Mike Hitchcock trained his 2,000th winner as Beckoning Yankee crossed the finish line first in the 11th race on Thursday (May 14) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
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Lexus Kody ready to return to stakes action in Cutler Memorial at Big M
Prior to last year, Phil Collura had shared in the ownership of several Dan Patch Award-winning horses, but none were a trotter. Lexus Kody changed that.
Daley duo ready to go in inaugural Oak Grove Trotting Oaks
Naked And Famous is the type of horse that doesn’t take a lot of work to get ready to race, but she still surprised trainer Noel Daley with her track-record-setting seasonal debut on May 4 at Oak Grove Racing & Gaming in Kentucky.
Svanstedt Stable sharp in Philly qualifiers
Trainer-driver Åke Svanstedt brought a trio of talented trotters to the Tuesday morning (May 12) qualifiers at Harrah’s Philadelphia and won with all three – by a combined margin of 25-1/2 lengths.
$20K guaranteed Pick-5 in Scioto’s Tuesday opener
Mini-series events for NW1 and NW2 Ohio-sired horses kick off Tuesday (May 12) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Ronnie Foster, 79, dies
Ronnie “Duck” Gordon Foster, 79, passed away of cancer in his home on May 9, 2026, in Georgetown, Ky.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
Ronald Coyne Sr., 85, dies
Ronald J. Coyne Sr., 85, lovingly known to all as “Pa” and “Whitey,” passed away peacefully on May 7, 2026.
Tioga Downs working on incorrect payout resolution
Tioga Downs incorrectly paid out a dead heat in Sunday’s (May 10) fifth race due to a United Tote error. In the race, Joe Pavia Jr.’s trainee Last Goodbye won as the 2-1 betting favorite by over a length. Bettor Sun and Kourageous Key finished in a dead heat for second.
Holymotherofmoses scores Mother’s Day win at Bangor
Holymotherofmoses extended her current win streak to three in a row on Sunday (May 10), delighting the Queen City moms and the hunch-players alike with a rousing rally score on the Mother’s Day card at Bangor Raceway.