The stage is set for next week’s rich Michigan Championship card at the Barry Expo Center, in Hastings, Mich., after the eliminations for both 2-year-old trotting divisions were contested on Tuesday (Aug. 27) at the same venue.
Category: Fairs
Plenty of action at Wattsburg (Pa.)
The sophomore Stay Hungry gelding Rose Run Zeke came within a fifth of a second of tying the all-age record at the Erie (Pa.) County Fair, crossing the wire in 2:00.2 during Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes “A” competition on Tuesday (Aug. 27). The record of 2:00.1 still resides with the 2-year-old male Venier Hanover and the 3-year-old male Midway Island.
Shenandoah (Va.) County Fair meet opens Wed.
The annual four-day harness racing meet at the Shenandoah (Va.) County Fair kicks off Wednesday (Aug. 28) at 12 noon with an 11-race card featuring 52 horses and $22,000 in purse money. Six pacing events will be contested to complement five trots.
Gowestyounggrace dominates at Windsor (Maine)
Fred Ward’s Gowestyounggrace continued her dominance of the 3-year-old pacing filly division of the Maine Sire Stakes with a 2:00.1 win on Monday (Aug. 26) at the Windsor Fair.
Du Quoin (Ill.) Championship Day preview
Tuesday (Aug. 27) is Championship Day at the Du Quoin State Fair, and the number of Illinois-bred horses to be crowned is certainly plentiful. A total of 15 pacers or trotters will come away with the status as a title holder in their respective divisions.
Two Fold Cold, Whats For Suppaah take Maine splits at Windsor
The 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers kicked off the Maine Sire Stakes at Windsor Fair on Sunday (Aug. 25) with a pair of $19,000-plus divisions where an unbeaten horse and a maiden both grabbed victories.
Du Quoin state fair meet opens Monday
It’s the opening day of the Du Quoin State Fair three-day harness racing meeting. For horsemen and their owners who participated on the summer long Illinois County Fair racetracks, it’s the most prominent program of the year, money-wise and for prestigious honors.
Trotting fillies enter record book at Indiana(PA)
Track records for trotting fillies were turned by both a two-year-old and a three-year-old during Thursday (August 22) and Friday (August 23) Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes racing at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in this city in the northwest portion of the state.
Illinois freshman Cash Money Twenty “wow’d them”
Very few 2-year-olds have ever made their first start in Illinois with such a dazzling first impression as the one made by Heart & Soul Racing’s youngster Cash Money Twenty.
Wahlberg, Wyant win in Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series
The Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series visited both the Allen County Fair in Lima, OH, and the Darke County Fair in Greenville, OH, this week with Emma Wahlberg and Christina Wyant recording wins.