Ron Burke trainees took top honors in the pair of C$35,000 eliminations for the Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup, a race for pacing 4-year-olds, on Sunday night (May 14) at Flamboro Downs with Birthday and Bythemissal taking victories.
Author: from Standardbred Canada
Updates to driver changes and qualifying entries at Mohawk Park
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office would like to inform all racing participants of updates to drivers changes and qualifying entries.
Sweden’s Ônas Prince takes Copenhagen Cup en route to Elitlopp
Ônas Prince, a handsome dark brown trotter sired by Chocolatier, won the Menhammar Copenhagen Cup over 1-1/4 miles with trainer Per Nordström in the bike.
Records continue to fall at MGM Northfield Park
For the second week in a row, the trotters racing over the home of the “Flying Turns” did just that. On Sunday (May 14), trainer Chris Beaver made his presence felt, tying last week’s world-record performance with Winning Ticket and setting a track and world-record with Caviar Gold.
Red Mile yearling and stallion nomination payments due May 15
Red Mile has announced that yearling and stallion nomination payments are due May 15 for the Kentucky Futurity, Tattersalls Pace, Bluegrass Series and International Stallion.
Delaware, Ohio, Grand Circuit yearling nomination reminder
Owners are reminded that the yearling nomination payments for the Delaware (OH) Grand Circuit events for foals of 2022 (to be raced in 2025) are due May 15.
Special Way has got ‘it’ for Svanstedt
Special Way gives Ake Svanstedt a special feeling. A returning Dan Patch Award winner, Special Way needed two starts last year before everything clicked, but once it did, she was unbeatable. She finished her campaign with seven consecutive victories, capped by a Canadian-record 1:52 mile in the Breeders Crown final for 2-year-old female trotters at Woodbine Mohawk Park. For the season, the daughter of Walner-Special Hill earned just shy of $700,000, tops among freshman filly trotters. On Saturday, Special Way will make her seasonal debut in the second of two $30,000 first-round divisions of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old female trotters at The Meadowlands.
Refined takes Open Trot on Scioto’s Opening Night
Refined made her first start back in four months an impressive one, leaving from the eight hole to win by two lengths in 1:52 on Eldorado Scioto Downs’ opening night. Driven by Tyler Smith for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr., Refined went off at 5-2 and paid $7.60 to win in the $30,000 Filly & Mare Open Trot.
Carpenito going full steam ahead at Running Aces
Steve Carpenito is now in his third year as the top man on the racing side of things at Minnesota’s five-eighths-mile harness racing oval, Running Aces, and he is well settled into the role.