Designer Specs and driver Skip DeMull captured the Open Trot, while Danikova and driver Justin Irvine snagged the Mares Open Pace Friday night at Northville Downs.
Author: by Ken Terpenning, Northville Downs Track Announcer
Mohawk Park featured four OSS Gold Super Finals Friday
Woodbine Mohawk Park featured the four $300,000 Super Finals for 2-year-olds on Friday (Oct. 13) evening to kick off the first of two nights of year-end action for the 2023 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions.
SD Watch Me Now takes feature at Vernon
SD Watch Me Now (Lee Morris) charged late to capture the $7,000 featured pace at Vernon Downs on Friday.
$12,148 Pick-5 carryover Sunday at MGM Northfield Park
Saturday’s stakes action was tricky for Pick-5 bettors as the sequence went unsolved, setting up an opportunity for a sizeable pool on Sunday.
USTA revokes Dale Hiteman membership
The United States Trotting Association on Wednesday (Oct. 4) revoked the membership and USTA licenses of horseman Dale P. Hiteman, effective that day.
Protecting the American racehorse; an Op-Ed from Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry
When the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) was jammed into the COVID relief package and passed by Congress in the dead of night, we were told that it was for our own good and the good of America’s racehorses.
Tom Archdeacon named a 2023 Dayton Region Walk of Fame honoree
Longtime Dayton Daily News sports journalist Tom Archdeacon has been named as one of four who will be inducted into the 2023 Dayton Region Walk of Fame.
American Cancer Society big winner at Shenandoah Saturday
Shenandoah Downs Racing Secretary Dee Lineweaver carded 15 races on their Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30) racing program; 14 pari-mutuel events and one race to find a cure for cancer as quickly as possible.
Gowestyounggrace takes fastest Maine final at Cumberland
The Maine faithful were out in force on Saturday when the Pine Tree State-bred freshmen battled for bragging rights in the $200,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes finals for 2-year-olds on the closing day of the iconic Cumberland Fair.
Competitive Opens Sunday at Hawthorne
A very competitive 10-horse Open trot field contest and a spirited Open with seven solid pacers going to gate takes over the betting public eyes on Sunday’s 13-race card at Hawthorne.