The Urbana matinee will be held on Sunday (May 25) at 1 p.m. at the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Ohio.
Author: by Ashley Dailey, for the OHHA
Purple Lord grabs feature at Tioga
Purple Lord (Jim Pantaleano) won the featured $12,000 trot at Tioga Downs on Friday (May 16).
Diamond Head takes feature at Vernon
Diamond Head (Justin Huckabone) captured the $7,500 featured pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (May 16).
Big Baller Beane gets job done at Buffalo
After three second place finishes in his last four starts in Buffalo Raceway’s Open Trot, Big Baller Beane ($9.40) got the job done at last on Friday afternoon (May 16) with a three-quarter length victory over El Toro Loco in a season’s best 1:57.3.
Fast filly Found is quickest of all in 2025 at Philadelphia
The racing card at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon (May 16) had to be delayed by a half-hour as a fierce storm passed though southeast Pennsylvania and the surface required work to restore it to safe racing shape.
2025 Buckeye Stallion Series begins Sunday
My Hare Legend, the 2024 Buckeye Stallion Series 2-year-old filly pacing champion, is set to defend her title as a 3-year-old as the first leg of the 2025 Buckeye Stallion Series gets underway on Sunday (May 18) at MGM Northfield Park.
No lie, Sir Pinocchio is a dream come true
Sir Pinocchio authored a fairy-tale season for Carolyn and Irv Atherton in 2024. Their homebred male trotter won 10 times in stakes action — including the MGM Yonkers Trot, Matron Stakes, Dexter Cup and New York Sire Stakes championship — on his way to $640,902 in earnings. Now a 4-year-old, Sir Pinocchio will make his 2025 stakes debut Saturday when he faces 10 older rivals in the Grade 3 $158,000 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial at The Meadowlands.
Richard O’Donnell, 87, dies
Richard O’Donnell, 87, longtime State Steward at Freehold Raceway, died May 7, 2025.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for May 17
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (May 17).
Purse increases for the SBOANJ sponsored Garden State Trot
The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey is proud to announce purse increases to the Garden State Trot races this Saturday (May 17) at the Meadowlands.