Forrest Bartlett’s Deebo Hanover made every pole a winning one in his defeat of first-round winner Little Instigator in his $8,500 second-round division of the Bucky Gray Jr. Memorial on Tuesday (July 16) at Ocean Downs. Primo Maschio won the other division of the series for 2-year-old pacers.
Author: from Ocean Downs Racing Publicity
Red Mile qualifiers canceled this week
Qualifiers for Wednesday morning (July 17) at The Red Mile have been canceled due to rain.
Homebreds sweep Buckeye Stallion Series races at Scioto
All four $20,000 divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series were won by owners who also bred their 2-year-old trotting fillies. Joyce McClelland took half of the events held Tuesday (July 16) at Eldorado Scioto Downs when her horses Travel Nurse and Aunt Laura lowered their lifetime marks.
Thursday’s card at Yonkers includes Pick-5 carryover, guaranteed pool
Tuesday night’s (July 16) Pick-5 at MGM Yonkers Raceway started with horses at odds of 10-1, 46-1 and 13-1 winning, and that led to the wager not being hit. As a result, when racing resumes on Thursday (July 18), there will be a $7,575.22 carryover and a $20,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence.
Pioneer As prevails in Oak Grove Open; Bender, Miller repeat for season titles
Pioneer As powered forward from the outermost post and lasted to the line to grab the victory in the $60,000 Open Trot — the featured race on the closing-day card at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday (July 16).
2024 Harness Heroes now available
The newly released set of Harness Heroes trading cards contains all the usual 35 North American champion horses and people from 2023. In addition, the set will feature six specifically Indiana-centric subjects.
Shakeup at top of Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
There was a shakeup at the top of the Week 5 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday, with Dorothy Haughton Memorial winner Twin B Joe Fresh taking over the No. 1 spot and Meadowlands Pace champ Legendary Hanover vaulting from eighth to second.
Sister Mary Maude scores in New York Sire Stake at Monticello
While many of the upper echelon New York sired fillies were absent due to competing in the Delvin Miller Memorial over the weekend at The Meadowlands, Sister Mary Maude made short work of a short field Monday afternoon (July 15) in a New York Sire Stake event for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Monticello Raceway.
Racing Reflections with Bruce Saunders
Bruce Saunders is best known for training 2010 Horse of the Year Rock N Roll Heaven, but it was two award-winning horses at the beginning of his career that paved the way for his transition from the worlds of finance and government to harness racing.
Hanners brothers claim Buckeye Stallion Series wins
The Hanners brothers, Luke and Austin, each collected a win in the Buckeye Stallion Series Monday (July 15) at MGM Northfield Park. The five $20,000 divisions of freshman pacing fillies closed out the first leg of the BSS.