The Buckeye State’s county fair season came to a close on Saturday (Oct. 19) with $50,000 Ohio Fairs Championships at MGM Northfield Park. Freshmen were impressive with three championship winners lowering their lifetime marks.
Category: Fairs
Two sophomores look to repeat in Ohio Fairs Championships
Three-year-old filly and colt pacers and trotters will close the curtain on the 2024 stakes season in the Buckeye State as MGM Northfield Park hosts eight $50,000 divisions of the Ohio Fairs Championships on Saturday night (Oct. 19).
Freshmen to kick off Ohio Fairs Championships Saturday night
The Ohio Fairs Championships will wrap up stakes season for the Buckeye State on Saturday (Oct. 19). MGM Northfield Park will host eight divisions of freshman and sophomore trotters and pacers. Each championship will carry a purse of $50,000.
Last call for OCRA banquet reservations
The Ohio Colt Racing Association will be holding its 91st annual awards banquet to honor the colts and fillies which were champions in that Ohio county fair racing circuit which is comprised of 19 agricultural societies.
Maine sires wrap at Fryeburg
Trainer Valerie Grondin swept the Maine Sire Stakes for sophomore trotters at the Fryeburg Fair on Saturday (October 5) as the popular and well-attended meet comes to a close.
PA fair circuit’s most impressive performers
A total of $200,000 will be on the line at Hollywood Gaming at The Meadows on Friday (Oct. 11) as the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes Championships will be contested on a card starting at 5:10 p.m. Each of eight divisions of stakes horses, earning their way into the Championships based on high finishes turned in through the summer on the fair circuit, will race for a purse of $25,000.
Gowestyounggrace frolics at Fryeburg
When the famous Fryeburg Fair welcomed Maine’s 3-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday (Oct. 2), the fans were treated to another dynamic performance by divisional standout Gowestyounggrace, who soared to her tenth consecutive victory.
Beckwith wins five at Fryeburg (Maine)
The nation’s second leading dash winner, Brett Beckwith, took his talents to Maine on Wednesday (Oct. 2) and won five of his nine drives on the 10-race card at the Fryeburg Fair.
Lofthus wraps Cumberland Fair with another win
Leading part-time driver Hunter Lofthus grabbed another victory in the $4,700 Maine Amateur Driving Club series at Cumberland Raceway on Sunday (Sept. 29), showing his fellow reinsmen that patience is a virtue.
Maine freshman finals are a ‘Massive-Wonder’
Maine’s $300,000-plus 2-year-old finals witnessed two unbeaten youngsters remaining as such, with a few surprises in the other divisions Saturday (Sept. 28) on the closing day of the 152nd Cumberland Fair.