It’s the opening day of the Du Quoin State Fair three-day harness racing meeting. For horsemen and their owners who participated on the summer long Illinois County Fair racetracks, it’s the most prominent program of the year, money-wise and for prestigious honors.
Author: by Mike Paradise, for the Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association
Yall Keep Dreaming, Brooksforreal repeat in Maryland Sire Stakes
After scoring first-round wins last week, Yall Keep Dreaming and Brooksforreal prevailed again as the odds-on favorites in their respective $10,000 Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries for 2-year-old colts and geldings on Sunday (Aug. 25) at Ocean Downs.
Pick-5 Jackpot hit for $39,587 at Running Aces
One lucky player solved the 20-cent Jackpot Pick-5 wager on Sunday night (Aug. 25) with the only winning ticket to take down the entire pool and carryover for a $39,587 score.
Marty Adler, 81, dies
Former Windsor Raceway track announcer and harness racing advocate Martyn ‘Marty’ Allan Adler passed away peacefully on Aug. 24, 2024 at the age of 81 after putting up a long and courageous fight with cancer.
Iron Throne wins USTA Roadster Classic
Iron Throne, whose show name is Deliverance, won the 27th Annual USTA Roadster Classic final at the World’s Championship Horse Show held during the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville on Thursday (Aug. 22).
Racing returns to the Meadowlands Friday, Aug. 30
Live horse racing returns to the Meadowlands Racetrack on Friday, Aug. 30, and runs through Saturday, Sept. 7, with a 6:20 p.m. post time. The NJ Classic Series highlights this brief four-day meet.
Majors Miracle masters the Mares Open at Aces
The Thursday night (Aug. 22) program at Running Aces featured top distaffers in the weekly $15,500 Fillies & Mares Open Handicap pace with a field of seven going postward in this week’s edition.
Empire Breeders Classic Pacers at Tioga on Sunday
The Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) will showcase the best New York bred sophomore pacers Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs.
NYSS 3-year-old trotters take the track at Batavia Saturday
It will be a New York Sire Stake double-header at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Aug. 24) night when both colt and gelding and filly divisions of 3-year-old trotters take the track to compete for a total purse of $233,300.
Cheese Omelet cooks up third straight at Ocean; Hall, Ahle triple
Cheese Omelet sat just off a contested pace before striking the front in upper stretch for a gutsy 1:54.3 win — his third in a row — in Thursday’s (Aug. 22) featured $8,500 conditioned pace at Ocean Downs, capping hat tricks for trainer Michael Hall and driver Johnathan Ahle in the act.