Three $15,000 features for developing youngsters topped the Tuesday (Sept. 10) action at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Matt Kakaley, Pocono’s leading driver, accounted for the two highlight divisions for males, winning both by 4-1/2 lengths, and he almost won the third, having to settle for six winners at Pocono before heading to Yonkers.
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Full Count, 23, dies
Ohio champion Full Count 2,1:59f; 3,1:57.2f; 4,1:55.4f died at Marvin Raber Farms on Sept. 4, 2024, at the age of 23.
Ranger, Cecere dominate Thursday at Plainridge
Driver Bruce Ranger and trainer Domenico Cecere teamed up to post a grand slam on Thursday (Sept. 9) at Plainridge Park.
Shenandoah readies for 2024 fall meet
Shenandoah Downs raises the curtain on its ninth season of pari-mutuel harness racing Sept. 14 and continues a seven-week fall meet through Oct. 27 with race cards every Saturday and Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
Warrawee Yang masters Philly’s top trotters
Warrawee Yang was extremely sharp upon coming to Harrah’s Philadelphia from Yonkers on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 5), easily chasing down heavy favorite Dire Straits to win the $14,000 fast-class handicap trot in 1:53.1.
Top Jug Contenders: Week 5
For the next two weeks, Little Brown Jug Publicity Director Jay Wolf will rank the top 10 horses eligible for the 79th edition of the $800,000 (est.) Little Brown Jug, to be contested on Sept. 19.
Incaseyoudidntknow hits earnings milestone; Teague wins six
James Magno and Joseph Fonte’s Incaseyoudidntknow ($2.40, Jim Morand) surpassed $600,000 in career earnings with a 1:52.3 win in the featured $22,500 Free-For-All Pace on Tuesday (Sept. 3) at Harrington Raceway.
Louprint outfoots Sippinonsearoc, Luna Lovegood demonstrates class at the Red Mile
Louprint and Luna Lovegood won their respective $80,000 fourth-round Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series events on Tuesday (Sept. 3) at the Red Mile.
Posts drawn for $1 million Yonkers International Trot
Jiggy Jog S, who has raced in North America throughout her career but will represent her native Sweden, drew post position four and was made the 5-2 morning line favorite for Saturday’s (Sept. 7) $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot.
Legendary Hanover, Nijinsky to square off in Simcoe
This season’s top two sophomore pacing colts are set to clash in Saturday’s (Sept. 7) C$167,000 Simcoe Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park.