grabs top headline on Night of Champions at Running Aces
Running Aces closed out their 2026 live racing season with the Minnesota Night of Champions program on Saturday night (Sept. 19) with twelve divisional championships going for $65,000 each.
Page, Morgan Jr take Scioto Downs Leading Driver / Trainer
For the 32nd straight year, Virgil Morgan, Jr. topped the trainer leaderboard at Eldorado Scioto Downs with 141 wins during the 91-day meet that concluded on Saturday (Sept. 19).
Kngtstlkrs Games posts 57-1 Elegantimage elim stunner
Nuance and Kngtstlkrs Games were the top performers in Friday’s eliminations for the Grade 1 Elegantimage Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Jensville A tops Twin B Joe Fresh in 1:47.4 track record at Philly
The Huntsville mare Jensville A, perfectly driven by George Napolitano Jr., captured the $16,000 fast-class mares handicap pace Friday (Sept. 18) afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:47.4, knocking a tick off of the track record for older pacing mares, which was set by Shartin N in her Horse of the Year campaign in 2019.
Marilyn Evans Fogle is 2026 Lady Pace Honoree
Marilyn Evans Fogle, a former parade marshal and outrider, will be honored as the 2026 Lady Pace honoree by the Delaware County Fair.
Ohio Selected Jug Sale breaks sales records, again
For the fifth out of the last six seasons the Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale broke its own sales record during this year’s edition of the Standardbred auction with 268 horses selling for a gross of $9,191,000, which was a 6 percent increase from 2025. The average price per yearling sold was also up 5.4 percent to $34,294 from the previous year.
2026 Midwest Standardbred Horse Sale, Oct. 15-16
The 2026 Midwest Standardbred Horse Sale is fast approaching. It will be held at Indiana State Fairgrounds
on Thursday (Oct.15) and Friday (Oct. 16) starting at 10 a.m. each day.