M-M’s Dream, Lexus Kody, Twin B Joe Fresh, and Ervin Hanover were winners in $250,000 Dayton Derby graded stakes Saturday night (Sept. 27) at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway.
Author: by Jay Wolf, for Dayton Raceway
Batavia stars were Makes Me Charlie, Lyons Surfing and Jim Morrill Jr.
Twin Opens valued at $12,800 each were featured at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Sept. 27) evening and fast times were turned in by their respective winners.
Unusual Clarity hangs on to win feature at Vernon
Unusual Clarity (Steeven Genois) won the $7,500 feature fillies & mares pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (Sept. 27).
Manolete outpaces older foes in Pocono feature
The 3-year-old Manolete took no backseat to his elders in the $20,000 fast-class pacing feature at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday (Sept. 27), with the son of Cattlewash taking both his second straight win at the northeast Pennsylvania oval and a new mark of 1:49.2.
Meadowlands Racetrack closed for Simulcasting on Tuesday
Due to a water main break on Paterson Plank Road, the Meadowlands Racetrack will be closed for simulcasting on Tuesday (Sept. 30, at 9 am until Wednesday (Oct.1).
Faze upsets, Champagne Room rips in Bluegrass Filly Pace
Faze flung forward off a pocket trip through a seam at the pylons to deliver a 15-1 upset with a 1:49 effort in the first of two divisions for the $171,000 Papi Rob Hanover Bluegrass 3-Year-Old Filly Pace, sponsored by the Papi Rob Hanover Syndicate and Hanover Shoe Farms, on Saturday (Sept. 27) at The Red Mile.
Delaney Hanover upends Yo Tillie in Bluegrass Filly Trot
Lucas Wallin trainee Delaney Hanover pushed through a gap at the pylons off a pocket trip to outsprint first-over 1-5 favorite Yo Tillie and handed her the first defeat of her season in a 1:50.2 mile to win the last of four divisions for the $294,200 Bluegrass 3-Year-Old Filly Trot – a division sponsored by Marvin Katz – on Saturday (Sept. 27) at The Red Mile.
Prince Hal Hanover rebounds with win in Bluegrass Male Pace
Adios and Carl Milstein Memorial champ Prince Hal Hanover returned from a defeat in the Little Brown Jug and stretched his speed for a dominant 1:47.2 performance to win the second of three divisions for the $212,000 Bluegrass 3-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Pace – a division sponsored by Anvil and Lace Farm – on Saturday (Sept. 27) at The Red Mile.
Maine trotters roll, frosh finals on tap at Cumberland
Maine’s sophomore trotters rolled through their penultimate leg of Pine Tree State-bred action on Friday (Sept 26) at the Cumberland Fair, while the track gears up for Saturday’s (Sept. 27) $340,000-plus Freshmen Finals.