Trainer Daniel Wäjersten will have strength in numbers in his quest to win the $1,000,000 MGM Yonkers International Trot this year after he accepted an invitation to the Grade 1 event for Gio Cash. The 7-year-old joins his stablemate Mellby Jinx as the latest horse to become part of the Sept. 12 worldwide event at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Stakes winners set to clash in Hempt
So far this season, there have been three Grade 1 stakes and three Grade 2 events held for 3-year-old male pacers. And those six races have produced six different winners. On Saturday (Aug. 22), five of those winners will meet at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for the Max C. Hempt Memorial.
Twisted Destiny draws pole for Kane Memorial at Batavia
On Saturday (Aug. 22), Batavia Downs will once again host its signature race, the $50,000 Robert J. Kane Memorial Pace, which annually draws some of the best open class pacers in North America. And this year’s 20th edition of the race is no exception.
Steady-earning Minoan looks for more in Beal
When it comes to earning paychecks, Minoan has become a horse trainer Noel Daley can bank on.
Sangria Summer plays it cool
Going on the road doesn’t bother Sangria Summer. It seems not much else does, either. The filly, who has the second-fastest mile of the season for a 3-year-old female pacer thanks to her 1:48.1 win in the Shady Daisy on Aug. 8 at the Meadowlands, next visits Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for this Saturday’s (Aug. 22) $250,000 Grade 1 James M. Lynch Memorial.
Canadian Pacing Derby, Maple Leaf Trot supplements due Monday
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office would like to remind owners and trainers that supplements to the upcoming Canadian Pacing Derby and Maple Leaf Trot are due by this Monday (Aug. 24) at noon.
Sun Stakes Saturday draws stars to Pocono
The lure of $2.3 million in purses, plus in many cases divisional bragging rights, have attracted a sizable portion of harness racing’s stars to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for its biggest card of the year, Sun Stakes Saturday, this Saturday afternoon (Aug. 22).
Daim Brodda brings high speed to MGM Yonkers International Trot
The field continues to swell for the Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot as the connections of Daim Brodda have accepted an invite to make her the fifth participant in the $1 million event scheduled for Sept. 12 at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Hambletonian to Hoosier Park
The Hambletonian Society voted Thursday (Aug. 13) to move the $1 million Grade 1 Hambletonian to Harrah’s Hoosier Park, in Anderson, Ind., after a 46-year run at the Meadowlands, in East Rutherford, N.J.
‘Ultra-consistent’ Prince Hal Hanover looks to make the grade in Dan Patch Stakes
Sometimes 4-year-olds can struggle a little bit when making the transition to facing older horses, but Prince Hal Hanover has held his own this season, right from the start.