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.
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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.
‘Pistol’ takes aim at North America Cup
At this time of year, there are few places trainer Sam DePinto would rather be than Campbellville, Ont. “When you’re here, that means things are good,” he said, referring to the location of Woodbine Mohawk Park, where on Saturday (June 7) he will send out Papis Pistol in the second of three eliminations for the Grade 1 Pepsi North America Cup.
Saturday races at Nashua (Iowa) cancelled
The harness racing program scheduled for Saturday (June 7) at Nashua, Iowa, has been canceled.
No changes in Week 6 of Little’s Road to the ‘Pace’
There were no changes in the sixth edition of Dave Little’s Road to the Meadowlands Pace poll, but with six of the horses in action Saturday night (June 7) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in North America Cup eliminations, there figures to be in the next installment of the weekly Top 10.
Game Changers: Better Single
Once a week, throughout the Mohawk racing season, Woodbine will profile a horse who has had a life-changing impact on one of their closest connections.
Leading Big M driver Beckwith hoping to make history
For the last two years, Brett Beckwith has been one of a handful of drivers under the age of 30 to perform consistently at the Meadowlands. These “Young Guns” took advantage of the opportunity created by Big M regular “A-list” pilots taking vacations for part of or all of December, January, February and March.