Longtime Delaware driving champion Eddie Davis, now 79, won the first race on the Harrington Raceway program Tuesday (April 25) with Kathy Davis’ Missstarofnova ($27.80).
Author: by Matt Sparacino, for Harrington Raceway
McSeaside proves best in Hackett filly final
McSeaside, the 2022 Ohio Sires Stakes champion who banked $295,614 through her 2-year-old season, passed the first major test of her sophomore season with a 1:51.4 win in the $50,000 James K. Hackett Memorial for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Miami Valley on Tuesday (April 25).
Athearn scores 800th driving win
Driver Matthew Athearn reached a career milestone at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (April 25), winning the fifth race with Dandy’s Everlasting (1:52.4, $5.00) in a new lifetime mark to claim his 800th driving win.
Elegant Dulupin FR wins Game Of Claims trot final
Elegant Dulupin FR took full advantage of the rail in Tuesday’s (April 25) $40,000 Game Of Claims Series championship for $25,000 claiming trotters at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, going wire-to-wire for driver Mark MacDonald while taking a new mark of 1:55.
New pop-up series for claimers at Yonkers
MGM Yonkers Raceway has created a new pop-up series to test the versatility of claiming fillies and mares.
Velocity Poprocks sweeps to Miami Valley Open triumph
Velocity Poprocks, who competed in a $50,000 claiming race just a month ago, completed his climb through the ranks with a win in the Sunday (April 23) $33,000 Open I at Miami Valley. The 8-year-old son of Pet Rock equaled his lifetime best of 1:50.2 for driver Austin Hanners, trainer Steve Carter and relatively new Standardbred owner Richard Mamie.
Springfield (Ill.) to host qualifiers Friday
Qualifiers will be held at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, in Springfield, Ill., on Friday (April 28) at 11 a.m. CDT, weather permitting.
Talent aplenty at Philly on Sunday
Features for all types of horses — trotters and pacers, fast-class veterans and developing younger stock — helped close out the racing week at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon (April 23).
Graffam takes Spring Fling No. 2 with The Bird Dance N
Nick Graffam continued his quest toward the 1,000-win plateau on Saturday (April 22) at Cumberland, winning the featured $7,500 Spring Fling Late Closer No. 2 elimination with The Bird Dance N in grand fashion.
Major Leaguer captures Vernon Downs feature
Major Leaguer and Jimmy Whittemore took the featured $7,500 pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (April 22).