Chuckthemillionair (Kyle DiBenedetto) captured the featured $17,000 Open Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (Aug. 23).
Author: by John Horne, for Tioga Downs
Pearl Washing Tan, Capt Jack Hanover grab Vernon features
John MacDonald guided both Pearl Washing Tan and Capt Jack Hanover to wins in the $7,500 co-features at Vernon Downs on Saturday (Aug. 23).
Champions Miki And Minnie, Super Chapter return to The Red Mile
Some may consider Mondays a slow day of racing, but not this Monday (Aug. 25) at The Red Mile. The sport’s top-ranked horse, Miki And Minnie, is back in Lexington and so is harness racing’s fifth-ranked horse, Super Chapter, to compete in their respective $80,000 third-round legs of the Kentucky Championship Series for sophomore filly pacers and 3-year-old male trotters.
Lou’s Starr, Seven Reps winners at Pocono
Pacer Lou’s Starr and trotter Seven Reps were both half-length winners in the twin $17,000 features for developing horses Saturday afternoon (Aug. 23) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Caldwell (OH) FFA Pace carried over to Tuesday
The Free-for-All Pace at the Noble County Fair in Caldwell did not fill for Monday night. The race has been carried over to Tuesday evening. Please enter online or call 740-525-1495.
High hopes for homebred Livonjaxandqueens in $100,000 Kane at Batavia
If there was ever a horse with a homefield advantage, it’s Livonjaxandqueens, who will be making his next start in the $100,000 Robert J. Kane Memorial Invitational Pace at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Aug. 23). “Jax” and all of his connections have close ties to the city of Batavia and the track that bears its name, and they’re all rooting for this David as he takes on a field of Goliaths.
Sylvia Hanover looks to continue roll in Cleopatra Invitational at Scioto
Sylvia Hanover and driver Tim Tetrick will aim for their third consecutive win, and fourth in five starts since being united in late June, when they face eight rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Cleopatra Invitational for older female pacers at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Morgan Jr. takes two BSS splits at Scioto
Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owner Odds On Racing captured two divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old male pacers on Friday (Aug. 22) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Rock Shines Again leads INSS winners at Hoosier
Indiana Sire Stakes action resumed at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Aug. 22) with a pair of $50,000 splits of the seventh and penultimate leg for sophomore pacing colts and geldings, and two $67,000 divisions of leg four of six for 2-year-old trotting fillies.
Monti wins five, including co-feature, at Batavia Downs
A pair of $11,100 mid-level conditioned trots topped the card at Batavia Downs on Friday (Aug. 22), and class-droppers were victorious in both.