Pirate Hanover (Aaron Byron) captured the $8,500 featured Open Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (October 5).
Author: by John Horne, for Vernon Downs
Kyle Cummings sweeps Saturday features at Batavia Downs
Driver Kyle Cummings was on point Saturday (Oct. 5) night at Batavia Downs after winning both the $13,000 Open Handicap trot with Double Class and $13,000 Open Handicap pace PL Quarantine in convincing fashion.
Red Mile features $75,000 guaranteed Pick-5 Sunday
Though the 132nd edition of the famed Kentucky Futurity headlines the Sunday finale at The Red Mile, a $75,000 Guaranteed Pick-6 Pool will kick off the festivities as that 20 cent offering has a $21,470 double carryover going into the program.
Big Skewy N, Swans Eye featured winners at Pocono
The fast-class veterans headed the Saturday afternoon (October 5) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with an $18,500 race carded on each gait and both decided by a neck margin on a day when many features required the use of the photo finish camera.
Sound Judgement swiftest in International Stallion Stake upset
Lexington, KY — Sound Judgement scored a 39-1 blow on 4-5 favorite Deja Blu in the closing strides to win the second division of five divisions for the $342,000 International Stallion Stakes…
DA Love Boat upsets, Fallout Furious in International Stallion Stakes
A pair of stunners took center stage from the three divisions of the $300,900 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts on geldings on Saturday (Oct. 5) at The Red Mile: first with DA Love Boat shocking in a photo and last with Fallout scorching the track in a blowout win.
Ferrari scores in GLADA action at Northfield Park
There may have been an anxious moment or two but Larry Ferrari wound up in the Northfield Park winner’s circle after guiding 3-to-10 favorite, Fred’s Dream Girl, to a popular win in the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Series (GLADA) on Sunday night.
Hard To Catch wins Philly feature; longshots abound
Hard To Catch enjoyed a nice ride in the two-hole, then finished strongly to take the $13,500 handicap pacing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon.
Polansky, Reisenweaver win AHDC Trots at Freehold
Mike Polansky and Steven Reisenweaver both braved through the mug and over the “sloppy” going to post front-stepping victories in their respective $7,500 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot on Saturday (Sept. 28) at Freehold Raceway.
Cathy Rutherford, 58, dies
Catherine A Rutherford, age 58 of Martinsville, IL died Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 3:40 p.m. at her home following her valiant battle against breast cancer. No services are planned, but there will be a celebration of her life at a later date.