A pair of $14,400 Trackmaster feature races were top of the card at Plainridge Park on Friday (Oct. 3) afternoon and both winners put in impressive performances.
Author: by Tim Bojarski, for the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts
Silverstein Equals World Record with International Stallion Stake Win
Trainer Matt Burkholder doubled in the $291,000 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old trotting males, which included a world-record equaling performance by Silverstein in the second of four divisions – a split of the Six Pack sponsored by the Six Pack Syndicate and Deo Volente Farms – on Friday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
Fall Sale Schedule for USTA Member Services
With the fall sale season upon us, the USTA member services team will be on the road to meet with members and process any USTA paperwork. The schedule of sales includes:
Immigrant Am S prevails at Saratoga Casino Hotel
For the second consecutive week, trainer Larry Stalbaum and driver Leon Bailey teamed up for a win in the Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday (Sept. 29).
Harrington DSBF Stakes Underway
Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings kicked off the Monday program (Sept. 29) at Harrington Raceway with a pair of $20,000 divisions.
The freshmen were flying as Mass Breeders Stakes got underway
The $2.4 million Massachusetts Breeders Stakes kicked off at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 29) and featured 2-year-old state-breds of both gaits and genders.
Meadows Monday Memo
The Meadows Monday Memo
Scudo Hanover, Fansville succeed at Pocono
There were a pair of $17,500 contests, one on each gait, for horses making strides up the class ladder at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania during the Monday afternoon (Sept. 29) card.
What A Mission charges late to steal Vernon feature
What A Mission (Michael Miller) captures the featured $7,500 trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (Sept. 26).
Athearn and Ranger were trackmasters at Plainridge Friday
On a somewhat homogenous card consisting of lower rated Trackmaster races, Matty “Ice” Athearn and “The Legend”, Bruce Ranger, were the real masters on the track after they both registered driving hat tricks during the afternoon (Sept. 26), accounting for 66% of the wins on the nine-race program.