Poets N Pirates ($2.20) collected the ‘booty’ for the second straight week at Buffalo Raceway as he turned back the late charge from Stars An Stones in the featured $9,000 Class B trotting event on Friday afternoon (May 24). He managed to collect the neck victory in 2:00.3 over the fast track.
Author: by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo Raceway
Gerald Latessa Sr., 92, dies
Former Cleveland resident Gerald Latessa Sr., 92, passed away in The Villages, Florida where he had resided with his beloved wife, Angeline the last 14 years.
Odds On Blockchain cashes in Oak Grove Open
Atlee Bender gave another aggressive steer to Odds On Blockchain and carved a great trip to snag a 1:49.3 victory in the $36,000 Open Pace at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (May 20).
“Alex” having fun at Plainridge Park this year
Top-level pacer Alex Having Fun is off to a fast and lucrative start to his 2024 season and he added another exclamation point to that resume on Monday (May 20) when he captured the $20,000 pacing feature at Plainridge Park for the second week in a row while lowering his lifetime mark for the second time in seven days.
Sweet Angel Boy wins fifth straight in Harrington FFA
Andrew Glassmeyer’s Sweet Angel Boy ($9.60, Corey Callahan) won his fifth straight race Monday (May 20) at Harrington Raceway in the $22,500 Free-for-All Pace in 1:51.3.
Speedy Trotters at Pocono on Monday
The 3-year-old Bar Hopping gelding Attis Rock overcame the tough tuck-then-first-over journey to win the $15,000 featured trot in 1:54.4 on Monday (May 20) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
The SPHO-NJ Announces No-Cost Entries/Stabling for Adoptable Horse Division at 30th Anniversary National Standardbred Horse Show
The Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of New Jersey (SPHO-NJ) is looking forward to the upcoming 30th Anniversary National Standardbred Horse Show, which will be held on the Friday-Sunday of Sept. 20-22, 2024, at the Horse Park of New Jersey.
Combustion clinches Kentucky Sires Stakes upset
A power-packed section of $100,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) finals for 4-year-olds came to a dramatic curtain fall with a closing-stride success by 19-1 shot Combustion in a bare-knuckle 1:49.1 mile on Monday (May 13) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.
Trotters put in speedy miles Monday at Pocono
Trotters were in the Monday (May 13) afternoon spotlight at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with two $15,000 divisions of a trot for developing horses the features.
Alex Having Fun matches career best in Plainridge feature
Coming from off the pace, Alex Having Fun finished with a flurry to win the $20,000 featured pace at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (May 13).