Dressed To Kill (Aaron Byron) captured the $10,000 featured fillies and mares pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (Aug. 8).
Author: by John Horne, for Tioga Downs
Unusual Clarity, Forty G’s win Vernon features
Unusual Clarity (Ron Harp) and Forty G’s (Roman Lopez) grabbed victory in their respective co-featured events at Vernon Downs on Friday (Aug. 8).
Burke sweeps Philly PASS with Sweet Lou fillies
The only thing that Ron Burke might like better than winning stakes races is winning stakes races with offspring of Sweet Lou. On Friday afternoon (Aug. 8) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, two 2-year-old pacing fillies from the Burke Brigade swept the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes third preliminary round during a card where $216,216 was up for grabs in stakes action.
Dandy Ideal nets NYSS hat trick
Dandy Ideal won for the third straight time in New York Sire Stakes competition when he captured Friday night’s (Aug. 8) $174,000 event for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers at MGM Yonkers Raceway in 1:51.3.
Speed, repeat winners do well at Honesdale (Pa.)
The Pennsylvania fair harness racing circuit journeyed to the northeast corner of the state this Wednesday and Thursday (Aug. 6-7) for two days of fair racing at the Wayne County Fair, where director of racing Jeff Firmstone and his board annually supplement the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes racing with a free-for-all event on each gait.
Miki And Minnie scores in Philly PASS
Sophomore pacing filly Miki And Minnie, just named No. 1 in the North American Top 10 polls, didn’t take long to show the talent that earned her that spot, winning the single third-round Pennsylvania Sire Stakes event held Thursday (Aug. 7) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
OHHA to stream Hartford (Ohio) Fair races
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will continue its 2025 Ohio county fair racing season with live-streaming coverage from the two-day Hartford Fair meet in Croton, Ohio, on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 8-9).
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for Aug. 8
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at the Meadowlands on Friday night (Aug. 8).
Beckwith youngest ever Big M driving champ
Things went about as well as they could have for driver Brett Beckwith during 2024. And one could make a strong case that 2025 is going even better.
Brandon Blvd remains undefeated at Red Mile
On Wednesday (Aug. 6), the Red Mile hosted two cards due to inclement weather on the previous day. The first card originally consisted of 12 races, but only stakes events were contested. Brandon Blvd remained undefeated in the sole $80,000 second-round leg of the Kentucky Championship Series for freshman male pacers.