Volume Eight, the co-fastest 2-year-old trotter of 2022, takes the top spot in Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian Week 1.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Grand Circuit to Woodbine Mohawk Park
Grand Circuit action will take place on Saturday (June 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Fourever Boy no ‘kid’ anymore
Tim Twaddle saw steady improvement from Fourever Boy throughout the horse’s first two seasons of racing, and the trainer hopes that trend continues in 2023 as his 4-year-old stallion works toward facing the sport’s top older pacers later in the campaign. Fourever Boy, a multiple Grand Circuit winner and 2022 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champion, has earned $842,888 in his career for owners Twaddle and Micki Rae Stables. The horse already has a big win this season, capturing the $193,880 Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup for 4-year-old male pacers May 21 at Flamboro Downs.
Grand Circuit returns Saturday to Mohawk Park
The first “Super Saturday” of the stakes season is set for this weekend at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Somebeachsomewhere, Graduate Series and Miss Versatility are all carded to take place on Saturday’s 11-race card. A total of seven Grand Circuit stakes divisions will be contested.
Take All Comers to take on Maxie Lee foes
Take All Comers will make his seasonal debut in Sunday’s (May 28) $100,000 Maxie Lee Memorial Invitational for older trotters at Harrah’s Philadelphia, and the 5-year-old gelding has already improved from last year in one regard. He will begin the race from a favorable starting point.
Graduate Series starts at Mohawk June 3
The 2023 Graduate Series will get underway at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (June 3) as a part of a stakes-laden card that will include the Somebeachsomewhere 3-year-old pacing prep for the upcoming North America Cup and leg #2 of the Miss Versatility for trotting mares.
Philadelphia’s “Super Sunday” will have a galaxy of stars
On Sunday afternoon (May 28) Harrah’s Philadelphia will be proud to present what is arguably the best card so far in 2023 North American harness racing, with three $100,000 Invitationals, action in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series for the 3-year-old pacing colts, and other top-class races offering a total bounty on the day of $636,549.
Grand Circuit to Western Fair, Harrah’s Philadelphia
This week’s Grand Circuit action will take place at Western Fair and Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Magical ride with So Much More continues on Camluck Classic night
Kenn Beatson, a co-owner of So Much More, the millionaire mare who has achieved so much more than expected, is preparing for another thrill on Friday night (May 26) in the C$50,000 Forest City Pace at The Raceway at Western Fair District on Camluck Classic night.
Camluck Classic, Forest City Pace post draws complete
The Raceway at Western Fair District conducted the post position draws for its two signature events, the $150,000 Camluck Classic presented by Seelster Farms and the $50,000 Forest City Pace, on Monday evening (May 22) during the track’s pre-game show.