Maine’s fairground circuit will hit its full stride during the month of August as the eyes of the Pine Tree State become focused on the 170th agricultural exhibition to be held at the venerable Topsham Fair.
Category: Fairs
Racing returns to Greenville on Aug. 16-17
Racing returns to the famed oval in Greenville, Ohio, on Friday (Aug. 16) and Saturday (Aug. 17); first post both evenings at 6:30 p.m.
OHHA past presidents set records in Bowling Green (Ohio)
The Wood County Fair, in Bowling Green, Ohio, is the home fair for Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association past presidents Steve Bateson and John Konesky III. The 2024 fair will be one the two won’t soon forget as Bateson and Konesky set track records with horses they train.
Wayne County (PA) Fair to host free for all pace and trot
Horsemen are reminded that along with being a regular stop on the Pennsylvania Fair Circuit offering the standard PA Fair Sire Stakes events for 2- and 3-year-olds, the historic Honesdale oval will also host free for all pace and free for all trot overnight events.
Arnold and Currie grab wins in Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series
The Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series visited the Greene County Fair in Xenia, Ohio, on Wednesday (July 31) with two divisions being contested.
Freshmen, fillies among equine stars at Bedford (Pa.)
Two-year-olds and females took the lion’s share of the spotlight during the two-day Fair Sire Stakes meet at Bedford, Pa., on Tuesday (July 30) and Wednesday (July 31), with the freshman divisions all getting fair season’s records and fillies recording faster miles than their male counterparts in all four of the “A” Fair Sire Stakes classifications.
Beegle scores 1,000th career driving win at Bedford (Pa.)
Sam Beegle “went home” to record his 1,000th career driving victory on Tuesday afternoon (July 30) at the Bedford (Pa.) Fairgrounds.
Guns A Brazen trots to Bad Axe (Mich.) track record
Guns A Brazen continued to build a case for himself as Michigan’s top 3-year-old male trotter on Sunday (July 28) at the Huron Community Fair, where he trotted the fastest mile in the 156-year history of the fair by way of his 2:01.1 victory in a $5,600 Michigan Colt Stakes Blue Division event.
PA Fair Guide correction
The Wayne County Fair in Honesdale’s first two days of racing are Aug. 2 and 3 with a draw date of Wednesday (July 31); box closes at 10 a.m.
OHHA at Ohio County Fairs with weekday coverage
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will continue its 2024 Ohio County Fair racing season with livestreaming coverage from five county fairs this week beginning on Monday (July 29).