As a sure sign that summer is just around the corner, the season’s first 2-year-olds made the racetrack during Tuesday morning’s qualifying session at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with a pair of 2-year-old pacing fillies getting their first charted lines.
Author: from the PHHA/Harrah’s Philadelphia
Northfield to hold Caretaker Appreciation Night
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will host Caretaker Appreciation Night on Saturday (June 7) at MGM Northfield Park. The event will begin at 4 p.m. in the track kitchen.
Women Layer wins back-to-back in KYSS at Oak Grove
Virgil Morgan Jr. trainee Women Layer took another step towards another series sweep in Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) action at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel when scoring a 1:49.2 win in hand in the lone $50,000 dash for 4-year-old pacing horses and geldings on Monday afternoon (June 2).
BJM’s Lil Man wins NYSS at Monticello
On Monday (June 2), Monticello Raceway hosted its first New York Sire Stakes of the 2025 season with 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters. Tyler Buter walked away with a driving double, taking the lone $119,700 NYSS event with BJM’s Lil Man and an Excelsior dash aboard Habanero Blues.
No NA Cup for Chantilly
Standardbred Canada is reporting that undefeated pacing filly Chantilly, Canada’s 2024 Horse of the Year, will take on female foes in the upcoming Fan Hanover Stakes rather than race against the boys in the Pepsi North America Cup.
Batavia Downs stall applications available
Stall applications for the upcoming 56-day Summer/Fall meet at Batavia Downs are now available online at bataviadownsgaming.com. They can be found under the “Live Racing” tab, under “Horsemen.”
Four different winners across two tracks in AHDC events
Members of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) had a busy but competitive Sunday (June 1) of racing with a pair of pacing events at Harrah’s Philadelphia in the afternoon and a pair of trotting events many miles north at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs in the evening – and each race saw a different face visit the winner’s circle.
NYSS arrives at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday
The New York Sire Stakes hits Buffalo Raceway for the first time in 2025 and they’ll open the traveling series with a big bang on Wednesday afternoon (June 4).
Goshen Yearling Sale consignment deadline looms
Friday, June 6, will be your last opportunity to consign horses to the 2025 Goshen Yearling Sale that will be held on Monday, Sept. 15, at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, N.Y.
Attraente dazzles with new Aces record on Sunday
Attraente (Gimpanzee) treated fans to a dazzling performance on Sunday night (June 1) at Running Aces, converting a perfect pocket trip into a 2-1/2 length tally in 1:56.3 to lower the track mark for sophomore trotting fillies while picking up her second win in a row in the Banker Volo series.