Sensational, coming to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania after stops at Plainridge and Lexington, combined his principal two traits as of late – extreme speed and going off stride – and managed to rally to a dramatic 1:56.4 victory in one of two $15,500 divisions of Tuesday’s (Oct. 14) featured trot at the mountain oval over “good” going in cool temperatures.
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Warren’s Charm scores DSBF upset
Rodney Wyatt and Jason Skinner’s Warren’s Charm ($14.80, Art Stafford Jr.) was a 1:55.4 winner in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) 2-year-old pacing filly final at Harrington Raceway on Tuesday (Oct. 14).
Baystate paces featured Tuesday at Plainridge
With the big Nor’easter safely out to sea, live harness racing resumed at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 14) with two Baystate TrackMaster tilts topping the ticket on a breezy, damp afternoon.
Kent ‘Chip’ Hastings, 77, dies
James Kent “Chip” Hastings, 77, of Delaware, Ohio, died Oct. 10, 2025, at his home.
Harrington cancels Monday races; DSBF final rescheduled
Due to sloppy conditions from the recent storm impacting the Mid-Atlantic region, live racing at Harrington Raceway has been canceled for Monday (Oct. 13).
Favorites roll in DSBF splits; Tetrick doubles
Just Applause and Odds On Put Option, both driven by Tim Tetrick, won their respective $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund divisions for 2-year-olds on Tuesday (Oct. 7) at Harrington Raceway to complete a sweep of the two preliminary legs.
Four in a row for Two Birds Onestone
On Tuesday’s (Oct. 7) harness racing program at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, Two Birds Onestone and driver Jennifer Main won their fourth start in a row since coming to the Hastings, Mich., oval.
My Degenerate sets multiple records in Mass. stakes
The $2.4 million Massachusetts Breeders Stakes returned to Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 7) with seven events featuring 3-year-old trotters and pacers. The undoubted star of the show was My Degenerate (Muscle Hill-Decadence), who set new stakes and track records and became the fastest 3-year-old trotting gelding ever bred in the Bay State after going gate-to-wire in the lone $75,000 trotting division for colts and geldings, stopping the clock in 1:53.1.
Bay Breeze Hanover breezes to Pocono victory
The 3-year-old Bar Hopping filly Bay Breeze Hanover turned in the race of her life in Tuesday’s (Oct. 7) $15,500 featured trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, overcoming a hard trip while posting a lifetime best of 1:54.3.
October Hoof Beats: Shining Star
The October issue of Hoof Beats features Brett Beckwith, who, on the heels of his first Meadowlands driving premiership, will represent the United States at the 2025 World Driving Championship, held next month in New Zealand.