Vernon Downs played host to three $7,500 features on Friday (Oct. 17).
Author: by John Horne, for Vernon Downs
Double Class, Cummings stand out at Batavia
Quick early quarters and readily available cover provided Double Class with the perfect storm for winning the $10,000 Class AA trotting feature at Batavia Downs on Friday (Oct. 17).
Blazing Home N lives up to name at Plainridge
Blazing Home N left the field looking at his heels as he darted to an impressive win in the featured $25,000 Open Pace at Plainridge Park on Thursday (Oct. 16).
Dayton feature to Gabbys Rockytop
Gabbys Rockytop used a patient drive from Emanuel Miller to score an upset victory in the featured $18,000 conditioned claiming trot on Tuesday (Oct. 14) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Sensational overcomes break, wins Pocono co-feature
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.
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.