Grand Circuit action kicks off on Thursday (Sept. 26) at the Red Mile.
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Champagne Problems leads Friday’s nine Bluegrass divisions
Lexington, KY — Fresh from her 1:54 win in the $305,000 Jim Doherty Memorial, Champagne Problems treks southward to The Red Mile to compete in the first of six Bluegrass divisions for…
Oscarsson happy to be back in the States
After tasting success during a two-year stint in the U.S. a little more than a decade ago, Jim Oscarsson is back Stateside and hoping to harness Grand Circuit winners again. Oscarsson and his wife, Susanne, returned to the U.S. from Sweden last year. Oscarsson is training four horses at the moment, all 2-year-old trotters that will be in action this week in Bluegrass Stakes divisions at Lexington’s Red Mile.
Papi Grad aims for rebound in Bluegrass
After having her unbeaten record snapped one month ago and thrice a runner-up since, Papi Grad will head to the Red Mile as the 3-2 morning line choice in the second of four $77,500 divisions of the Bluegrass Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 26).
A ‘Shot’ in the dark: Roegner, O’Neil reflect on Jugette
They say happy endings only happen in fairy tales, but if anyone has found their Cinderella story, it’s the team behind the 2024 Jugette winner Soft Shot.
M-M’s Dream back to Hoosier for Caesars Trotting Classic
There is no place like home for millionaire trotting mare M-M’s Dream. True, the two-time Indiana Sire Stakes champion has brought her game successfully on the road since turning 4 last year, winning multiple times on the Grand Circuit, but she has certainly enjoyed the home cooking at Harrah’s Hoosier Park throughout her career. On Friday, after three months of racing on the East Coast and in Canada, M-M’s Dream returns to Hoosier Park for the $200,000 Caesars Trotting Classic.
Blake MacIntosh: The Mohawk Million, milestones, and more
This year’s edition of the Mohawk Million is twice as nice for Blake MacIntosh.
Mohawk Million and Metro Pace: a launchpad to stardom
Upon its inauguration in 2020, the Mohawk Million, and it’s elder, yet equally renowned companion contest the Metro Pace (first run in 1988), have worked in tandem to spotlight Standardbred racing’s next wave of superstars. The prestigious pair of million-dollar tilts for 2-year-old trotters and pacers, respectively, returns to Mohawk on Saturday (Sept. 21) with a special 6:30 p.m. post time, as part of a dynamic card that includes five stakes finals.
LBJ hopeful ‘Zane’ a special horse to Saunders family
John Saunders knows the thrill of being the captain of a Yale football team that beat Harvard in The Game. On Thursday, the Ohio native will look to tackle The Jug. Saunders, whose family’s involvement in harness racing dates to the 1940s and his Ohio Hall of Fame-inducted great-uncle C.M. Saunders, owns Little Brown Jug hopeful Rose Run Zane with his wife, Leann.
Periculum headlines Caesars Trotting Classic field
The fields were drawn Tuesday (Sept. 17) for two of Harrah’s Hoosier Park’s signature events, the $165,000 Harrah’s Hoosier Park Pacing Derby and $200,000 Caesars Trotting Classic presented by Kountry Lane Standardbreds, both of which will take place Friday (Sept. 20). Two full fields of 10 will go postward, with Periculum tabbed as the morning-line favorite in the Caesars Trotting Classic and Little Rocket Man enlisted as the early choice in the Pacing Derby.