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).
Category: Fairs
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.
14-year-old R T Lange wins at Farmington Fair
Harness racing has its share of stars patrolling the major venues of our sport, and they, rightfully so, garner the vast majority of the headlines when the daily press releases are disseminated. But the sport depends upon the workaday racehorse, who makes his 30 starts per year, and night after night fills the undercards upon which the superstars shine.
Buckeye Stallion Series kicks off at Delaware
Sophomore trotters kicked off the fifth leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series on Sunday (Sept. 15) at the Delaware County Fair. Four $20,000 divisions, two for fillies and two for colts, went behind the gate.
Gowestyounggrace looks for eight at Farmington
When the 183rd annual Farmington Fair welcomes the Maine Sire Stakes for a full week of harness racing on Monday (Sept. 16), the top 3-year-old pacing filly in the state, Gowestyounggrace, will be looking for her eighth consecutive victory.
Oldford wins Fouts Memorial at Delaware (OH)
Steve Oldford, picking up a catch-drive in the Tim Fouts Memorial at the Delaware, Ohio Fairgrounds, took advantage of the opportunity and won this yearly memorial event with JK’s Champ (IK Endofanera), covering the mile in 1:54.4.