Luminosity shone most brightly in the $18,000 featured trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon (May 16), winning by 5-3/4 lengths in 1:53.4, just a fifth of a second off his lifetime best.
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Shezallapples A wins Saratoga feature
Trainer Jose Godinez has brought several different distaffers to Saratoga Casino Hotel to compete in the Fillies and Mares Open over the last few years.
OSS colts the opening act for Sunday’s Confederation Cup
The 46th Ontario Sires Stakes season gets underway this Sunday (May 19) with eight exciting races on the C$538,551 Confederation Cup program at Flamboro Downs.
No changes this week in Road to the Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace
There are no changes in the Week 3 edition of Dave Little’s Road to the Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace, but expect some next week, as eight of the horses in the top 10 will be in action this weekend.
Great Northeast Series continues this weekend
The Great Northeast Open Series will have $30,000 events for open-caliber horses on both gaits this weekend, with the pacers going during a post-Preakness Saturday night (May 18) program at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, and the trotters getting their turn Sunday afternoon (May 19) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Fast trotters gather for Saturday’s opening round of Graduate Series
Jim Campbell figures when you bring together many of the best 4-year-old trotters in North America, there is no such thing as an easy spot. So, although his returning millionaire Crystal Fashion will avoid two 2018 Dan Patch Award winners (Atlanta and Six Pack) and a 2017 Breeders Crown champion (Fiftydallarbill) in Saturday’s (May 18) opening round of the Graduate Series at The Meadowlands, Campbell is not expecting a stroll in the park. Crystal Fashion competes in the second of two $50,000 divisions, starting from post one with regular driver Tim Tetrick.
‘Down Under effect’ on display at Big M
Two names that have been near the top of the driver standings at The Meadowlands since the start of the current meeting in mid-October belong to a pair of drivers from “Down Under,” New Zealand native Dexter Dunn and Australian Andy McCarthy.
Preakness Day party ready to go at Pocono
The weather looks great. The horses have arrived at Pimlico. The Preakness Stakes is ready to go, and the party is on at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
Arthur Pendragon tops robust Blooded Horse Sale
Horsemen flooded to the Champions Center in Springfield, Ohio, on Tuesday (May 14), seeking racehorses and breeding stock among the nearly 400 cataloged horses in the Blooded Horse Sale.