Hamburg, NY – It was a day early but Chapvious provided the Fourth Of July fireworks in the $108,200 New York Sire Stake event for the 2-year-old filly trotters at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday (July 3) as she broke the track record with a three-length victory over Devious Babe in 1:58.2.
Author: by Brian Mazurek for Buffalo Raceway
Harness Racing Hall of Fame Weekend July 5-7, 2024
Goshen, NY – The annual Harness Racing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place Sunday (July 7) at the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York. The Ceremony begins at 5:00 p.m.
Admiral Hill wins KYSS in fastest mile ever at Oak Grove
Oak Grove, KY — After finishing third in the first Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) final at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, Admiral Hill not only scored retribution when winning the $150,000 series final for 4-year-old pacing horses and geldings on Tuesday (June 25) but did so with the fastest mile ever recorded in the short history of the track: a 1:48 front-stepping effort.
California Sire Stakes payments due by July 1
Columbus, OH – Nominating and sustaining payments are due July 1, 2024, for the California Sires stakes program.
Square Deal scores in Harrington FFA
Harrington, DE – Mark Howard’s Square Deal ($8.60, Tony Morgan) emerged from the pocket a winner in 1:52.2 in the featured $22.500 Free-For-All Tuesday (June 25) at Harrington Raceway.
Swedish Starlet N goes career best in Plainridge Open
Plainville, MA — Despite being assigned post eight in the $20,000 fillies and mares Open Handicap pace at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (June 25) afternoon, Swedish Starlet N made every post a winning one after touring the facility in a career best, 1:52 mile.
Thunder Hunter Joe not caught in Pocono feature
Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Huntsville gelding Thunder Hunter Joe got a change in scenery in the Tuesday (June 25) afternoon feature at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, as the usually-late-charging four-year-old went wire-to-wire in 1:49.4 in taking the $17,000 featured pace.
Orlando Blue A destroys in Oak Grove feature
Oak Grove, KY — Sent the odds-on choice, Orlando Blue A waited to pounce and attacked with devastating fervor to record an open-length 1:52 victory in the $18,000 featured pace at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday (June 18).
Fast winners in hot weather at Poconos
Wilkes-Barre, PA – A quartet of $15,000 events for up-and-coming horses, plus the debut of a very promising baby, highlighted the Tuesday (June 18) afternoon action at a sultry Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
DSBF pacing fillies complete leg two at Harrington
Harrington, DE – Jo Ann Looney-King’s Curtsyforpurrseco ($2.10, Tim Tetrick) was the fastest of a trio of Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $20,000 elimination winners Tuesday (June 18) at Harrington Raceway with a 1:56.1 triumph in the second leg of stakes action.