After coming up just short in his local debut last week, Spicy Hops rebounded with a big win in the $11,000 featured trot at Batavia Downs on Friday (Sept. 5).
Author: by Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs
Pick-5 carryover, $15k guarantee Sat. at Yonkers
No tickets hit the Pick-5 wager on Friday night (Sept. 5) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, leading to a $4,035.67 carryover and a $15,000 guaranteed pool in Saturday night’s (Sept. 6) sequence.
Buckeye Classic catalogs now available
Sale catalogs are now available for the 11th edition of the Buckeye Classic Yearling Sale, in Springfield, Ohio. Conducted by the Hoosier Classic Sale Company of Indiana, the auction will be held Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Champions Expo Center, located at the Clark County Fairgrounds. Start time is 10 a.m.
Sunday Gratz (Pa.) card to be live streamed
The Pennsylvania Fair Harness Horsemen’s Association will be live streaming the Sunday (Sept. 7) card from the Gratz Fairgrounds, in Gratz, Pa.
Action galore Thursday at Philly
Mr Bluebird won his third straight race on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 4) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, controlling the pace then withstanding favored Resolve To Win to take the $13,000 featured trot in 1:54.1.
Ragtime Red earns first Open win at Harrington
David Banks’ Ragtime Red ($4.40, Allan Davis) was a 1:53.4 winner in the $18,000 Fillies and Mares Open on Tuesday (Sept. 2) at Harrington Raceway.
Peter The Con steals Hastings track record
On Tuesday (Sept. 2), track records continued to fall at Northville Downs at the Barry Expo Center.
Sippinonsearoc steals the show in Lexington
Sippinonsearoc, who last year became the sport’s swiftest 2-year-old, demonstrated his affinity for the Bluegrass with a facile 1:48.2 score in the $80,000 fourth-round leg of the Kentucky Championship Series for sophomore male pacers on Tuesday (Sept. 2) at the Red Mile for his fourth consecutive triumph.
McDuffee to Jug Wall of Fame
David McDuffee, a prominent figure in harness racing and a two-time Little Brown Jug-winning owner, has been selected as the 40th inductee into the prestigious Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame by the Delaware County Fair.
Meadowlands Friday race order changed
The Meadowlands is calling attention to a revision of the race order for the Friday (Sept. 5) card.