Hey Hey Mama and Luke Hanners cruised to a 1-1/2-length victory — their third in a row — in Thursday’s (Nov. 20) $28,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Author: by Jay Wolf, for Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway
Watch Em Win wraps up DSBF series sweep
Watch Em Win made every call a winning one in the $110,000 final of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund series for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Bally’s Dover, asserting his dominance up the backstretch en route to a career-best and stakes record-tying 1:51.2 score on Thursday (Nov. 20).
Millionaire mares set for career curtain call
Harrah’s Hoosier Park will honor two of Indiana’s finest on Saturday (Nov. 22) as millionaire mares M-M’s Dream and Kobe’s Gigi will make their final career starts before beginning their broodmare careers.
$15k Pick-5 guarantee Fri. at Batavia
After no one hit the Pick-5 at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Nov. 19), there is a $6,143 carryover pool for that wager in the first race on Friday (Nov. 21).
USTA District 8A holds annual meeting
USTA District 8A chairperson Joe Faraldo and directors Mark Loewe and Joe Frasure hosted the annual District 8A meeting on Thursday (Nov. 20) via Zoom.
P L Pasquale goes life best in Baystate
P L Pasquale got his third win in a row on Thursday (Nov. 20) at Plainridge Park despite moving up in class each week, taking a new lifetime mark in the $25,000 Baystate Special.
Hey Porter takes victory in Philly feature
They were three across the track at the finish of the $13,500 conditioned trot for developing horses on Thursday (Nov. 20) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with the 3-year-old Greenshoe gelding Hey Porter taking advantage of the perfect trip to catch determined pacesetter Moni Buys Happynes by a neck while taking a new mark of 1:55.
Hilltop Sonar takes Dayton feature
Hilltop Sonar used a perfect pocket trip to overcome sloppy track conditions and nine rivals to take the $18,000 featured conditioned claiming trot on Tuesday (Nov. 18) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Paul Gsell, 87, dies
Paul Douglas Gsell, 87, of Crumpton, Md., died Nov. 17, 2025, at Corsica Hills, in Centreville, Md.
‘Thiskiss’ wins second-round DSBF showdown
On the heels of his 2:01 win in the first round, Thiskissformaryell withstood a late challenge from fellow opening-leg winner Topflight Champion to post a career-best 1:58.4 win in the first of two $20,000 second-round preliminary events in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund series for 2-year-old male trotters on Tuesday (Nov. 18) at Bally’s Dover.