The fields were drawn Tuesday (Sept. 16) for two of Harrah’s Hoosier Park’s signature events — the $179,500 Harrah’s Hoosier Park Pacing Derby, and $200,000 Caesars Trotting Classic presented by Kountry Lane Standardbreds — which will take place Friday (Sept. 19). Two full fields of 10 will go postward, with the red-hot Lexus Kody headlining Friday night’s trotting feature.
Author: by Jacob Rheinheimer, for Harrah 's Hoosier Park
Big Ranger stays undefeated with OBC score
Two of Ohio’s top freshman colt trotters, Big Ranger and Ready Russell, finally clashed in the same division of the $140,440 Ohio Breeders Championship on Tuesday (Sept. 16) at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds.
UMH Properties to sponsor 55th Jugette
The Little Brown Jug Society is pleased to announce that UMH Properties, Inc. has been named the sponsor of the Grade 1 Jugette, for 3-year-old pacing fillies.
Diplomacy, Tetrick shine Thursday at Philly
The Muscle Hill gelding Diplomacy, who had displayed a pattern of breaking in every other start, continued that trend by following up on a miscue with a wire-to-wire victory in 1:55.3, looking more like the $425,000 yearling purchase that he was, in the $13,500 featured trot for up-and-coming horses at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday (Sept. 11).
Massey wins five Wednesday at Hastings
Kody Massey added five driving wins to his total on Wednesday (Sept. 10) at Northville Downs at the Barry Expo Center. This brought his season total to 25 as he currently commands the drivers’ standings, leading his next closest rival, David Lake, who has 12 wins on the meet.
Ragtime Red reels off another Harrington win
David Banks’ Ragtime Red ($21.40, Allan Davis) won her fifth straight race in Tuesday’s (Sept. 9) $18,000 Fillies and Mares Open at Harrington Raceway, stopping the timer in 1:54.3.
Quick trotters, long shots top Tuesday Pocono card
Favorites won both divisions of the $11,000 claiming handicap trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Tuesday (Sept. 9), and their times were within one-fifth of a second of each other – but a pair of bombers who returned in excess of $50 provided some diversity during the afternoon’s proceedings.
September Hoof Beats: Hambletonian Hat Trick
The September issue of Hoof Beats features a closer look inside Nordic Catcher S’ record-breaking win in the 100th edition of the Grade 1 Hambletonian Stakes, held last month at the Meadowlands.
Hoof Beats: Insidious Enemy
The primary concern of horsepeople is, and should be, to get their steed to the winner’s circle in the next race. Still, many horsepeople seem too naïve to discern the decoupling game plan that is slowly being implemented.
Favorites prevail in Simcoe; Windor surprises in Champlain
Odds-on chalks Ayeaye Captain Deo and Crack Shot found the winner’s circle in their respective divisions of the Grade 3 C$159,124 Simcoe Stakes for 3-year-old pacing males on Saturday night (Sept. 6) at Woodbine Mohawk Park while the single division of the Grade 3 C$159,745 Champlain Stakes for 2-year-old pacing males went the way of a 29-1 upset by Windor.