The annual four-day harness racing meet at the Shenandoah (Va.) County Fair kicks off Wednesday (Aug. 28) at 12 noon with an 11-race card featuring 52 horses and $22,000 in purse money. Six pacing events will be contested to complement five trots.
Author: by Darrell Wood, for the Shenandoah (Va.) County Fair
Gowestyounggrace dominates at Windsor (Maine)
Fred Ward’s Gowestyounggrace continued her dominance of the 3-year-old pacing filly division of the Maine Sire Stakes with a 2:00.1 win on Monday (Aug. 26) at the Windsor Fair.
Du Quoin (Ill.) Championship Day preview
Tuesday (Aug. 27) is Championship Day at the Du Quoin State Fair, and the number of Illinois-bred horses to be crowned is certainly plentiful. A total of 15 pacers or trotters will come away with the status as a title holder in their respective divisions.
Consignor comments for upcoming Goshen Yearling Sale
The 2024 Goshen Yearling Sale will be held at 12 noon on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Mark Ford Training Center, in Middletown, N.Y., and the roster of yearlings being offered this year are currently being looked over by many interested parties in person, on video and in the catalog. However, no one has observed these horses closer than the respective managers of each farm. Here are some opinions they have offered about who stands out to them from their consignments.
Frosh fillies featured Wednesday in Batavia NYSS
The last New York Sire Stakes stop of 2024 at Batavia Downs will be on Wednesday evening (Aug. 28) when five 2-year-old trotting fillies will compete in one $102,500 division.
Kathleen Mattison, 75, dies
Kathleen Jane “Kathy” Mattison, 75, of Hinsdale, N.H., died at home with family on Aug. 19, 2024, after a nearly yearlong battle with cancer.
Dual carryovers Wed. at Northfield
Monday night’s (Aug. 26) Pick-5 at MGM Northfield Park went unsolved, resulting in a $2,823 carryover. The pool will roll over to the midweek Wednesday night (Aug. 28) special.
BJM’s Lil Man comes up big in Batavia NYSS
BJM’s Lil Man was solid from start to finish and grabbed the winner’s share of the $102,500 purse in Wednesday’s (Aug. 21) New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old male trotters at Batavia Downs.
The Beaudenblues N, Bourbon Courage win at Pocono
The Beaudenblues N picked up his first U.S. victory in the $15,000 pacing section of Tuesday afternoon’s (Aug. 20) featured class at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania while trotter Bourbon Courage got back into the win column after an absence of almost two years.
Swan In Motion takes Harrington feature
Howard Taylor’s Swan In Motion ($13.60, Victor Kirby) was a 1:55.2 wire-to-wire winner in the $22,500 Free-For-All Trot on Tuesday (Aug. 20) at Harrington Raceway.