On Saturday (Aug. 23), Batavia Downs will present the 19th Robert J. Kane Memorial Invitational Pace. The 2025 edition of this signature event will have one of the most impressive groups of Open-class pacing horses ever assembled in Genesee County and is led two millionaires Captain Albano and Desperate Man.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Yo Tillie looks to continue streak in Delmonica Hanover
Yo Tillie was not eligible to the Hambletonian Oaks earlier this month, but she will meet four horses from that event’s final – including champ Conversano – when she brings an eight-race win streak to Saturday’s (Aug. 16) $250,000 Grade 1 Delmonica Hanover Stakes, for 3-year-old female trotters, at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Sun Stakes Saturday bringing stars to Pocono Downs
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 this Saturday afternoon (August 16) for its biggest card of the year, Sun Stakes Saturday.
Fast Choice, Smooth Dream lead Winbak stars in G2 Milstein
Fans don’t often hear about the beginnings of the lives of harness racing champions. Winbak Farm, second in North America in 2025 earnings and wins of horses they have bred, is one farm who shares the beginnings of many of their foals by posting pictures and updates on their multiple social media platforms and website. And In Saturday’s (Aug. 9) Grade 2 $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial, at MGM Northfield Park, they account for two of the top 3-year-olds entered: Fast Choice and Smooth Dream.
High hopes for Primo Maschio in G2 Milstein
Saturday’s (Aug. 9) Grade 2 $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial at MGM Northfield Park will feature competitors from all over North America. But for one of the horses racing, they’d love to make it a ‘first’ for their state.
Top Jug Contenders – Week #1
For the next six weeks, Little Brown Jug publicity director Jay Wolf will rank the top 10 horses eligible for the 80th edition of the Grade 1 Little Brown Jug, to be contested on Thursday, Sept. 18.
Field established for Dan Patch Stakes at Hoosier
Eleven of the sport’s top older pacers are set to do battle at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in the $300,000 Grade 2 Dan Patch Stakes presented by Indiana Standardbred Development.
On To Norway set for Grand Circuit at Indiana State Fair
When Michael Detweiler was watching On To Norway train down as a 2-year-old last season, he believed the young male trotter had some speed. He had no idea it would lead to this kind of rush.
Hambletonian headlines Grand Circuit report
Hambletonian No. 100 and the Oaks led off as Grade 1 star billing with seven other graded events which comprised the Grand Circuit show over the past weekend.
Hambo handle just shy of $7.5 million at Big M
Total handle on the 16-race Hambletonian Day card Saturday at The Meadowlands totaled $7,464,087, up slightly over 2024, when $7.427 million was pushed through the windows in North America.