On Tuesday (Oct. 6), the colt Quantum Mobility, by Tactical Landing out of the French mare Bronza, was sold at auction in Caen, in France’s Normandy region, for 36,000 euros.
Author: by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA senior newsroom correspondent
Freshmen featured Tuesday at Pocono
Two-year-olds were in the spotlight on Tuesday (Oct. 6) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with a $16,000 event for each freshman group divided by gait and sex.
Gingras scores Mass. stakes grand slam
There was $330,500 in purse money up for grabs on Tuesday (Oct. 6) at Plainridge Park as the second week of the $3.2 million (est.) Massachusetts Breeders Stakes continued. Tuesday showcased the 3-year-old class of Massachusetts-breds in six divisions, two each per gender for pacers and one each for trotters.
Ohio Triple Crown champ to Red Mile
Ron Burke trainee Cleveland Darby, who swept the Ohio Triple Crown with wins in the Ohio State Fair, Ohio Sires Stakes Championship and the Ohio Breeders Championship, looks for five wins in a row when she comes to the Red Mile to compete in the $163,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies, sponsored by The Cuddy Farms, on Thursday (Oct. 8).
Handsoffmytitos stuns in Batavia nightcap
There’s nothing like cashing a big ticket on your way out of the track, and Handsoffmytitos provided that opportunity for the betting faithful in the 11th race at Batavia Downs on Thursday (Oct. 1) after he captured the $8,000 conditioned pacing finale at 35-1.
Harnessing Hope in Maine
Harnessing Hope returns to the Cumberland Fair this weekend.
Surreal Spirit takes life mark in Plainridge pace
Surreal Spirit was the third leading point earner among 3-year-old pacing fillies in the New York Sire Stakes series this year and started in the $300,000 final on Sept. 12. But after getting parked the better part of the mile, she made an unfortunate break. However, 19 days later, on Thursday (Oct. 1), Surreal Spirit was back on her game and won the featured $19,000 pace for 5-year-old and under participants at Plainridge Park — and she did it with a lifetime-best performance.
Lifetime Dreamer romps in Bluegrass rookie trot
World champion Lifetime Dreamer, who set the global mark for 2-year-old trotting geldings with a 1:51.1 victory on Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands, returned to the winner’s circle with an open-length victory on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 1) in the first $91,000 Bluegrass division – sponsored by the Captain Corey Syndicate and Hanover Shoe Farms – of four splits for 2-year-old trotting males at the Red Mile.
Seaside Ubeaut bounds to Bluegrass victory
Odds-on chalk Seaside Ubeaut vaulted off a picturesque covered trip and equaled her career best with a 1:49.2 victory in the second of two divisions of the $236,480 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 1) at the Red Mile.
DSBF 3-year-old stakes action Tuesday at Harrington Raceway
Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund stakes action continued Tuesday (Sept. 29) at Harrington Raceway with three $20,000 divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies.