Milton, ON – Intense battles are guaranteed for this Saturday’s (June 10) Pepsi North America Cup eliminations at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Author: by Mark McKelvie for WEG
Two of three Pocono features to same connections
Wilkes-Barre, PA – Driver Braxten Boyd, trainer Tee Wine, and owners Jemaxpo Racing Stable LLC won two of the three featured $15,500 claiming handicap trotting features on Tuesday (June 6) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, as the smoke from the Canadian wildfires reached as far down as the Keystone State and made for hazy viewing.
Bond impressive in 2023 bow at Pocono
Wilkes-Barre, PA – Special Way was the Breeders Crown champion and voted the two-year-old Trotting Filly of the Year in 2022, and she’s undefeated in three starts this year, but yet there is still a question if Special Way is even the best filly in Åke Svanstedt’s barn.
Beach Cowgirl heads big Sunday of racing at Philly
Chester, PA – Beach Cowgirl returned to the scene of her greatest triumph – Harrah’s Philadelphia, where she won her freshman Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship in a world record 1:50 – and kept her lifetime record undefeated after five starts in her 2023 bow, a 1:50.1 mile on Sunday (June 4) afternoon. She competed in one of three $49,783 divisions of the first preliminary of the PA Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies.
Get Lit and Zig Zag grab features at Tioga
Nichols, NY – Hard Rock Hulk (Tyler Miller) was first to the quarter in :25.4. He used a :29.0 second quarter to be first to the half in :54.4. Son Of A Tiger N (Might Merton) came first-up to challenge. Hard Rock Hulk was first to three-quarters in 1:22.1
Two Central Ohio charities take home top prize at Ohio Harness Horsemenʼs Association Charity Night.
Grove City, OH – Two Central Ohio charities left Eldorado Scioto Downs with big smiles and $10,000 checks as the winners at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association’s second charity night of the year. A total of ten charities benefited from the generosity of the Ohio horseman.
Todd Whitney takes Maine Amateur event at Cumberland
Cumberland, ME – Veteran amateur reinsman Todd Whitney boldly got Iwillmakeyousaywow into the Blue Seal Feeds winners circle at Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (June 3) to celebrate his first seasonal victory in the Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) race.
Remarkable De Vie wins third straight at Harrington
Harrington, DE – Tlb Racing’s Remarkable De Vie ($5.00, Pat Berry) continued his stellar form with his 3rd straight win in the $20,000 Open Trot in 1:55.4 at Harrington Raceway on Wednesday night (May 31).
Vivians Dream coasts in NYSS at Buffalo Raceway
Hamburg, NY – It was like a paid public workout for Vivians Dream ($2.10) in her $57,000 division of the New York Sire Stakes for the 3-year-old filly pacers on Wednesday afternoon (May 31) at Buffalo Raceway as she toyed with the field in notching a 1-1/4 length win over Dame in a dialed down 1:54.2 over the fast track.
Attention Oak Grove horsemen
Oak Grove, KY – If you are bringing horses onto the property, it is required by the state of Kentucky that they have a current EIA (Coggins) test dated within the last 12 months and a health paper for each animal entering.