Driver Jim Pantaleano won three of Tuesday’s (April 4) five $20,000 first-round divisions of the Game Of Claims Series for $25,000 trotters — two of them trained by Scott Betts — at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Fourth-round Borgata showdowns set
The fourth of five MGM Borgata Pacing Series preliminary rounds will be featured next Monday night (April 10) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Twenty horses were entered for this leg, resulting in three $50,000 divisions (races three, six and eight).
Warren wins six on Shenandoah opening weekend
The first ever spring harness season at Shenandoah Downs kicked off Saturday (April 1) as local trainer Betsy Brown reached the winner’s circle in the initial race with Terry’s Watching, runner-up in the 2022 Virginia Breeders 2-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Trot Championship. Todd Warren drove the Charlie De Vie gelding in his first start this year for locally-based owner James Brown.
Heinikin Bythebay upsets at Dover; Morgan, Columbo take meet titles
Heinikin Bythebay held off a late challenge from 3-2 favorite Island Of The Sea to win the final $27,500 Blue Hen/Open Handicap Pace of the 2022-23 season at Bally’s Dover and spring a 10-1 upset in the closing night (Thursday, March 30) feature.
Ed Telle, 76, dies
Edward Eugene Telle, of Orlando, Fla., age 76, of Orlando, Florida passed away at his home on March 17, 2023. He was 76.
Marloe Hanover impressive in Miami Valley Mares Open
It has been awhile since Marloe Hanover reached the winner’s circle following a Mares Open at Miami Valley, but only because her stablemate Alexa Skye has been dominant in recent weeks in the feature event. In the $30,000 Mares Open on Thursday (March 30), she resumed her prolific winning ways with a gate-to-wire win in 1:51 for driver Trace Tetrick and trainer Virgil Morgan Jr.
Night Terror cruises in DSBF late closer
Night Terror romped as the 1-2 favorite in the $51,900 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund late closing series final for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings, held Thursday (March 30) at Bally’s Dover.
John Brennan Trotting Series begins Wednesday
With the MGM Borgata Series and Blue Chip Matchmaker Series, both for pacers, underway, the trotting set will join the action at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Wednesday night (April 5) with six $25,000 divisions of the opening round of the John Brennan Series.
Dan Patch winners headline Jug, Jugette eligibles
The 2022 Dan Patch Award-winning Stockade Seelster and Breeders Crown champion Ammo lead a group of 105 sophomore colts and geldings that remain eligible for this year’s 78th edition of the Little Brown Jug.
Good Bet is a “good bet” in Endurance
The 2022 American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) High Mileage Standardbred, presented by the United States Trotting Association, is Good Bet. The now 14-year-old Bettor’s Delight gelding earned nearly $300,000 on the track but has found his second stride in the endurance world with new owner Lindsay Toms.