Lexus Kody, with Yannick Gingras in the race bike, showed no shortage of strength, stamina and savvy down the lane to take the C$630,000 Maple Leaf Trot (Grade 1) in record fashion, Saturday evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Big weekend for Grand Circuit action
Nineteen Grand Circuit events took place this past weekend, with races all over North America contested.
Grand Circuit performers headline $100,000 Ohio Sires Stakes on Wednesday at MGM Northfield Park
Three of the Grand Circuit’s brightest stars in the sophomore pacing ranks are set to do battle in Wednesday’s (Aug. 27) lone $100,000 Ohio Sires Stakes event at MGM Northfield Park.
Heavyweight battles headline new week Mohawk
Record miles in eliminations for the Canadian Pacing Derby (G1) and Maple Leaf Trot (G1) have the stage set for this week’s marquee races at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Sylvia Hanover looks to continue roll in Cleopatra Invitational at Scioto
Sylvia Hanover and driver Tim Tetrick will aim for their third consecutive win, and fourth in five starts since being united in late June, when they face eight rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Cleopatra Invitational for older female pacers at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Packed Saturday card at Scioto Downs
The $1 million Saturday (Aug. 23) race card at Eldorado Scioto Downs is packed with a quartet of Grade 3 $100,000 events, headlined by the standout pacing mare Sylvia Hanover.
Ardonne looks to impress again in Wellwood Memorial final
As trainer Megan Scran was preparing Ardonne for his 2-year-old season, she had a very good feeling about the young trotter. Perhaps, she worried, too good.
Game on with Bingo Night
Dustin Jones might not have been a fan of bingo night – the event – but Bingo Night the horse is an entirely different story.
Captain Albano, Desperate Man featured in Kane Memorial
On Saturday (Aug. 23), Batavia Downs will present the 19th Robert J. Kane Memorial Invitational Pace. The 2025 edition of this signature event will have one of the most impressive groups of Open-class pacing horses ever assembled in Genesee County and is led two millionaires Captain Albano and Desperate Man.
Yo Tillie looks to continue streak in Delmonica Hanover
Yo Tillie was not eligible to the Hambletonian Oaks earlier this month, but she will meet four horses from that event’s final – including champ Conversano – when she brings an eight-race win streak to Saturday’s (Aug. 16) $250,000 Grade 1 Delmonica Hanover Stakes, for 3-year-old female trotters, at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.