There were no shaky moments for Captain Albano and driver Todd McCarthy on Thursday as they swept their elimination and the final of the 79th edition of the Little Brown Jug for 3-year-old pacers at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. Not on the racetrack, anyway. The winner’s circle was another story.
Category: Fairs
McGwire Sowers and Sarah’s Lilly double up at Farmington Fair
McGwire Sowers held the hot hand at the Farmington Fair on Wednesday (Sept. 18) teaming a pair of winners down the western-Maine fairgrounds’ Victory Lane, including the second win earned by Sarah’s Lilly at Farmington this week.
Nine is fine for Tardif’s Two Fold Cold
Marc Tardif’s heart may have skipped a beat when his here-to-fore undefeated pacer Two Fold Cold made an uncharacteristic miscue in the first turn at the Farmington Fair on Wednesday (Sept. 18) in the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers, but when the dust settled his seasonally unblemished record remained intact.
Connections take a shot with Soft Shot, win Jugette
Soft Shot, a supplemental entry, equaled a divisional world record in her elimination and used a gate-to-wire effort in the final to win the $310,000 Jugette, for 3-year-old filly pacers, on Wednesday (Sept. 18) at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair.
Records galore at Centreville (Mich.)
Six track records fell during the annual two-day harness racing meeting at the St. Joseph County Grange Fair, held Monday (Sept. 16) and Tuesday (Sept. 17).
OHHA Trackside Live Speaker Series schedule from Delaware County Fairgrounds
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association continues its “Five Days in Delaware” coverage with the Trackside Live Speaker Series at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on Wednesday and Thursday morning before the Jugette, Sept. 18, and the Little Brown Jug, Sept. 19.
Scrappy’s Love lives up to name in OBC
Scrappy’s Love withstood extended pressure from LT Loverboy and scored a nose victory in the second $68,500 division of the Ohio Breeders Championship for freshman colt trotters on Tuesday (Sept. 17) at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair.
Eight is great for Gowestyounggrace
Maine’s top 3-year-old pacing filly, Gowestyounggrace, picked up her eighth consecutive victory on Monday (Sept. 16) at Farmington when the 183rd annual Farmington Fair welcomed the Maine Sire Stakes for a full week of harness racing.
Three 14-year-olds win at Farmington Fair
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Fast victories by frequent winners at Gratz (PA)
The male pacer Ante Up Hanover and the female trotter Little Town Road, both 2023 Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes Championship race winners, were the speed stars during the meeting on Sunday (Sept. 15) and Monday (Sept. 16) at Gratz in east-central Pennsylvania, the next-to-last stop on the circuit this year. They go at Bloomsburg on Friday (Sept. 20) and Saturday (Sept. 21) at 11 a.m.