Running Aces closed out their 2026 live racing season with the Minnesota Night of Champions program on Saturday night (Sept. 19) with twelve divisional championships going for $65,000 each.
Author: by Darin Gagne, for Running Aces Casino, Hotel and Racetrack
Page, Morgan Jr take Scioto Downs Leading Driver / Trainer
For the 32nd straight year, Virgil Morgan, Jr. topped the trainer leaderboard at Eldorado Scioto Downs with 141 wins during the 91-day meet that concluded on Saturday (Sept. 19).
Kngtstlkrs Games posts 57-1 Elegantimage elim stunner
Nuance and Kngtstlkrs Games were the top performers in Friday’s eliminations for the Grade 1 Elegantimage Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Jensville A tops Twin B Joe Fresh in 1:47.4 track record at Philly
The Huntsville mare Jensville A, perfectly driven by George Napolitano Jr., captured the $16,000 fast-class mares handicap pace Friday (Sept. 18) afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:47.4, knocking a tick off of the track record for older pacing mares, which was set by Shartin N in her Horse of the Year campaign in 2019.
Marilyn Evans Fogle is 2026 Lady Pace Honoree
Marilyn Evans Fogle, a former parade marshal and outrider, will be honored as the 2026 Lady Pace honoree by the Delaware County Fair.
Ohio Selected Jug Sale breaks sales records, again
For the fifth out of the last six seasons the Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale broke its own sales record during this year’s edition of the Standardbred auction with 268 horses selling for a gross of $9,191,000, which was a 6 percent increase from 2025. The average price per yearling sold was also up 5.4 percent to $34,294 from the previous year.
2026 Midwest Standardbred Horse Sale, Oct. 15-16
The 2026 Midwest Standardbred Horse Sale is fast approaching. It will be held at Indiana State Fairgrounds
on Thursday (Oct.15) and Friday (Oct. 16) starting at 10 a.m. each day.
Fields set for Peter Haughton, Jim Doherty at Hoosier Park
Harrah’s Hoosier Park will play host to a pair of Grade 1 events on Friday (Sept. 18), with the $475,100 Peter Haughton Memorial and $483,350 Jim Doherty Memorials for the sport’s top 2-year-old trotters headlining the 15-race program which gets underway at 5:30 p.m. (EDT).
Two carryovers and a guaranteed Pick-5 pool at Batavia Downs Thursday
After no one hit the Pick-5 at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Sept. 16), there is a $788 carryover pool for that wager in the first race on Thursday (Sept. 17), and the management of Batavia Downs has announced that the pool will be guaranteed at $3,000 through the United States Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering program. As part of that program, Trackmaster will provide free full past performance program pages that can be downloaded (when they become available) at handicapping.ustrotting.com.
Windsun Charlotte drops and pops in Batavia spotlight race
After two narrow defeats in the top Open class at Batavia Downs, Windsun Charlotte took full advantage of some class relief and got the win in the featured $10,000 pace for fillies and mares on Wednesday (Sept. 16) night.