The Champaign County Fair in Urbana will host the third leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for freshman filly trotters and colt pacers on Tuesday (Aug. 6). A total of 11 divisions will go behind the gate with $220,000 up for grabs.
Category: Fairs
Ludington (MI) race meet abandoned
The two-day harness racing meet at the Western Michigan Fair, in Ludington, MI, has been abandoned due to unsuitable track conditions and expected inclement weather.
Wednesday post time at Honesdale (PA) is 3 p.m.
A clarification that the harness races for the Honesdale (PA) fair racing this Wednesday (Aug. 7) start at 3 p.m.; the time may have appeared differently elsewhere.
Riegle, Arnie Almahurst purses announced
The Darke County (Ohio) Agricultural Society has announced the final purses for the Gene Riegle Memorial Pace and Arnie Almahurst Trot.
Topsham (Maine) postpones Sunday card
Sunday’s (Aug. 4) races at the Topsham (Maine) Fair have been postponed due to flooding at the fairgrounds caused by torrential downpours early Sunday morning.
Todd Schadel sweeps sophomore stakes at Honesdale
The Todd Schadel stable made a sweep of the four “A” sections of the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes for 3-year-olds raced Saturday afternoon (Aug. 3) at the fairgrounds near the northeast corner of the state, including setting the all-age track trotting mark of 1:59.3 with the filly Loveyoubunches.
Harness racing to open 170th Topsham Fair
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.
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.