The first leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series for pacing mares at Yonkers Raceway was drawn on Monday afternoon (March 13), with a total of 24 entrants necessitating a trio of $40,000 divisions on Friday night’s (March 17) ten-race program.
Author: from Yonkers Raceway Media Relations
Huntsville’s 2023 book is full
Cameo Hills Farm has announced that Huntsville‘s 2023 book is full and closed. Huntsville was the leading money winning sire of 2-year-old and 3-year-old pacers in the New York Sire Stakes in 2022.
Nuclear Dragon set to defend Jim Dailey Memorial Championship
Nuclear Dragon is set to defend his title in the annual Jim Dailey Memorial Medley, in which he set the world’s record of 1:07 for a five-eighths mile dash in 2022’s first leg and returned two weeks later to win the 1-1/4 mile final in 2:20.3.
No repeat winners in Pocono Game of Claims Monday
The five $7,500 divisions of the second preliminary action for Game Of Claims Pacing Series horses wearing a $9,000 basic tag this week, held Monday (March 13) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, saw no repeat winners from the initial week of their series.
Saratoga to change draw schedule due to storm
Due to the impending winter storm, the draw normally conducted on Tuesday (March 1)4 for Sunday (March 19) and Monday (March 20) will take place on Wednesday (March 15). The box closes at 9 a.m.
Game Of Claims, woes for chalk continue at Pocono
The Game Of Claims Series for $7,500 base-priced horses conducted its first preliminary in four $7,500 divisions on Monday (March 6) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. And the highly-regarded horses at the windows continued to take a shellacking in the claiming ranks –the chalk won in the GOC’s first Saturday (March 4) prelim, and then the favorites amazingly lost the remaining seventeen contests for the selling pacers.
Six-figure auction tops another busy week at onGait.com
The Captaintreacherous mare The Big Hen p,2,Q1:58.1s led all auctions at onGait.com this week when she sold for $100,400 to Steve Jones of Cameo Hills Farm, New York. In foal to Always B Miki, the half-sister to millionaire Medusa p,3,1:51.2; 1:49 and
champion Canadian filly Alicorn p,2,1:50.3 was consigned by Steve Heimbecker of Ontario.
GSY Recap from Friday Night at the Meadowlands..
Two GSY events were carded on Friday (March 3) night with the temperatures in the low 40s at post time and the track listed as fast.
Game Of Claims Series starts Saturday at Pocono
The coming of March finds the number of racing programs offered per week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania rising to three, as there will be Saturday, Sunday, and Monday action starting at 1 p.m. all through the month. Each day will also feature a different price division of the popular Game Of Claims Series.
Mother Nature causes premature end to Monday’s card at Yonkers
Due to continuing heavy snowfall and deteriorating track conditions, Yonkers Raceway was forced to cancel races nine, ten, and 11 on Monday night’s (Feb. 27) program.