It was a barrage of Indiana Sire Stakes action on Friday (Aug. 21) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, with rookie trotting fillies and pacing colts in action, to go along with the 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. A few horsemen dominated the proceedings, with the Erv and Alvin Miller barns combining to take half of the 14 races, while driver John De Long tallied five wins on the evening.
Author: by Jacob Rheinheimer, for Harrah 's Hoosier Park
‘Wrong’ proves right in Big M’s Garden State
Wrong Sounds Right picked up his third win in his last four tries Friday night (Aug. 21) at The Meadowlands after taking the featured $80,000 Garden State for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the trot.
Roy Sweeps Whenuwishuponastar, Dream Maker Finals
Louis-Philippe Roy nabbed the pair of Grade 3 events for pacing freshman at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night (Aug. 21), winning the $120,000 Dream Maker Final with undefeated colt Shalom Hanover and the $125,000 Whenuwishuponastar Final with filly Treacherous Nova.
Detonater Hanover tops Wellwood elims; Athenas Girl quickest in Peaceful Way elims
Trotting freshman sparred in a pair of eliminations for the Grade 1 William Wellwood Memorial and Peaceful Way Stakes on Friday (Aug. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with Detonater Hanover and Gios Hope taking the Wellwood elims while Dataprivacy and Fashion Athena scored in the Peaceful Way elims.
Fillister Photo flies home to win Thursday Aces feature
It was ladies night on the track at Running Aces on Thursday (Aug. 20) and Fillister Photo stole the show with an impressive stretch rally to capture the $17,000 Mares Open Handicap pace as a 12-1 upset winner
Baby trotters star Wednesday, rainout Thursday at Dayton (PA) Fair
If Zeus, the Greek god of the weather, visited much of Pennsylvania Thursday afternoon (Aug. 20), he was not very kind with a plentitude of showers, including enough moisture to cancel the Thursday program for Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes 3-year-olds at the Dayton (PA) Fair.
Meadows entries for week of Aug. 24
Due to a backstretch maintenance project, The Meadows’ Race Office is encouraging trainers to enter horses for the week of Aug. 24 primarily via the USTA’s online system.
USTA Director nominations due October 1
Twenty U.S. Trotting Association membership director seats are scheduled for election on Tuesday, December 8, 2026. USTA members interested in seeking election to the Board of Directors may declare their candidacy by filing a written nomination petition with the USTA.
Handicappers look for triple threat in Big M contest
The Meadowlands Monthly Handicapping Contest sports a serious pot of gold at the end of an 11-month rainbow, and three of the contest’s regular players are out to improve their chances of hitting big, as in 10 times big.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for Friday, Aug. 21
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at the Meadowlands on Friday (Aug. 21).