Due to heavy rain overnight rendering the track unsafe, Saturday’s (July 6) 17-race card at the Eaton County Fairgrounds, in Charlotte, Mich., has been canceled.
Author: from the Michigan Harness Horsemen's Association
Case puts on driving clinic at Cumberland
Walter Case Jr., the 12th-ranked driver on the all-time dash wins list, added six victories to his lifetime total on Friday (July 5) at Cumberland Raceway, bringing him to 11,395.
Tellmeitmatters, Sabonis extend streaks in Indiana Sires Stakes
Tellmeitmatters and Sabonis delivered as the favorites and extended their winning streaks in their respective fourth-round divisions of the Indiana Sires Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Friday (July 5) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Ascendance supreme again in Big M’s Kindergarten
The term “ascendance” is synonymous with dominance. It just so happens that trainer Linda Toscano has a horse by the same name who lived up to that synonym Friday night (July 5) at the Meadowlands in leg two of the Kindergarten Series.
Dame Good Time posts Zweig upset; T C I saves fourth after break
After sitting off dueling leaders through the far turn, John Cummins’ homebred Dame Good Time hooked three-wide out of the pocket in upper stretch and vaulted to a 17-1 upset in the $300,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial, for 3-year-old trotters, on Thursday (July 4) at Vernon Downs.
Stable Genius tops Philly trotting feature
Stable Genius just missed as the favorite in last week’s top trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia, but this week, driver Todd McCarthy raced the Muscle Mass gelding on the lead, and the pair combined for a three-quarter-length decision over Chake in Thursday’s (July 4) $15,000 winners-over handicap trot at the southeast Pennsylvania oval.
Athearn sweeps top trots at Plainridge
Harness racing’s newest $10-million man, driver Matty Athearn, kept his momentum going on Thursday (July 4) at Plainridge Park as he scored a hat trick at the lines, including wins in both featured trots.
Future stars score at Pocono Tuesday
Three $15,000 contests for horses headed upwards on the class ladder highlighted the Tuesday (July 2) afternoon card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Batavia stall applications available online
Stall applications for the upcoming 56-day summer-fall harness racing meet at Batavia Downs are available online at bataviadownsgaming.com under the “Live Racing” tab.
‘Abuckabett’ cashes in Brower Memorial
Driver Dexter Dunn perched himself into a second-over tow with Abuckabett Hanover and vaulted to the lead in the stretch to grab gold in the $152,190 Dave Brower Memorial with a 1:47.3 mile on Saturday night (June 29) at the Meadowlands.