Tyler Buter (career driving wins: 4,299) and Cody Schadel (career training wins: four) each had two winners during Tuesday afternoon’s (July 11) four $30,000 divisions of the Pennsylvania All-Stars for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Author: from the PHHA/Pocono
Jiggy Jog S takes over No. 1 spot in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
Jiggy Jog S, who won the Graduate Series final for 4-year-old trotters this past Saturday at The Meadowlands, took over the No. 1 spot from It’s My Show in the Week 5 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday.
Meadowlands Pace night card drawn
Meadowlands Pace night will certainly live up to the advance billing as the evening’s stakes promise a great night of racing. Purses on the night will be right at $2.5 million.
Freshman colt trotters complete first leg of Buckeye Stallion Series
The first leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old colt trotters is in the books. Six $20,000 divisions went to the post Monday (July 10) at MGM Northfield Park.
Maryland Sire Stakes sophomore preliminaries continue
On Monday (July 10), Ocean Downs hosted a single preliminary of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings and a pair of splits for the sophomore filly pacers.
Gallucci and Millar get on the board in OSS action
Trainer Nick Galluci picked up his first Ontario Sires Stakes win of 2023 when Millar Farms homebred Chain Gang got up late to win race six, the second C$103,100 OSS Gold division for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings Monday night (July 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo
Cassidy’s Cause scores at Oak Grove; Spriggs wins 500th
There were so many heroes on the Sunday (July 9) program at Oak Grove Racing and Gaming like amateur race winner Dein Spriggs and first time winner Cassidy Whitton, to name a couple, but USHDC President Spriggs mandated that Cassidy’s Cause be headlined first.
Reminder for E.T. Gerry Hambletonian Maturity entries and supplements
The $400,000 (est.) E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity trotting race is scheduled for Saturday (July 15) at The Meadowlands on a star-studded, stakes-packed evening that will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 from 10 p.m.-12 midnight.
ARCI approves four amendments to the Model Rules
At its recent meeting in Indianapolis, Ind., in late June, the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) approved four amendments to the Model Rules and declined to approve a fifth proposed amendment.