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Three Look For Ohio Triple Crown on Super Night
Two Ohio colts and one filly will look to write their names in the record book as Triple Crown winners with victories in the $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships on Saturday night (Oct. 12) at MGM Northfield Park.
Hoosier Champions set to be crowned Friday night at Harrah’s Hoosier Park
Harrah’s Hoosier Park offers its richest night of the season with the annual Hoosier Champions card on Friday (Oct. 11). Indiana’s finest will compete for over $2.4 million in purses over the course of the 15-race card, with eight $250,000 Indiana Sire Stakes Super Finals for 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds, and four $70,000 Sire Stakes Finals for the aged competitors highlighting the stellar program offering a thrilling conclusion to the 2024 Indiana Stakes season.
Double millionaire Charlie May jogs at Plainridge
Fresh off a full slate of stake competition, two-time millionaire Charlie May shipped into Plainridge Park for some overnight action and walked away an easy winner in the $25,000 Open Handicap pace on Thursday (Oct. 10) afternoon.
Red Mile makes its first appearance on national television for the Kentucky Futurity
On Sunday (Oct. 6) The Red Mile celebrates the culmination of the famed one-mile oval’s 150th anniversary season by placing itself upon on the network television scene in a new agreement with the Fox Sports family in conjunction with the New York Racing Association (NYRA). The iconic red clay facility, where many of harness racing’s historic moments have transpired, will enter the annals of the sport yet again by presenting the Kentucky Futurity, the final jewel in the Trotting Triple Crown, to households across the country for the first time since 1987 when the Breeders Crown was on ESPN.
Lauren Harmon wins Hall of Fame trot with Muscles For Life
Lauren Harmon gave the 11-year-old horse Muscles For Life a patient, heady drive to score a sharp 1:54.3 win in the $15,000 Hall of Fame Museum and Amateur Trot held at The Red Mile on Friday (Oct. 4).
Big Box Hanover takes second straight Plainridge Open
Although he just won in this class last week, being handicapped with post eight dissuaded the bettors away from Big Box Hanover who was sent off at 24-1 on Friday (Oct. 4) at Plainridge Park. But the post didn’t bother Big Box Hanover one bit as he easily scored his second straight win in the $25,000 Open Handicap pacing feature at The Ridge.
Looksgoodinloulou equals world record in International Stallion Stakes
After faltering to Papi Grad in a first-over push last week, Looksgoodinloulou found herself in Papi Grad’s trail and zoomed through a seam at the inside to win the $81,600 Bob McIntosh Memorial, part of the $245,800 International Stallion Stakes (ISS) for 2-year-old pacing fillies, in a world-record equaling mile on Friday (Oct. 4) at The Red Mile.
Memento Mori sets world record in International Stallion Stakes
Steady handling from Scott Zeron helped keep Memento Mori flat gaited as he catapulted off a pocket ride to post the fastest mile ever by a 2-year-old trotting gelding in winning the second of four divisions for the $320,000 International Stallion Stakes, for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings, on Friday (Oct. 4) at The Red Mile.
Big Box Hanover scores wholesale victory in Plainridge Open
Under duress most of the way, Big Box Hanover delivered in the end by winning the $25,000 Open Handicap trotting feature at Plainridge Park on Friday (Sept. 27) afternoon.