Week two of 2-year-olds competing in the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes at Plainridge Park got underway on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 3), and Rocknroll Lou (Sweet Lou-Beautiful Lady) made history in three different categories with an impressive effort in the $75,000 division for male pacers.
Author: by Tim Bojarski, for the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts
Daryl Glazer, 62, dies
Daryl Glazer, 62, died Sept. 28, 2023, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, after a months-long bout with leukemia.
Tattoo Artist extends streak to five with Dayton Derby win
Double millionaire Tattoo Artist rolled to his fifth consecutive victory with a 1:48 win in Saturday’s (Sept. 30) $240,000 Dayton Pacing Derby.
Antonacci family purchases Kentucky farm
The Antonacci family of Lindy Farms is pleased to announce the purchase of a new Standardbred and Thoroughbred farm on Bryan Station Road in Lexington, Ky.
Mommamia Volo rips swiftest victory in King Of The North Bluegrass
Kentucky Sire Stakes champion Mommamia Volo notched another Lexington victory with a vicious final-quarter charge when taking the second of three divisions of the $234,000 King Of The North Bluegrass Stakes, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, in 1:51 on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30) at the Red Mile.
Sylvia Hanover soars in Papi Rob Hanover Bluegrass
Canada’s star pacing filly Sylvia Hanover exacted revenge on her 2-5 rival Twin B Joe Fresh in the second of two divisions of the $159,000 Papi Rob Hanover Bluegrass Stakes, getting the jump and out-kicking her foe to the finish of a 1:48.1 mile on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30) at the Red Mile.
Great Lake Stakes, Open Pace highlighted at Northville
A trio of $20,000 Great Lake Stakes were contested on Saturday evening (Sept. 30) at Northville Downs in addition to the weekly $9,500 Open Pace.
Tomas changes tactics, wins Vernon Open
Tomas and Artie Dick captured the $9,000 Open Pace on Saturday (Sept. 30) at Vernon Downs.
Rocknroll Runa A scorches Batavia oval in 1:51.2
After winning three consecutive Open Paces at Yonkers over the summer, Rocknroll Runa A had been in a bit of a slump in his last four outings, only hitting the board once. That all changed at Batavia Downs on Saturday night (Sept. 30) when he took advantage of a perfect trip and posted a convincing victory in the featured $15,000 Open Handicap Pace.
Calabrese last to first in AHDC Trot
Turbochargedpete and driver John Calabrese crossed the half-mile mark last of eight, but when the field swung back around for the finish, he was in charge of the pack and won the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30).