Grand Circuit racing returned to Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 7) afternoon and featured the Colonial Oaks Trot and the W.N. Reynolds Memorial Tar Heel for pacing colts and geldings and Leta Long for pacing fillies.
Author: by Tim Bojarski, for Plainridge Park
Sharon Marie Pratt, 60, dies
Sharon Marie Pratt, 60, of Macedonia, Ohio passed away peacefully on October 1, 2024. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 5, 1963 to the late Allen Jeglie and the late Delores Jeglie (nee Neradil).
Dayton to host Buckeye Stallion Series Finals Saturday
A total of $600,000 will be on the line in the Buckeye Stallion Series Finals on Saturday (Oct. 5) at Hollywood Dayton Raceway. Eight divisions will each carry a purse of $75,000.
USTA to livestream Preview Show Sunday from The Red Mile
The U.S. Trotting Association will be livestreaming the HarnessRacing.com Preview Show from The Red Mile on Sunday (Oct. 6) from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The show can be seen on the following USTA social media platforms: Facebook | YouTube | Vimeo.
You bet points matter in Hawthorne Night of Champions series
Points matter. Such is the case in Hawthorne’s Night of Champions series where points are dispersed with 50 awarded for a first-place finish, 25 for a second, 12 for third, eight for fourth, five for fifth and one for starting. The 10 highest point earners advance to a championship.
Always B Miki to stand in Kentucky in 2025
The owners of Always B Miki are pleased to announce that he will be standing in Kentucky in 2025.
October Hoof Beats features the MSOA’s Evan Pattak
October’s issue of Hoof Beats magazine features the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association’s Evan Pattak who has been involved with writing, broadcasting and promoting racing for four decades at The Meadows in Pennsylvania.
Primo Maschio remains unbeaten with DSBF Elim sweep
Forrest Bartlett’s Primo Maschio ($2.10, Trae Porter) completed a sweep of his 2-year-old Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $20,000 divisions Monday (Sept. 30) at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.4 to remain unbeaten.
Three records fall in Mass Breeder Stakes at Plainridge
It was a record breaking day in the Massachusetts Breeders Stake at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 30) afternoon after three stake standards were rewritten by some of the finest state-bred 3-year-olds who were competing in the second leg of the series whose five races were valued at $305,000.
Dandy Ideal wins, threatens Pocono track record
Dandy Ideal, a freshman American Ideal gelding out of OK Heavenly, won in “nw2” company during the Monday afternoon (Sept. 30) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan PA, with his final time of 1:51.1 only three fifths of a second off the Pocono track record for his division, the 1:50.3 set by Yankee Bounty 10 years ago.