The Red Mile will be conducting a single draw this week for all three days due to the KYSS finals. The draw for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be conducted on Wednesday (Sept. 11), box closes at 10 a.m. Driver changes will need to be completed by Thursday at 10 a.m.
Author: from The Red Mile
Moon Kid Photo shines at What Cheer
Looking to extend his six race winning streak, Moon Kid Photo competed in race three at What Cheer on Sunday (Sept. 8). With Mark Mintun in the bike, Moon Kid Photo had the three hole, racing against 3-year-old Iowa Registered pacing colts/geldings.
Chasing Dudes makes haste in Maine Sires
The lone $19,671 division of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies went postward at Bangor Raceway on Sunday (Sept. 8) with the top point earner adding to her lead.
Curt Harper is ‘living the dream every day’
Curt Harper became a harness racing driver the usual way. In the Bizarro World, that is. Harper grew up in a racing family, but his path took him from rugby player to kick boxing champion/gym owner to the sulky. He is likely the first person in harness racing history to have gone that route. That’s what happens when one will do anything to reach their goal.
Respectable Dream wins seventh consecutive at Bangor Raceway
From the now shuttered County Raceway in Presque Isle, Maine and all the way south to the former winter capital of harness racing at Pompono Beach, Fla., Respectable Dream has stamped his imprint while scoring wins at 15 different tracks across the nation. His career has outlasted three of the venues he once won races at (add Scarborough Downs to the above list), yet his enthusiasm for winning has never abated. And on Sunday (Sept. 8) at Bangor Raceway, he won for the 55th time in his remarkable career.
Vekna, Sweet Harmony three-peat in Buckeye Stallion Series
MGM Northfield Park hosted four $20,000 divisions for the fourth leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old colt trotters on Sunday evening (Sept. 8). Two victors, Vekna and Sweet Harmony, scored their third series win of the season.
Faraldo, Verruso win in Philly AHDC paces
Joe Faraldo charged off a second-over ride and Anthony Verruso pounced from a pocket trip to win their respective $7,500 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club Pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Sept. 8).
Ohio Selected Jug Sale key to success in the Buckeye State
The Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale is this Friday (Sept. 13) at the Pickaway Ag Center, Circleville, Ohio, which means that the focus of many of the Buckeye State’s Standardbred owners and trainers has turned to a search for the next champion harness horse.
Brady Jenson bags five races including Sunday Aces feature
Driver Brady Jenson posted another banner night at Running Aces on Sunday (Sept. 8), recording five driving wins on the program including an impressive 2-1/2 length tally in the $15,500 Open Handicap Trot feature with his own trainee Warrawee Whisper (Trixton).
Glasser, Oldford star on amateur clubs’ scholarship day at Tioga
Amateur clubs from across America gathered at Tioga Downs on Sunday (Sept. 8) for a three race series enabling scholarship awards in the amount of $6,000 to be distributed during the festivities.