She’safirewoman and Seaside Shuffle both won impressively in $65,000 Ohio Sires Stakes action for 2-year-old filly pacers Friday (July 25) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
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Miss Fancy Nancy, Tarshish score in Indiana Sires Stakes
Round five of eight of Indiana Sires Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies served as the feature on Friday (July 25) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with Miss Fancy Nancy and Tarshish maintaining their razor-sharp form of late in their respective divisions.
Update: Oskaloosa (Iowa) fair races canceled
The Iowa-sired races scheduled for Saturday (July 26) and overnight races scheduled for Sunday (July 27) at Oskaloosa, Iowa, have been canceled due to poor track conditions.
Devilish ‘Diabolic’ dominant in NJSS
Friday night (July 25) at the Meadowlands, the Annie Stoebe-trained Diabolic Hill gave his foes a devil of a time, shrugging off post 10 in just his third lifetime start — all victories — to win easily in 1:54 on a program that featured five $25,000 leg three dashes of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-olds of each sex and gait.
Hoof Beats: Student Driver
Malvern Burroughs’ life in harness racing was unique, in the most literal sense of the word. He was one of one.
Schadels dominant in Hughesville (Pa.)
For the second straight week, the Pennsylvania Fair harness circuit set up shop at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds. Last week, Hughesville, Pa., hosted one of five “two-day” non-fair events enabled by legislation, and this Wednesday and Thursday (July 9 and 10), the Fair Sire Stakes horses raced the “fair proper” meeting.
Freshman fillies spar in Yonkers NYSS
Two-year-old pacing fillies headlined Thursday night’s (July 11) program at MGM Yonkers Raceway in two $75,900 New York Sire Stakes events and three $20,000 New York Excelsior Series divisions.
Dizzy Lizzy wins Vernon feature
Dizzy Lizzy and trainer-driver Ron Harp captured the $6,500 featured fillies and mares pace at Vernon Downs on Thursday (July 10).
Red Mile set to launch 2025 racing season
The countdown is on for the highly anticipated return of live harness racing at the Red Mile, with opening day set for Sunday, July 20. Racing will continue through Sunday, Oct. 5, following a Sunday-through-Wednesday schedule. Post time will be 5:05 p.m. on Sundays, and 1 p.m. post times on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Tabdone wins fourth straight in Philly feature
The 3-year-old Cantab Hall trotting filly Tabdone won her fourth straight race as she took Thursday’s (July 10) $13,500 feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia, a neck to the good of Inferno DK.