The final legs of Indiana Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies and 3-year-old trotting fillies were contested at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Wednesday (Oct. 1), with driver John DeLong sweeping both divisions for pacing fillies and trainer Henry Graber Jr. taking both splits for trotting fillies.
Author: by Jacob Rheinheimer
Dayton winners move up in Top 10
Louprint was idle last week but increased his lead at No. 1 in the Week 16 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Wednesday while Dayton Derby winners Twin B Joe Fresh, Lexus Kody and Ervin Hanover all moved up in the rankings.
Shoreline Station tops Day 3 at Lexington
Pacing colt Shoreline Station, a son of Sweet Lou-Seaside Park, topped Wednesday’s third session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at Fasig-Tipton Pavilion, selling for $275,000 to Linda Toscano, as agent.
The Red Mile to host 2027 Breeders Crown
The Red Mile, America’s oldest harness track and a cornerstone of the sport in Kentucky, proudly announces it will serve as host track for the 2027 Breeders Crown, harness racing’s premier championship series.
Jimdougie Armitage sets second-session record at Lexington sale
Trotting colt Jimdougie Armitage, a son of Captain Corey-Quick Bet, became the highest-priced horse ever sold during a second session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale when he was purchased for $750,000 by Ake Svanstedt Inc. on Tuesday at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion.
Doug McNair wins three of four Golds on Monday at Mohawk
A quartet of Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold events were contested at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday night (Sept. 29), with driver Doug McNair piloting the first three winners.
Ontario-sired 3-year-old Pop Up Series reminder
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office would like to remind trainers of the Ontario Sired 3-Year-Old Pop Up Series that begins next Monday (Oct. 6).
And Just Like That eclipses Rosecroft record
On the heels of a 1:58.2 first-round win, Richard Hans’ homebred And Just Like That became the fastest ever 2-year-old trotting filly in the history of Rosecroft Raceway with a devastating 1:55 victory in her $10,000 second-round Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary event on Monday (Sept. 29).
Dejeuner tops Lexington opening night at $1 million
Dejeuner, a daughter of Walner out of French Cafe, became the highest-priced yearling filly ever purchased at auction when she sold for $1 million to Noel Daley as agent for Winning Key during Monday’s opening session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion.
Lexington Selected Yearling Sale begins Monday night
The five-day Lexington Selected Yearling Sale begins Monday (Sept. 29) at 7 p.m. at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky., with hip numbers 1-121 passing through the auction ring.