The supplemental nomination deadline for the USTA Roadster Off-Track Series has been extended to June 10 due to a $5,000 purse being announced for the first time for the series final.
Author: by Jessica Schroeder, USTA Membership Enrichment and Outreach Coordinator
P L Princess C charges late to win Tioga feature
P L Princess C (Aaron Byron) captured the $9,000 fillies & mares’ pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (May 17).
Fear Her Touch takes feature at Vernon
Fear Her Touch (Leon Bailey) captures the $6500 featured fillies & mares pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (May 17).
Beddanburg is razor sharp at Buffalo Raceway
Beddanburg remained razor sharp on Friday afternoon (May 17) as the 4-year-old gelding was victorious for the fourth time in his last five starts with a half length win over Sportsmanship in Buffalo Raceway’s co-featured $9,000 pace.
Bares All takes Philly feature; Tony Morgan wins five
Bares All, in only her fourth lifetime start, reduced her record by over three seconds to 1:52.3, winning the $12,000 distaff pacing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia Friday afternoon (May 17).
Upsetters dominate Freehold Friday card
Only two favorites were victorious on the nine-race Friday (May 17) program at Freehold Raceway.
Yonkers to offer Pick-5 carryover, guaranteed pool on Saturday
Saturday night’s (May 18) program at MGM Yonkers Raceway will have a $4,129.18 carryover and a $15,000 guaranteed pool in the Pick-5 after the sequence was not hit on Friday night’s (May 17) card.
Alan Leavitt, 88, dies
Harness racing Hall of Fame member Alan J. Leavitt, well known for breeding horses under the banner of Lana Lobell Farms and Walnut Hall Ltd., died May 6, 2024, in Lexington, Ky. He was 88.
Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association offers scholarships
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will again be offering scholarship opportunities to OHHA members and their families. Completed applications are due June 15, 2024.
April’s Meadowlands Outstanding Drive of the Weekend winners
The Meadowlands Outstanding Drive of the Weekend continued in the month of April. Each Monday, the Meadowlands posts a poll on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) asking fans to vote for their favorite drive from the past weekend.