Author: by John Horne for Vernon Downs

Barton Dalious continued his hot driving as he drove four winners including the $5,500 featured pace with Seventh Secret on Saturday (July 22) at Vernon Downs.

It was a double celebration for trainer Samuel Smith at Buffalo Raceway on Saturday night (July 22). He clinched ‘Trainer of the Meet’ honors when Handsoffmytitos ($3.70) won the fourth race in 1:54.1 which gave him an insurmountable lead over David Russo.

Last Bet (Bettor’s Delight–West Of L A) and driver Marc St. Louis Jr. captured the Saturday night (July 22) featured Open 1 Handicap Pace at Northville Downs in a time of 1:53.4.

Driver Anthony Napolitano “rolled a seven” at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday (July 22) afternoon, winning the feature, one of the two co-featured events, and the race generating the longest priced winner of the day.

USTA Chairman of the Board and veteran amateur driver Joe Faraldo is in Italy for an amateur driving competition. Here are his insights from the trip and the competition.

Girls from the Camp Kippewa Equestrian Academy make their enthusiastic return to Cumberland on Saturday (July 22) to help celebrate victory with the winning connections in a race named in their honor.

Breakfast With The Babies (sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms) came early on the morning of July 22, starting at 8 a.m. due to stakes commitments across the continent on this busy day.

Walter Case Jr., the dean of state-of-Maine harness racing, held the hot hand at Bangor Raceway on Friday (July 21), teaming three winners down Victory Lane.

Funky Wiggle, the reigning Illinois Harness Horse of the Year, no doubt enjoyed her eight-month vacation but when it was time to get back to work, she was more than ready to do her job, easily winning her 2023 debut Friday afternoon (July 21) at Springfield.