In a loaded second-division field, Letsgotoparis and I Stand Alone As will both vie for their third Buckeye Stallion Series victory of the season as Eldorado Scioto Downs hosts the fourth leg for sophomore colt trotters on Friday (Aug. 15).
Author: from the Ohio Harness Horsemen 's Association
OHHA to live stream Darke County (Ohio) Fair races
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will continue its 2025 Ohio county fair racing season with live-streaming coverage from the three-day Darke County Fair meet, in Greenville, Ohio. The races will be held on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 15-16) and will conclude on Aug. 21.
Yo Tillie looks to continue streak in Delmonica Hanover
Yo Tillie was not eligible to the Hambletonian Oaks earlier this month, but she will meet four horses from that event’s final – including champ Conversano – when she brings an eight-race win streak to Saturday’s (Aug. 16) $250,000 Grade 1 Delmonica Hanover Stakes, for 3-year-old female trotters, at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Pacing Derby, Maple Leaf supplements due Monday
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s race office is reminding owners and trainers of the deadline for supplements to the $C540,000 (est.) Canadian Pacing Derby and $C600,000 (est.) Maple Leaf Trot.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for Aug. 15
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at the Meadowlands on Friday night (Aug. 15).
Ohio consortium awards scholarships
The Buckeye Fair Racing Consortium has announced its scholarship recipients for 2025.
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.