Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Village was the host track for the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association-sponsored Stallion Stakes with four walkovers for 2-year-olds and a trio of two horse events and one solo race with a quintet of entries for 3-year-olds.
Author: by John Berry, for the FSBOA
Open Trot, Pick-4 carryover at Cal Expo
Mandeville and Body Armor, who gave owner-trainer Gerry Longo a one-two finish in last week’s Open Trot, head the cast for Sunday night’s (Nov. 26) $8,800 main event at Cal Expo.
Top pacers to battle at Cumberland
Before the so-called “Race of the Year” with likely Horse of the Year Confederate facing older foes at the Meadowlands in Saturday’s (Nov. 25) $350,000 FanDuel Championship, Cumberland Raceway will host what could be described as “Maine’s Thanksgiving Tussle” as some of the best pacers in New England go head-to-head in the $6,500 Winners-Over Pace on Saturday.
Crystal Fashion seals the deal at Bally’s Dover
Crystal Fashion followed second-over cover and won the Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover on Tuesday night (Nov. 21).
Trout Master reels in LG’s Jaxon, springs DSBF upset
After spending the first half mile at the back of the main body of the field, Trout Master circled three-wide into the far turn and reeled in 6-5 joint favorite LG’s Jaxon to spring a 17-1 upset in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for 2-year-old male trotters on Wednesday (Nov. 21) at Bally’s Dover.
Tuesday triple feature at Plainridge
Three $15,000 conditioned races topped the program at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 21) with solid mutuels being yielded in two of them.
Platinum Proposal collars Going Platinum, upsets in DSBF final
After pulling away to an 8-1 upset in second-round preliminary action, Nanticoke Racing and Delbert Cain’s Platinum Proposal upset again — this time at 18-1 — in the $110,000 Marv Bachrad Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for 2-year-old trotting fillies, held Monday (Nov. 20) at Bally’s Dover.
Meadows Monday Memo: Nov. 20
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
USTA at Midwest Classic Mixed Sale
A USTA Member Services representative will be at the Midwest Classic Mixed Sale at the Michiana Event Center, in Shipshewana, Ind., on Tuesday (Nov. 21) to process ownership transfers, membership renewals and Hoof Beats subscriptions, and to onduct any other USTA business.
Echo De Meautis FR gets 13th win of Plainridge meet
Echo De Meautis FR, who is the winningest horse of the Plainridge Park 2023 meet, won again on Monday (Nov. 20) as he snared the featured $25,000 Open Trot in a hard-fought outing.