Nijinsky and Legendary Hanover headline a field of 14 in the $625,000 Little Brown Jug on Thursday (Sept. 19) at the Delaware County Fair.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Twelve enter $312,000 Jugette
Twelve three-year-filly pacers entered the 54th Jugette to be raced on Wednesday (September 18) at the Delaware County Fair forcing two eliminations.
Two fillies are supplemented to the Jugette
The connections of two fillies have made the supplemental payment and will be racing in Wednesday’s (Sept. 18) Jugette for sophomore pacers at the Delaware County Fair.
Grand Circuit to Hoosier and Mohawk
Grand Circuit action will commence on Friday (Sept. 13) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with the $390,000 Peter Haughton Memorial for 2-year-old trotting males and the $305,000 Jim Doherty Memorial for 2-year-old trotting fillies.
Wiesmans look forward to big weekend
For Colby Wiesman and his dad, Jon, the next three days will be collectively unlike any they experienced before. On Friday, the Wiesmans will watch Delaney Hanover compete in the $305,000 Jim Doherty Memorial for 2-year-old female trotters at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The next day, they will turn their attention north of the border to watch Caballero in a C$40,000 elimination of the Canadian Trotting Classic for 3-year-old male trotters at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Then they will cap their weekend by watching Go Dog Go race in the $400,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series final for 2-year-old male trotters at Lexington’s Red Mile.
Elims set for Woodbine stakes extravaganza
The C$1 million Metro Pace for rookie pacing colts and geldings will have two eliminations Saturday (Sept. 14) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Top Jug Contenders, Week No. 6
Here are Jay Wolf’s final ranking of the top 10 horses eligible for the 79th edition of the $700,000 (est.) Little Brown Jug, which will be contested on Sept. 19.
Fields drawn for Haughton, Doherty Memorials
Harrah’s Hoosier Park will play host to the Peter Haughton and Jim Doherty Memorials, for 2-year-old trotters, on Friday (Sept. 13) A full field of 10 will go to post in each race, with a number of local competitors looking to protect home track advantage.
Logan Park set for ‘intriguing’ International
As Robert Fellows contemplated how Saturday’s $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot might play out, he came to one conclusion. “I’m glad I’m a trainer and not a driver,” he said. Fellows will send out Canada’s Logan Park in the International Trot, a 10-horse invitational to be contested at the distance of 1-1/4 miles on MGM Yonkers Raceway’s half-mile oval.
MGM Yonkers International Trot leads Grand Circuit weekend
Grand Circuit racing will open this week on Saturday (Sept. 7) as MGM Yonkers Raceway will feature the $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot for older trotters.