The 2023 Cumberland Run meet is only a little over a month away. This year’s meet will be held at Cumberland Run located in Corbin, Ky.
Author: by Kevin Mack, for Cumberland Run
Bythemissal moves up to third in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
Bythemissal, who won the Aria Invitational Pace at Yonkers Raceway in a track-record 2:21.2 for 1-1/4 miles, shifted the Week 14 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll rankings released Tuesday by moving up to third while one newcomer joined the Top 10. Confederate, who was idle, and Sylvia Hanover, who won a Simcoe Stakes division, remained entrenched in spots one and two, respectively.
All Kentucky Sire Stakes finals to be drawn Wednesday
All Kentucky Sire Stakes finals for the Championship, Commonwealth and Golden Rod series will be drawn Wednesday (Sept. 13) at 11 a.m. (EDT).
Veteran pacer Pancetta, 14, to make final career start Tuesday
One of the most familiar pacers on the Running Aces/Cal Expo circuit over the past several years, Pancetta (No Pan Intended), will take his final career bow after race five on Tuesday night (Sept. 12) at Running Aces.
Ohio Select Sale offers gateway to Buckeye State riches
The Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale is this Friday (Sept. 15) 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.
Sister to Karl brings $140,000 at onGait.com
Avacakes 3,1:57.1f, a half-sister to the fastest 2-year-old trotter of 2023, Karl 2,1:52.1, brought a winning bid of $140,000 Monday afternoon at onGait.com.
OHHA to livestream two County Fairs on Tuesday
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will continue its 2023 Ohio County Fair racing season with livestreaming coverage from the Wayne County Fair in Wooster and the Wyandot County Fair in Upper Sandusky on Tuesday (Sept. 12).
Lost In Time will stand in Minnesota
Owner Dave Dobbelmann is excited to announce his most recent acquisition, A Rocknroll Dance stallion Lost In Time p,2,1:50.1s; BT1:48.4s will be standing in Minnesota for the 2024 breeding season.
$440,000 NYSS Excelsior finals at Batavia Downs Wednesday
A loaded 15-race card has been drawn for Wednesday night (Sept. 13) at Batavia Downs and it features the $440,000 New York Sire Stake Excelsior finals. A total of 64 state-bred Standardbreds will start in eight $55,000 Excelsior divisions and combined with seven overnight events valued at $71,500, the total purses up for grabs that night total $511,500.
ISFCS marathon in the history books
The Husted stable’s Fox Valley Landen proved once again he belongs on top of the ICF 3-year-old colt and gelding pacing division with an impressive 1:51.1 victory in Sunday’s (Sept. 10) $41,000 Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes showdown at Hawthorne.