Wet weather, a sloppy track and seven stout foes weren’t going to deter the hottest horse in North America as On To Norway marched first-over to his 22nd consecutive victory in the $49,200 Bally’s Randy for sophomore trotting colts on Friday (Nov. 21) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Author: by Jacob Rheinheimer, for Harrah 's Hoosier Park
Going Away up in time in Big M feature
Going Away escaped a tough trip when buried heading to three-quarters, found a seam to get clearance for the stretch drive, and unleashed a late rally to score in the Friday night (Nov. 21) feature at the Meadowlands, a TrackMaster 77.5 pace for fillies and mares.
Sir Pinocchio takes divisional record in Grand Prix split
Sir Pinocchio, Ari Ferrari J and Take All Comers were victorious in Friday night’s (Nov. 21) trio of $50,000 opening-leg divisions of the MGM Grand Prix Trotting Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
‘Darius,’ Itsoneofthose score Batavia feature wins
A pair of $10,000 Class AA trots were featured at Batavia Downs on Friday (Nov. 21) night, and both races had round-trip winners.
Dandy Ideal, Madden Oaks win Progress elims
Matron Stakes winner Dandy Ideal and Meadowlands Pace winner Madden Oaks punched their tickets to next week’s Grade 2 Progress Pace, for 3-year-olds, with victories in their respective $35,000 eliminations on Thursday (Nov. 20) at Bally’s Dover.
Hey Hey Mama cruises in Dayton distaff
Hey Hey Mama and Luke Hanners cruised to a 1-1/2-length victory — their third in a row — in Thursday’s (Nov. 20) $28,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Watch Em Win wraps up DSBF series sweep
Watch Em Win made every call a winning one in the $110,000 final of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund series for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Bally’s Dover, asserting his dominance up the backstretch en route to a career-best and stakes record-tying 1:51.2 score on Thursday (Nov. 20).
Millionaire mares set for career curtain call
Harrah’s Hoosier Park will honor two of Indiana’s finest on Saturday (Nov. 22) as millionaire mares M-M’s Dream and Kobe’s Gigi will make their final career starts before beginning their broodmare careers.
$15k Pick-5 guarantee Fri. at Batavia
After no one hit the Pick-5 at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Nov. 19), there is a $6,143 carryover pool for that wager in the first race on Friday (Nov. 21).
USTA District 8A holds annual meeting
USTA District 8A chairperson Joe Faraldo and directors Mark Loewe and Joe Frasure hosted the annual District 8A meeting on Thursday (Nov. 20) via Zoom.