The 2024 Goshen Yearling Sale will be held at 12 noon on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Mark Ford Training Center, in Middletown, N.Y., and the roster of yearlings being offered this year are currently being looked over by many interested parties in person, on video and in the catalog. However, no one has observed these horses closer than the respective managers of each farm. Here are some opinions they have offered about who stands out to them from their consignments.
Author: by Tim Bojarski, for Goshen Standardbred Sales
Frosh fillies featured Wednesday in Batavia NYSS
The last New York Sire Stakes stop of 2024 at Batavia Downs will be on Wednesday evening (Aug. 28) when five 2-year-old trotting fillies will compete in one $102,500 division.
Kathleen Mattison, 75, dies
Kathleen Jane “Kathy” Mattison, 75, of Hinsdale, N.H., died at home with family on Aug. 19, 2024, after a nearly yearlong battle with cancer.
Dual carryovers Wed. at Northfield
Monday night’s (Aug. 26) Pick-5 at MGM Northfield Park went unsolved, resulting in a $2,823 carryover. The pool will roll over to the midweek Wednesday night (Aug. 28) special.
BJM’s Lil Man comes up big in Batavia NYSS
BJM’s Lil Man was solid from start to finish and grabbed the winner’s share of the $102,500 purse in Wednesday’s (Aug. 21) New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old male trotters at Batavia Downs.
The Beaudenblues N, Bourbon Courage win at Pocono
The Beaudenblues N picked up his first U.S. victory in the $15,000 pacing section of Tuesday afternoon’s (Aug. 20) featured class at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania while trotter Bourbon Courage got back into the win column after an absence of almost two years.
Swan In Motion takes Harrington feature
Howard Taylor’s Swan In Motion ($13.60, Victor Kirby) was a 1:55.2 wire-to-wire winner in the $22,500 Free-For-All Trot on Tuesday (Aug. 20) at Harrington Raceway.
Top Jug Contenders: Week No. 3
For the next four weeks, Little Brown Jug publicity director Jay Wolf will rank the top 10 horses eligible for the 79th edition of the $800,000 (est.) Little Brown Jug, to be contested on Thursday, Sept. 19.
Turn The Page N strikes again at Plainridge
For the second week in a row, Turn The Page N came from off the pace to capture the $25,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Aug. 20).
Dancin Champion lights up the board; Date Night Hanover dominates in KYSS
Dancin Champion and Date Night Hanover captured their respective $80,000 third-round legs of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series on Tuesday (Aug. 20) at the Red Mile.