Metro Pace champion Fallout, ranked No. 10 in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, will lead the way Friday afternoon (Oct. 18) when the Meadowlands hosts nine $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old pacers and trotters. First-race post time Friday is 12:30 p.m. (EDT).
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Gingras, Burke capture two Mass. Breeders Stakes
The third leg of the Massachusetts Breeders Stakes for 3-year-olds was held at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 15), featuring a total of $305,000 in purses.
USTA District 12 meeting recap
On Tuesday (Oct. 15), USTA District 12 chairperson Jeff Gregory and directors Stacy Chiodo, Christopher McErlean, Jason Settlemoir and Ashley Tetrick hosted the district’s annual meeting via Zoom.
Little Miss Peyton wins DSBF final; Callahan triples
Donna Messick’s Little Miss Peyton ($2.10, Corey Callahan) was a 1:56.4 winner in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) final for 2-year-old pacing fillies at Harrington Raceway on Tuesday (Oct. 8).
Turn The Page N wins fifth straight at Plainridge
Turn The Page N fended off four feisty females to register her fifth consecutive win in the $25,000 Open Pace for fillies and mares at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 8).
Absolute Power home first in Pocono feature
After pushing the favorite past the quarter then surrendering the lead to sit the pocket, Absolute Power stayed with Staying With Emily as the rest of the field struggled, then moved in the lane and just caught the pacesetter to win a $17,000 distaff pace for improving horses Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 8) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in 1:51.1.
PA fair circuit’s most impressive performers
A total of $200,000 will be on the line at Hollywood Gaming at The Meadows on Friday (Oct. 11) as the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes Championships will be contested on a card starting at 5:10 p.m. Each of eight divisions of stakes horses, earning their way into the Championships based on high finishes turned in through the summer on the fair circuit, will race for a purse of $25,000.
Gingras looking to find a way in Futurity, Filly Futurity
Starting in the second tier in both the Kentucky Futurity and Kentucky Filly Futurity will leave driver Yannick Gingras as something of a spectator when the gate begins to roll for each of those classic events at Lexington’s Red Mile on Sunday (Oct. 6). But not for long.
Lexington sale ends second best in history
The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale concluded Friday night (Ocg. 4) at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion with the five-day auction totaling $65.7 million for 911 horses, an average of $72,132. Both figures are the second-best in the history of the event.
Sabonis, Lets Go Endofaera extend streaks in Indiana
Sabonis extended his winning streak to 13 and Lets Go Endofaera clincher her seventh consecutive victory in their respective final-leg Indiana Sires Stakes events for 3-year-old pacers on Friday (Oct. 4) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.