The average price rose to 211,200 kroner compared to 161,981 kroner last year at Menhammar Stud’s yearling sale on the internet.
Author: by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA Senior Newsroom Correspondent
Warrawee Michelle sets world record in Sebastian K Invitational win
Warrawee Michelle won Saturday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Sebastian K Invitational for older trotters at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in 1:50, becoming the fastest 4-year-old trotter ever on a five-eighths-mile track and giving trainer Ake Svanstedt his third consecutive victory in the event named after one of his former stars.
Sophomore filly pacers head to Northfield for BSS
MGM Northfield Park is hosting four $20,000 divisions of the fourth leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for sophomore filly pacers on Sunday (Aug. 17). First-race post time is 6 p.m. (EDT).
Stacked field set for Hempt Memorial at Pocono
There will be plenty of firepower in Saturday’s $300,000 Grade 2 Max C. Hempt Memorial at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, where five of the season’s seven fastest 3-year-old male pacers in North America will meet in a field of eight.
Scioto set to host fourth leg of OSS and BSS for sophomore male pacers
Sophomore male pacers will take center stage at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Saturday (Aug. 16) as the 16-race card features one $100,000 division of the fourth leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes and four $20,000 divisions of the fourth leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series.
OHHA to livestream races from Lorain County Fair
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will continue its 2025 Ohio county fair racing season with livestreaming coverage from the two-day Lorain County Fair meet in Wellington, Ohio, on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 17-18).
Standardbred Horse Sales Company yearling roster available
The Standardbred Horse Sale Company yearling roster for 2025 is now on the website in sire order.
Lee, Krivelin roll in Yonkers NAADA trots
Joe Lee and Bob Krivelin registered blowout wins in their respective divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) trots at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Aug. 14).
Plainridge Park to add racing date to 2025 schedule
The management of Plainridge Park has announced that its requested additional race date of Monday, Sept. 1, has been approved by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and will be added to the condition sheet.
Goshen Yearling Sale just one month away
The countdown is on and it’s now only one month away and coming fast. The 2025 Goshen Yearling Sale will be held at noon on Monday, Sept. 15, at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, N.Y.