Author: by Oak Grove Publicity

Douglas Overhiser’s The Pantheist A made every call a winning one in the closing day feature at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, scoring at odds-on in 1:50.4 in Monday’s (July 10) $30,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace.

Overcast skies and a rain-laden track were the conditions to be dealt with on Monday (July 10) at Plainridge Park, but speedy miles were the call of the day for the many trotters that went postward. The fastest of the group was posted by Marquis Lafayette who notched a new lifetime mark while winning the featured $25,000 Open for the diagonal gaited.

Precocious 2-year-old pacing males were on display in four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event on Monday afternoon (July 10) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, and the four winners all emerged as still unbeaten in purse contests.

The New York Sires Stakes continues its march through Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (July 12) and the 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers are in the spotlight this week with two divisions to battle for $52,500 each.

Jet Hill will try to make it three for three in Ohio Sires Stake action Tuesday (July 4) at Eldorado Scioto Downs as sophomore colt trotters wrap up the third leg with two $55,000 divisions.

Trainer Anette Lorentzon dominated the nine-race card at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (July 3) with four wins on the day, including a victory in the $35,000 Tom Shehan Memorial Open Trot by Pioneer As in 1:53.4.

Prominent harness racing breeder, owner and executive Frank Antonacci was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York on Sunday evening (July 2) during a banquet attended by hundreds of racing notables. On Monday afternoon (July 3) at Plainridge Park, his racing connections continued that party by winning a natural hat trick in the first three races on the card with horses bred and owned by “Frank The Elder”, with two of the three taking new lifetime marks.

Majorca N and Itsrockandroll A each won their respective $20,000 Open events Monday (July 30 at Harrington Raceway.

The Pennsylvania stakes season for 2-year-olds at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania was born on the Third Of July this year, as freshman males who were first-time starters and were not their race’s favorites swept the four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars contest.