Author: by Kimberly French, for Red Mile

After a blockbuster card on Sunday (Sept. 17) the Bluegrass State still had plenty to offer with six $100,000 Kentucky Commonwealth Series finals for freshman and sophomore trotters and pacers. Hungry For Love and Prince Of Honor captured their respective divisions while Flawless also glistened at Red Mile on Monday (Sept. 18).

He’s no spring chicken and despite his age, the 11-year-old Quick Shot shows no signs of being in the autumn of his career either as he continued to perform at a high level winning his seventh race of the year in the $20,000 District 9 featured pace at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Sept. 18).

The latest episode of ‘The Michigan Mighty’ will air on Harness Racing Symposium 101 on Facebook and will be cross-posted on the Northville Downs’ Facebook page at 7 p.m. on Thursday (Sept.21)

The Ohio Selected Jug Sale was a flurry of bidding activity, paving the way for the highest gross in the sale’s storied history, which enjoyed a double digit increase of 10.7 percent from last year’s auction. The sale also saw the highest priced yearling sold in the state of Ohio fetch $225,000 from Greg Luther.

Shenandoah Downs will open its eighth annual fall racing season in the heart of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley this weekend with a pair of twelve race cards scheduled to go to post at 1 p.m. both Saturday, (Sept. 16) and Sunday, (Sept. 17). The seven-week season will continue thru October 29.

The Goshen Yearling Sale was held on Monday (Sept. 11) in the sales arena at the Mark Ford Training Center and despite all the rain, an eager crowd of bidders was on hand in the gallery, while online bidding managed by Cattle In Motion collected remote bids from registered users.

Two former track driving champs now in their 60’s, Tony Morgan and Ross Wolfenden combined for nine wins on the Harrington Raceway program Monday (Sept. 11).

Kathy Parker, Hall of Fame Communicator and longtime editor of The Horseman and Fair World magazine, will be saluted as the 2023 Lady Pace honoree by the Delaware County Fair.