Another matchup between Speedbewithyou and Demonic Niko is on the docket as the second leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes for freshmen kicks off with three $50,000 divisions of filly trotters on Sunday (July 20) at MGM Northfield Park.
Author: by Wes Mayberry, for the OHHA
Jamaican Rock A, Ordained take Pocono features
A pair of $17,000 contests, one on each gait, for horses preparing to ascend to stakes or open company were the featured contests on the Saturday (July 19) afternoon card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
OHHA to livestream races from Seneca, Union, and Knox county fairs
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will continue its 2025 Ohio county fair racing season with livestreaming coverage from the upcoming Seneca, Union, and Knox county fairs.
Experts’ selections for Spirit of Massachusetts Day
The $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot will be held at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 20) during the biggest race day of the summer in Massachusetts. The card also features the $100,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace and the $75,000 Bert Beckwith Memorial Invitational Pace on a day with a total of $600,000 in purses up for grabs.
‘BG’ stays perfect after NJSS win at Big M
Be Perfect BG made good on her name Friday night (July 18) at The Meadowlands, remaining unbeaten in four lifetime starts after taking the lone filly pace when seven $25,000 divisions of the second leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-olds were contested for horses of each sex and gait.
Tetrick, George sweep sire stakes at Hoosier
The leading driver and trainer at Harrah’s Hoosier Park each widened their lead atop the standings as Trace Tetrick and Tyler George teamed up for big nights, including sweeping both divisions of the fifth leg of Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Friday (July 18).
Maine’s freshman trotters invade Cumberland
Three $11,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old male and female trotters enhanced the program at Cumberland Raceway on Friday (July 18) with some fresh faces making their pari-mutuel and Downeast debuts.
Elegant A wins Tioga feature
Elegant A and driver Tyler Miller captured the featured $13,000 fillies & mares pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (July 18).
Beckwith hopes to win his family’s namesake race on Spirit Sunday
Brett Beckwith won 608 races and $6.27 million in purse money last year and is on pace to surpass those numbers this season. But the one win he would like to have above all the rest would be in the race named for his grandfather.
Freshman male pacers open BSS at Northfield on Saturday
Freshman male pacers get their 2025 Buckeye Stallion Series schedule underway with the opening leg on Saturday (July 19) at MGM Northfield Park.