Trainer Todd Luther hopes to celebrate his birthday a little early when Why Not Now competes in Saturday’s (June 8) $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie at MGM Northfield Park.
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Road to the Pepsi North America Cup: June 6, 2024
Woodbine Entertainment today released its latest “Road to the Pepsi North America Cup” rankings for the 41st edition of Canada’s most prestigious harness race.
Dave Little’s 2024 Road to The Meadowlands Pace Week Six
With nine of the horses in action at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the eliminations for the North America Cup, the sixth edition of Dave Little’s Road to The Meadowlands Pace weekly Top 10 poll has a big chance to look a lot different than it will one week from now.
Page hopes for more ‘Missal’ magic
Chris Page fulfilled a childhood dream in 2022 when he won the Little Brown Jug with Bythemissal. On Saturday, Page will be reunited with the horse for the first time since that season and aim to capture another race he attended regularly as a youngster. Bythemissal and Page will look to win Saturday’s $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie, an invitational for older pacers, at MGM Northfield Park.
Karl and T C I remain 1-2 in Ken Warkentin’s 2024 Road to the Hambletonian Week 2
Karl and T C I remain 1-2 in Ken Warkentin’s 2024 Road to the Hambletonian Week 2.
Eliminations set for 41st Pepsi North America Cup
A group of 26 sophomore pacers have been split into three C$50,000 eliminations to determine the field for the 41st Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Bythemissal looks to defend home turf in $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie at MGM Northfield Park
Bythemissal became the first horse in nearly 30 years to win Ohio Horse of the Year honors in back-to-back years in 2023; on Saturday (June 8) he returns ‘home’ to MGM Northfield Park, with his eyes set on the $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie.
41st Pepsi North America Cup attracts 26 entrants
The entry box for the 40th Pepsi North America Cup closed Tuesday morning with 26 sophomore pacers entered. The 26 entered 3-year-old pacers will now be drawn into three C$50,000 elimination races for this Saturday.
Probable starters for $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie announced
As June begins, that can only mean one thing: stakes season is about to get underway at MGM Northfield Park. Prepare for a thrilling spectacle as one of the track’s most prestigious events, the 38th Battle of Lake Erie, unfolds on Saturday (June 8). The race showcases a formidable group of the sport’s top veteran pacers. The box closes for the Battle of Lake Erie on Tuesday (June 4) at 9 a.m., but the list of probable starters features the who’s who of harness racing.
‘Landen’ set to go in Graduate
Fox Valley Landen might have had difficulty traveling a straight path as a 2-year-old, but he got moving in the right direction last season at age 3, winning 11 of 14 races and being named Illinois’ best sophomore male pacer. That success has propelled the gelding on to the Grand Circuit this year, with the trail leading Fox Valley Landen and driver Kyle Husted to Ontario’s Woodbine Mohawk Park for Saturday’s opening round of the Graduate Series.