Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel offered exciting racing from different angles in the sixth week of the meet with the elite of the sport coming to compete in opening-round stakes action on Monday (April 27) and longshot players finding plenty of opportunities on the Tuesday (April 28) card, which saw nearly all of the day’s multi-race wagers go unsolved.
Author: from Oak Grove Racing Publicity
Josias Santos wins in first-ever charted line
Josias Santos, a 48-year-old native of Brazil, must be thinking, “Harness racing – what an easy game. Where has it been all my life?”
Eldorado Scioto Downs 2026 meet starts May 7
Eldorado Scioto Downs kicks off their highly anticipated 2026 racing season on Thursday, May 7. Opening week races will be held Thursday-Saturday with a 5:15 p.m. first post and continue on a Tuesday-Saturday schedule through July.
New starter Toscano starts Friday at Big M
After a two-year hiatus from the game he’d been a part of for decades, Andy Toscano is back. Effective Friday (May 1), he will be the man facing the field in the car with the wings as the new starter at The Meadowlands.
Byron has natural hat trick at Saratoga Tuesday
Driver Aaron Byron recorded a natural hat trick on the Tuesday card (April 29) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
Brett Beckwith update 4/23
Meadowlands executive and USTA director Jason Settlemoir on Thursday (April 23) offered the following update on his Facebook page on driver Brett Beckwith:
2026 Graded Stakes schedule to kick off Thursday
The 2026 Graded Stakes schedule kicks off on Thursday (April 23) with four finals of the Restricted 3 James K. Hackett Memorial for Ohio-sired 3-year-olds at Miami Valley Raceway. Each has a purse of $75,000.
Hawthorne loan increased by court to include harness horsemen payments
A federal judge on April 20 issued a final order that will increase the debtor-in-possession loan available for Hawthorne Race Course to $20 million from $16 million through August 1. The racetrack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February of this year.
Retired Standardbred mounted police horse assists in apprehension of thief in NYC
A retired Standardbred racehorse, who was adopted by the New York City Police Department in 2020, assisted in the apprehension of a thief last week in Manhattan.
Saratoga new claiming requirement
The Saratoga Casino Hotel race office has announced that effective Saturday, April 25, 2026, any horse claimed at Saratoga Harness is required to race at Saratoga Harness for 60 (sixty) days.