Woodbine Entertainment has announced a mandatory payout for the Standardbred Jackpot Hi-5 will take place this Saturday (April 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Author: by Mark McKelvie, Sr. Manager Communications, Woodbine Entertainment
Yonkers Raceway $20,000 Pick-5 guarantee reminder
Every Monday and Friday during the MGM Borgata Pacing Series and the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series legs (five legs each), MGM Yonkers Raceway, along with the SOA of NY, will offer a $20,000 guaranteed Pick-5 pool beginning in race five.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
Important Shenandoah Downs licensing update
Here is a very important notice about 2025 licensing from the Virginia Racing Commission.
Game on for Its A Me Mario
Its A Me Mario is capable of bringing grins because of his name, but he also can do it with his performances. A stakes-winning 5-year-old son of American Ideal-NF Salsa, Its A Me Mario heads to Monday’s (April 7) second round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway as the 7-5 morning-line favorite in the first of five $50,000 divisions for the older male pacers.
Twin Opens, Mini-Series final headline Oak Grove Week 3
The third week of the 2025 harness racing meet at Oak Grove Racing & Gaming features fresh and formidable horsepower as Meadowlands invader Saulsbrook Victor heads a field of seven in Monday’s (April 7) featured $30,000 Open Pace and Kentucky Sire Stakes standout Railee Something is slated to make her 5-year-old debut against nine rivals in Tuesday’s (April 8) $30,000 Open Trot.
Ohio Standardbreds and Friends to Equine Affaire
Ohio Standardbreds and Friends, in conjunction with New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program, will once again exhibit the versatility of the Standardbred at Equine Affaire, participating in demonstrations and clinics at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio, April 11-13.
‘Mac’ a delight in Big M feature
His driver claimed he had to shake off some cobwebs, but it didn’t appear that way in the Saturday night (April 5) feature at The Meadowlands, a $22,500 high-end conditioned pace, as Dexter Dunn guided Mac’s Delight to victory lane in 1:51.1.
Bartlett/Engblom tough as Weiss Series continues
On a sloppy Saturday afternoon (April 5) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, Oogleville and World Of Wishes both ran their records to two-for-two in as many preliminaries of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old pacing males, which on Saturday saw five $20,000 divisions contested.
Melanion N takes Buffalo Raceway Open Pace
The horses in the $14,500 Open Pace at Buffalo Raceway on Saturday afternoon (April 5) couldn’t beat the rain or Melanion N ($4.90) as he romped to a 3-3/4 length victory over Stranger Things in 1:56.1.