Saturday night’s (March 16) opening round of Yonkers Raceway’s George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series offered a fair amount of form and a fair amount of ‘huh?’ among the Free-For-Allers. The winners were Western Fame, Anythingforlove A, Ideal Jimmy, Rodeo Rock, The Wall and More The Better N.
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Caviart Luca gets up in time in Big M feature
Racing luck usually plays a part when one wins a race. Getting an expert steer doesn’t hurt, either. Those two factors were on display in the Saturday (March 16) night feature at the Meadowlands, as Caviart Luca and Big M leading driver Yannick Gingras nailed favorite K Ryan Bluechip at the wire in the featured Preferred for pacers.
Dube wins 9,000th at Yonkers Raceway
Say this much for Dan Dube…he appreciates timing.
Approaching his latest driving milestone for a while, Dube coordinated it just right, stylishly winning Saturday night‘s (March 16) opener of Yonkers Raceway’s George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series.
His open-length romp with favored Western Fame ($4.40) not only served as the 9,000th win of his career, but threw down the Free-For-All series gauntlet as the fastest local mile (1:51.1) of the season.
Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing and Casino to host job fair March 22
Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino will host an on-site job fair on Friday (March 22) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lower level of the racetrack grandstands.
Hudson Phil wins Saratoga feature
Trainer Jackie Greene is no stranger to Open Pace victories at Saratoga Casino Hotel. In fact, no trainer has won the Open more times in the past several years than Greene. Her Artful Way is the three-time defending Pacer of the Year at the Spa and since that veteran is a common participant in the Saturday night feature, some of Greene’s other top flight pacers are forced to race out of town.
Northfield Adds $20,000 guaranteed 20-cent Super High Five total pool to Monday
Northfield Park is announcing the addition of a $20,000 20-cent Super High Five total pool guarantee to Monday’s (March 18) program.
Urban Renewal wins feature on Pocono’s opening night
The weather may have been cold and windy for the opening night of the 2019 racing season at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, but one place where it was hot was near the claiming box, as no fewer the fifteen horses were haltered in the five claiming events at the mountain oval Saturday night (March 16) including Urban Renewal, the winner of the featured $20,000 claiming handicap pace on the opener.
Kauffman Stable celebrates St. Paddys Day in style
Saint Patrick’s weekend has certainly been a time of celebration for the Kayne Kauffman Stable. After winning the $25,000 championship of the Herb Coven Jr. Memorial Series for mares with Tura Lura Lural on Friday night, Kauffman returned to the Miami Valley winner’s circle on Saturday night (March 16) by winning the $25,000 championship leg of the George Williams Memorial Series for male pacers.
Shagnwiththedragon does not disappoint at Buffalo
Shagnwiththedragon wasn’t going to disappoint his backers in his Buffalo Raceway debut on Saturday night (March 16) as he showed plenty of heart in holding off Upfront Country by a neck in the featured $11,000 Class AA Open pace.
Major Humor, Killean win Freehold’s St. Paddy’s Day Pace
It was a fitting outcome for Freehold Raceway’s St. Paddy’s Day Pace on Saturday (March 16), as Irish-born and raised Jack Killeen won with Major Humor.