Hidalgo, a $600,000 purchase at the Harrisburg Yearling Sale, continued to return on his connections’ considerable investment Friday night at The Meadowlands by remaining unbeaten in two lifetime starts on an evening that saw nine $25,000 leg one divisions of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-olds of each sex and gait.
Author: by Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations
Ohio 2-Year-Old Ohio Sires Stakes action kicks off this weekend
Ohio freshman pacers and filly trotters will open Ohio Sires Stakes action at Eldorado Scioto Downs and MGM Northfield Park on Saturday and Sunday night (July 13 and 14).
First leg of BSS for 2CP at Scioto Downs
Brett Miller took three divisions of the first leg of Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old colt pacers at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday. Each of the seven splits went for $20,000.
This JK Rocks, Hopeyaliketheshow Dazzle in stakes action at Harrah’s Hoosier Park
Two-year-old pacing colts took center stage at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with their first leg of Indiana Sire Stakes on Friday,
Kimelman and Verruso win MADC races at The Big M
With just two MADC races carded Friday night (one pace and one trot), the betting public was treated to ideal racing conditions and 14 races in total. Both events were exciting, well bet and had the publics’ top betting selections in both events not finishing first, technically.
Sisco ‘Kid’ rides again in Meadows GLADA trot
Allen Sisco “Kid” sent Golden Compass aggressively toward the front from post nine, found a seat second and rallied through the Lightning Lane to spring the 18-1 shocker in Friday’s $10,000 leg of the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association (GLADA) Trot at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
Wapiti Blue Chip sets track record 1:54.2 in Meadows PASS
Wapiti Blue Chip took control at the quarter and kept right on marching, scoring in a track record 1:54.2 in Friday’s (July 12) $163,135 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
Fifth Circuit rules HISA unconstitutional – again
On Friday (July 5), the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals again ruled that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) is unconstitutional, dealing yet another blow to the controversial piece of legislation. This new ruling follows a Fifth Circuit decision in November 2022 that also found HISA unconstitutional.
Goshen weekend races to be livestreamed on YouTube
This weekend’s races from Friday (July 5) through Sunday (July 7) at Goshen Historic Track will be livestreamed on the track’s YouTube channel.
Sparks Fly upsets in Oak Grove Open; incident in finale
Atlee Bender and Erv Miller trainee Sparks Fly persisted through a first-over push to clinch a tight win in the $40,000 Open Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday afternoon.