‘Twas a pair of Yonkers Raceway $35,000 Preferred Handicaps highlighting the Saturday night (Nov. 23) soiree.
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OFRC crowns its champs
It was another fine Ohio Fair Racing Conference awards dinner held Saturday (Nov. 23) at the American Legion Post No. 454 and a large turnout was on hand to enjoy the festivities.
Caviart Ally noses Shartin N to win TVG Mare Pace championship
It took a while for the Bettor’s Delight mare Caviart Ally ($8.80) to find a way to defeat the season-long pacing mare divisional leader Shartin N, but she was able to exploit the late-found knowledge for the third time in recent weeks, just nosing out her ultimate rival in taking the $175,000 TVG Mare Pace final Saturday night (Nov. 23) at The Meadowlands in a stakes-record 1:48.3.
World champion Six Pack closes out his career with TVG Open Trot victory
Six Pack went out a winner, capping his career by capturing Saturday’s (Nov. 23) $350,000 TVG Open Trot championship by three-quarters of a length with a track-record 1:50 performance over a surface labeled “good” because of rain at The Meadowlands.
Always A Prince is crowned a winner in TVG Open Pace
Always A Prince and driver Yannick Gingras went to the front from post eight and never looked back, rolling to a 1:48.2 win in Saturday’s (Nov. 23) $350,000 TVG Open Pace championship at The Meadowlands. The margin of victory was 4-3/4 lengths.
Papi Rob Hanover dominates in Governor’s Cup; JK First Lady wins the Three Diamonds
Papi Rob Hanover dominated the freshman male pacing field to win the Governor’s Cup and JK First Lady won the Three Diamonds freshman filly pace at The Meadowlands on Saturday (Nov. 23).
$7,500 guaranteed Pick-5 pool Sunday at Northfield
Northfield Park is announcing the addition of a $7,500 Pick-5 total pool guarantee on Sunday (Nov. 24). Beginning in race two, the $7,500 Pick-5 guaranteed total pool includes a carryover of $1,518.
El Ideal lands in Valley Victory; Senorita Rita slides to victory in Goldsmith Maid
The trotting side of the Fall Final Four saw a favorite foiled and a favorite deliver. Misfortune for 1-2 favorite Amigo Volo paid fortune for 3-1 second choice EL Ideal in the $505,050 Valley Victory Final — sponsored by Kentuckiana Farms — on Saturday (Nov. 23) at The Meadowlands.
Emoticon Hanover nips Atlanta in TVG Mare Trot
For most of its initial stakes race, the $175,000 TVG Mare Trot final, the Fall Super Saturday Championship card at The Meadowlands didn’t look like it would get off to an unusual start, but that changed in the final sixteenth, as Emoticon Hanover ($16.40) unleashed a vicious sprint from the pocket to catch 1-9 favorite and pacesetter Atlanta, winning in 1:51.4 to both defend her title in this event and equal the 2016 stakes record of Hannelore Hanover.
Hollar collects 1,000th career training victory
Longtime Ohio horseman Calvin “Buck” Hollar reached a career milestone on Saturday (Nov. 23), harnessing his 1,000th training victory. The achievement was realized when Ronnie Wrenn Jr. drove Pinkpolosocks to a 1:54 victory to win the evening’s fifth race.