Trailing by nine lengths at the half, Fly Past Hanover emerged from the cover flow around the final turn and pulled off the 17-1 upset in Wednesday’s co-feature at The Meadows, an $11,500 Conditioned Trot.
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Decoy takes the Harrah’s Philly feature, Tetrick and Dunn score four wins on the card
The southeastern side won a Philadelphia version of the Battle of the Tasman Sea in the $14,500 featured pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon, as Decoy, driven by New Zealander Dexter Dunn, spoiled the North American debut of favored Senor Macray A while posting a 1:51 clocking.
Sweden’s Ohlsson regains lead in World Driving Championship
At the end of the second-to-last day of the World Driving Championship, two drivers are clashing for first place. The stand-off is between Swedish driver Ulf Ohlsson and Canadian driver Doug McNair. However, with five races left to be decided on Friday (May 31), the other drivers still have a shot at joining them in the lead.
Ducharme and Coppola Jr. have a big day at Saratoga
Trainer George Ducharme usually thrives when he brings horses to race at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The veteran conditioner often sends some of his young trainees to town usually in the spring months to compete in races that serve as preps for Sire Stakes action or in between their stakes tries.
Holzman highlights Post Time Thursday
Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (May 30) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Paul Holzman, Ken Weingartner, Buck Chaffee, and Blake MacIntosh.
Pocono to host Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for sophomore trotting males Sunday
The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono will host three $56,868 divisions of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old male trotters on Sunday night (June 2). The Sire Stakes races are slotted in races three, five, and 11, each having seven entrants, and each section has a winner from the first preliminary round, held at The Meadows on May 11.
Millennial night at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment
This Saturday (June 1) is millennial night at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment. Continuing efforts to attract the younger demographic, the Meadowlands is hosting a 30 and under handicapping contest and a $10,000 scholarship sweepstakes, both sponsored by Jeff and Paula Gural’s Allerage Farms.
SRF’s online auction is open
Check out the wide range of fabulous items in the Standardbred Retirement Foundation’s online auction that is already open.
Record number sustained to C$200,000 Prix D’Ete
For the sixth straight year a record number of 4-year-old pacers have been sustained to the C$200,000 Prix D’Ete at the Hippodrome 3R in Quebec on Sunday (Aug. 18).
Connections hope ‘Swandre’ comes up big
Highly regarded Hambletonian hopeful Swandre The Giant begins his 3-year-old campaign Thursday (May 30) in the first round of the Indiana Sire Stakes at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The Ron Burke-trained colt is the No. 6-ranked horse in Meadowlands Racetrack announcer/analyst Ken Warkentin’s second Road to the Hambletonian released Tuesday.