Horsepeople are advised that, due to a conflict caused by preseason NFL football at MetLife Stadium, the Garden State Trot No. 8, sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey, has been rescheduled to Friday, Aug. 15, at the Meadowlands.
Author: from the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey
Fast Choice, Smooth Dream lead Winbak stars in G2 Milstein
Fans don’t often hear about the beginnings of the lives of harness racing champions. Winbak Farm, second in North America in 2025 earnings and wins of horses they have bred, is one farm who shares the beginnings of many of their foals by posting pictures and updates on their multiple social media platforms and website. And In Saturday’s (Aug. 9) Grade 2 $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial, at MGM Northfield Park, they account for two of the top 3-year-olds entered: Fast Choice and Smooth Dream.
Sabonis sensational in Grade 2 Dan Patch
The Hoosier homecoming was a victorious one for Sabonis as the Indiana-bred returned to Harrah’s Hoosier Park for the first time in 2025 to post a 1:49.2 win in the Grade 2 $300,000 Dan Patch Stakes, presented by Indiana Standardbred Breed Development, on Friday (Aug. 8).
Perfect Sting progeny stun in Home Grown
In the wake of PA Perfect’s 20-1 upset in the $50,000 Home Grown for 2-year-old pacing fillies, Everlast Sting Deo refused to be outdone and threw down a vicious :26 sprint home to break his maiden in the $48,000 Home Grown for 2-year-old male pacers and give sire Perfect Sting a sweep of Friday’s (Aug. 8) co-featured events at the Meadowlands.
Dressed To Kill fires late for Tioga win
Dressed To Kill (Aaron Byron) captured the $10,000 featured fillies and mares pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (Aug. 8).
Unusual Clarity, Forty G’s win Vernon features
Unusual Clarity (Ron Harp) and Forty G’s (Roman Lopez) grabbed victory in their respective co-featured events at Vernon Downs on Friday (Aug. 8).
Burke sweeps Philly PASS with Sweet Lou fillies
The only thing that Ron Burke might like better than winning stakes races is winning stakes races with offspring of Sweet Lou. On Friday afternoon (Aug. 8) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, two 2-year-old pacing fillies from the Burke Brigade swept the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes third preliminary round during a card where $216,216 was up for grabs in stakes action.
Dandy Ideal nets NYSS hat trick
Dandy Ideal won for the third straight time in New York Sire Stakes competition when he captured Friday night’s (Aug. 8) $174,000 event for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers at MGM Yonkers Raceway in 1:51.3.
Speed, repeat winners do well at Honesdale (Pa.)
The Pennsylvania fair harness racing circuit journeyed to the northeast corner of the state this Wednesday and Thursday (Aug. 6-7) for two days of fair racing at the Wayne County Fair, where director of racing Jeff Firmstone and his board annually supplement the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes racing with a free-for-all event on each gait.
Miki And Minnie scores in Philly PASS
Sophomore pacing filly Miki And Minnie, just named No. 1 in the North American Top 10 polls, didn’t take long to show the talent that earned her that spot, winning the single third-round Pennsylvania Sire Stakes event held Thursday (Aug. 7) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.