Sam Moteur with trainer/driver Björn Goop won the Prix du Bourbonnais in a narrow finish Sunday afternoon (Dec. 10) at Vincennes followed by the French trotters Izard Vedaquais and Gu d’Heripre; those three are now qualified to race in the Prix d’Amerique.
Author: by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA Senior Newsroom Correspondent
Burke sweeps features at MGM Northfield Park
Trainer Ron Burke swept both featured events at MGM Northfield Park on Sunday (Dec. 11) with Tequila Talkin scoring an impressive victory in the $18,000 Open Trot and Night Shadow rallying from off the pace to win the $18,000 Open Pace.
Penny Howard, 77, dies
Penny Howard, 77, died in Flint, Mich., on Dec. 4, 2023.
Workin Ona Mystery to stand stud in Indiana
Workin Ona Mystery will stand stud for the 2024 breeding season at Schwartz Boarding Farm in Berne, Ind. His stud fee will be $4,000.
Increased action this week at Big M
They’ll be an extra night of live racing at The Meadowlands this week, so take the night off from the holiday season hustle-and-bustle and head to the mile oval Thursday (Dec. 7) for an ultra-competitive 10-race program.
Taylor Palmer Jr. receives the 2024 Spirit of the Horse Award
The Rutgers Equine Science Center presented Mr. Taylor Palmer Jr. with the 2024 Spirit of the Horse award for his decades of service to the New Jersey equine industry. The award was presented to Palmer during the Rutgers Equine Science Center’s 2023 “Evening of Science & Celebration,” sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center.
2024 Living Horse Hall of Fame ballots are in the mail
The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame’s Living Horse Hall of Fame ballots are in the mail.
Seven-week Spring meet dates approved for Virginia’s Shenandoah Downs
The Virginia Racing Commission approved 2024 spring harness dates for Shenandoah Downs Wednesday morning at its December meeting in New Kent.
Pridecrest has top billing in Cal Expo Trot
Track record holder Pridecrest gets some class relief and looms large in Friday night’s (Dec. 8) featured $6,600 conditioned trot at Cal Expo.
Legendary French champion sire Love You has been retired from stud duties
The 24-year-old Love You, bred and owned by Jean Pierre Dubois, has been retired from stud duties.