This Sunday afternoon (May 24) Harrah’s Philadelphia will be proud to present as good a card of racing as has been seen in North America so far in 2026, with $611,815 in purses to be contested during the track’s annual marquee “Super Sunday” program.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Apex remains #1 on Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Winning Key Farm Hambletonian Week 3
Apex remains #1 on Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Winning Key Farm Hambletonian and is in to qualify at the Meadowlands on May 22. Spencer Hanover jumps up to take the #2 spot while Big Ranger makes a move up to #6. American Power makes his debut in the top ten, landing at #9.
Daley duo ready to go in inaugural Oak Grove Trotting Oaks
Naked And Famous is the type of horse that doesn’t take a lot of work to get ready to race, but she still surprised trainer Noel Daley with her track-record-setting seasonal debut on May 4 at Oak Grove Racing & Gaming in Kentucky.
Beau Jangles, the unbeaten son of Cattlewash-Mrs Major Hill remains No. 1 in Dave Little’s Road to the Meadowlands Pace Top 10 Week 3
Beau Jangles, the defending Dan Patch and O’Brien Horse of the Year, opened up his sophomore season last Saturday (May 9) with an easy win in his Ontario SBOA elimination, and, according to his trainer Dr. Ian Moore, should be even better for this Saturday’s (May 16) final. The unbeaten son of Cattlewash-Mrs Major Hill remains No. 1 in Dave Little’s Road to the Meadowlands Pace weekly Top 10 poll.
Four Hambo hopefuls entered in the Bunker Hill Trot at Plainridge Saturday
lainridge Park will host the Grand Circuit once again on Saturday (May 16) when a field of eight will line up behind the gate for the G3 $100,000 Battle of Bunker Hill Trot. Half of that field comprises four colts with aspirations of starting in the G1 $1 million Hambletonian on August 8 at The Meadowlands.
No change to Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Winning Key Farm Hambletonian (G1) – Week 2
This Saturday’s Oak Grove Derby will lead to some movement in Warkentin’s top ten in week three.
Little Brown Jug/Jugette condition change; Grand Circuit yearling nomination reminder
The Little Brown Jug Society has announced changes to the conditions of the Little Brown Jug No. 83 and Jugette No. 58, the stakes for foals of 2025 to be raced in 2028, which will take yearling payments on May 15, 2026.
Mossdale Ben N no longer a one-trick pony
It is said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Horses, though, are another story. Eight-year-old Mossdale Ben N has been showing off a new dimension to his game this season, and it could serve him well in Friday’s Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series championship at MGM Yonkers Raceway as he looks to win the final for the second consecutive year.
Post positions drawn for Borgata and McIntyre Series finals at Yonkers
Coaches Corner and Silk Cloud A drew the coveted pole positions in the Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series and Grade 2 $456,000 Ursula McIntyre Pacing Series finals, respectively, on Friday night (May 8) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Svanstedt duo among Hambletonian hopefuls ready for Dexter Cup at Big M
The road to the 101st edition of America’s Trotting Classic, August’s $1 million Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-olds, begins Saturday (May 2) when the Meadowlands hosts a field of eight sophomore male trotters for the Grade 3 Dexter Cup.