Due to the number of races carded, post time for harness racing on both Tuesday (June 24) and Wednesday (June 25) at the Putnam County Fair, in Ottawa, Ohio, has been shifted forward to 3 p.m. EDT.
Author: from the Ohio Colt Racing Association
Dynamical Tad upsets at Cumberland
‘Double Digit’ Dave Ingraham lived up to his moniker at Cumberland Raceway on Friday afternoon (June 20) by steering Dynamical Tad to an 18-1 upset in the $5,000 featured trot.
Fox Valley Leah captures Tioga feature
Fox Valley Leah (Todd Warren) went from last to first to win the featured fillies and mares pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (June 20).
Champions Day at Vincennes Sunday
One of the biggest days of the year takes place on Sunday afternoon (June 22) at the Vincennes track.
R Dutchess wire-to-wire in Big M feature
R Dutchess rebounded from a neck loss in her seasonal debut one week ago with a wire-to-wire score in the Friday night (June 20) feature at the Meadowlands, a $17,500 high-end conditioned trot.
Sophomore pacing fillies square off in Buckeye Stallion Series
Daughters of Catch The Fire took two of the five Buckeye Stallion Series divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies Friday (June 20) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Twisted Destiny, Odds On No Limit win Messenger elims
Twisted Destiny and driver Dexter Dunn made good on a second-over trip to capture the first of two $25,000 eliminations for the MGM Grand Messenger Stakes at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (June 20). The Bettor’s Wish-sired colt was a winner for the fourth time in five starts as a sophomore this year, pacing a 1:53 mile.
Aperfect Annie debuts victorious in Oak Grove feature
Last season’s Kentucky Championship Series winner Aperfect Annie took her sophomore bow in the $20,000 Open 2 Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday (June 10) and easily vanquished older competition to find the winner’s circle with a 1:54.2 effort as the even-money favorite.
Southwind Mina wins fifth straight at Harrington
Andrew Glassmeyer’s Southwind Mina ($6.20, Pat Berry) registered her fifth straight win in 1:53 in the $18,000 Mares Open on Tuesday (June 10) at Harrington Raceway.
‘Quiksilvr’ repeats, claiming box flows at Pocono
The claiming box was the hot spot Tuesday afternoon (June 10) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with the first three finishers in the $16,000 claiming handicap trotting feature changing barns, and the division reserved for claimers of the two $15,000 co-feature trots seeing three horses also going to “new” homes, including the first two finishers.