Outside The Fire had maintained good form over an eight-race stretch dating back to late November of last year, and with a drop in class Friday (March 14) night, he had little trouble taking the featured $15,000 conditioned trot in 1:52.4 at The Meadowlands.
Author: by Dave Little, for Meadowlands Racing Media
Oldest the best in France top trot
The 11-year-old mare, Emeraude de Bais with Franck Nivard won the Grand Criterium de Vitesse de la Cote d’Azur on the track in Cagnes sur Mer – in second place followed the field’s other 11-year-old trotter, Etonnant with Anthony Barrier.
Super sized Hi-5’s to be offered on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at MGM Northfield Park
Beginning Tuesday night (March 4), MGM Northfield Park will debut it’s “Super-Sized” Super High 5’s – by offering four 10-horse fields per card every Tuesday and Wednesday evening – with 20-cent Super High 5 wagering offered on all four of the events (Races 1, 7, 10 & 13 each night).
Mohawk Park adds Pop Up Series
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office has added three new Pop-Up Series for March, with the first to begin on Friday (March 7).
London wins final major race at Vincennes winter meeting
Vinncennes, FR — For the first time since 2008, it was a mare that triumphed in the Group 1 race, the Prix de Selection at Vincennes. The Mottier family’s 4-year-old mare, London,…
Mad Max Hanover wins again at Big M
In a much-anticipated matchup of two red-hot horses with gaudy resumes, Mad Max Hanover out-gamed For Once Inmy Life nearing the wire in the Saturday (March 1) night feature at The Meadowlands, a $25,000 high-end conditioned pace, in 1:50.2 on a chilly night with a real-feel temperature of 15 degrees.
Cummings wins six on opening day at Buffalo
Buffalo Raceway’s 2024 driving champion Kevin Cummings wasted no time in getting the jump on the field in 2025 as he registered six victories on the opening card Saturday afternoon (March 1) including all three co-featured events.
Spring Inhis Step A wins Pocono feature
Spring Inhis Step A, slow to clear after a third-in trip last time, took matters into his own hands in the $25,000 fast-class pace Saturday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, barreling three-wide to the early lead and then holding off the field to post a 1:51.4 clocking in near-freezing temperatures.
MGM Northfield Park cancels Sunday program
Due to the winter storm, resulting in hazardous road conditions, live racing at MGM Northfield Park has been cancelled for Sunday (Feb. 16).
Hawthorne’s Open trot ends absence
At long last the Open trot has returned to Hawthorne. It’s been more than a month since the top overnight event for trotting horses has embellished the Illinois Standardbred circuit and it comes with one more weekend to go before the curtains comes down on the Chicago area racetrack, as far as harness racing is concerned.