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.
Author: by PHHA for Pocono Downs
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.
Uno Mas Blue Chip behaves, wins Philly feature
Chester, PA – It took four tries for new trainer Symon Spicer to get the International Moni filly Uno Mas Blue Chip to qualify, but after three breaks and then finally staying flat, the sophomore was ready for her sophomore debut, taking the $12,600 trotting feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia Wednesday (May 31) afternoon in a lifetime best of 1:54.3.
Super final winner Cheesy Smile in action Friday at Woodbine Mohawk Park
Milton, ON – Cheesy Smile will try for her second consecutive stakes win as sophomore pacing fillies take centre stage Friday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park with over $205,000 in total purses split across in two Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold divisions.