B HopeThree (show name Mr. B) won the USTA Roadster Off-Track Series Championship on Thursday evening (Oct. 3) with trainer Jon Walker driving. The Championship was held at the Smoky Mountain Equine Fest held at the Walters State Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center in White Pine, Tenn.
Author: by Jessica Schroeder, USTA Membership Enrichment & Outreach Coordinator
Deadline is approaching for NJ resident mare rebates
The SBOANJ’s resident mare rebate is designated for mares who reside in New Jersey 150 days up to and including foaling.
Grand Circuit to Red Mile and Plainridge
The second week of Grand Circuit action at The Red Mile kicks off on Friday (Oct. 4).
Gruesome Twosome headlines Indiana Sire Stakes winners
The week of Indiana Sire Stakes action continued at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Thursday (Oct. 3) with the final leg for both the sophomore trotting colts and rookie pacing colts. Three $46,500 divisions of the sixth leg for pacing colts took to the track, while a pair of divisions for trotting colts was highlighted by a triumphant return to the Hoosier State for Gruesome Twosome.
Southwind Banshee and Seven Reps score in NJSS finals
Two $70,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Standardbred Development Fund finals were held at Freehold Raceway on Thursday (Oct. 3). Both were for 3-year-old trotters.
Karl draws post 11 in Kentucky Futurity
Hambletonian winner Karl drew post 11 in the second tier for Sunday’s 132nd Kentucky Futurity for 3-year-old trotters at the Red Mile and was made the 6-5 morning-line favorite for trainer Nancy Takter and driver Yannick Gingras.
USTA Off-Track Roadster Series Finals Thursday in Tennessee
The final for the USTA Roadster Off-Track Series will be held Thursday evening (Oct. 3) at the Smoky Mountain Equine Fest held at the Walters State Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center in White Pine, Tenn. The show starts at 6 p.m. with the USTA Roadster Off-Track Series Final as class number 21 through the ring.
USTA special member invitation for district meetings
The schedule for the 2024-2025 district meetings has been released by the United States Trotting Association.
Several surprises in Hawthorne’s Night of Champions series at Springfield
Leg two of Hawthorne’s Night of Champions series for 3-year-old Illinois bred pacers and trotters is in the history books and in several events Wednesday (Oct. 2) at Springfield horses that would have been the betting favorites, if there was wagering, took it on the chin.
Schwartz victorious in Monticello NAADA trot
Alan Schwartz capitalized off a pocket ride with 1-5 favorite Doo Wop Kid to win the $7,500 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Oct. 3).