The Buckeye Fair Racing Consortium has announced its scholarship recipients for 2025.
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August Hoof Beats: 100 Years of Hambletonian History
The August issue of Hoof Beats is dedicated to the rich legacy of America’s Trotting Classic, the Hambletonian Stakes.
Hoof Beats: Front-Row Seat
I have always been an avid reader. When I first became enamored with harness racing, I eagerly awaited the Harness Horse, Horseman and Fair World and Hoof Beats, and I read them cover to cover.
Hoof Beats: Crowning Glory
Nine years ago, on Aug. 6, 2016, Marion Marauder’s straight-heat win in the 91st edition of the Hambletonian Stakes kicked off his sweep of the Trotting Triple Crown, making him only the ninth horse in harness racing history to win the Hambletonian, the Yonkers Trot and the Kentucky Futurity. And through his six-season career on the track, he amassed $3,392,609 in North American purses—the seventh best of all time among trotters— and became a fan favorite worthy of honor in harness racing’s Living Horse Hall of Fame, a distinction he received July 6 in Goshen, N.Y.
Camara Moment lunges to Big M upset
James Borke and Dewitt Stables’ Camara Moment rode the pocket to a mild 6-1 upset in Saturday’s (Aug. 9) co-featured $17,500 upper-level conditioned pace at the Meadowlands, stopping the clock in a seasonal best 1:50.3 and notching his sixth top-two finish in his last seven starts.
Pick-5 carryover, guarantee Mon. at Yonkers
No tickets were able to hit five-of-five in the Pick-5 on Saturday night (Aug. 9) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, triggering a $4,190.69 carryover and a $15,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence on Monday night (Aug. 11).
Duly Resolved wins Open Trot at Tioga
Duly Resolved (Tyler Miller) took the featured $15,000 Open Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (Aug. 9).
Capt Jack Hanover takes feature at Vernon
Capt Jack Hanover and trainer/driver John MacDonald captured the featured $7,500 pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (Aug. 9).
Setyoursightshigh goes for four in a row
On Monday (Aug. 11), the Red Mile will host a 16-race card with the spotlight on freshman filly trotters in two $80,000 divisions of the Kentucky Championship Series.
Fast miles and upsetters Saturday at Pocono
Sun Stakes Saturday, with its over $2 million in purses, will be taking place at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania next Saturday (Aug. 16). Based on the times turned in at the mountain oval this Saturday afternoon (Aug. 9) – seven of 11 paces beating 1:50, and both trots under 1:53 – the record books may be altered more than once on the big card.