Ake Svanstedt won his third race of the day, and James MacDonald picked up a great catch-drive and did the most with it, as the Walner-Sound Check filly Warrawee Michelle was an impressive wire-to-wire winner in the $250,000 Delmonica Hanover Trot in a track and stakes-record-equaling 1:51.3 on Saturday at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Odds On Platinum grinds to Lynch win
Odds On Platinum and driver Todd McCarthy came with a sustained first-over march from the backstretch and caught pacesetter Rocket Deo in the final step to win Saturday’s $250,000 James M. Lynch Memorial for 3-year-old female pacers by a nose in a stakes-record-equaling 1:49 at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs. Pocket-sitter Caviart Belle was third.
Sabonis rallies late, captures $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial
After Timeisonemyside set devastating fractions early, Sabonis was able to pick up the pieces late, rallying to win the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial on Saturday at MGM Northfield Park.
Odds On Platinum crushes field, wins $100,000 Courageous Lady at MGM Northfield Park
Odds On Platinum entered Saturday (August 10), looking to make it two-in-a-row, she was stepping up in class, but her connections were confident and for good reason as the daughter of Bettor’s Delight was an impressive winner in the $100,000 Courageous Lady at MGM Northfield Park.
Starlitfranknstein and This JK Rocks lead Indiana State Fair Grand Circuit winners
Starlitfranknstein won Thursday’s $42,695 Ralph Wilfong Memorial for 2-year-old trotters and This JK Rocks captured the $39,874 Fox Stake for 2-year-old pacers as the Grand Circuit visited the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis.
Twin B Joe Fresh soars in Lady Liberty
Twin B Joe Fresh made a shambles of the $146,000 Lady Liberty Stakes, for older pacing mares, demolishing her rivals and scampering to a 1:48 blowout victory on the Hambletonian Day program Saturday afternoon (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands. The 4-year-old Roll With Joe mare from the Captaintreacherous dam Fresh Breeze was a winner for the sixth time in seven starts this year with the powerhouse performance, and she gave co-owner Dexter Dunn his sixth driving win on the card.
Warrawee Michelle rebounds for Hambletonian Oaks win
Last season’s Breeders Crown divisional champion Warrawee Michelle made swift amends from a tepid beginning to her sophomore season to, in her fourth start of the year, bag gold in the $525,000 Hambletonian Oaks final on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands.
Karl rallies, Takter repeats in Hambletonian
Karl won the $1,050,000 Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands as trainer Nancy Takter continued a family tradition and Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras scored his first win in the trotting classic.
Jiggy Jog S sails into record books with Cashman win
Åke Svanstedt’s generational trotting mare Jiggy Jog S took her shot in the $282,000 John Cashman Memorial and stood to the task to not only beat male competition through a sudden downpour, but to also trounce the stakes and divisional track records at the Meadowlands on Saturday (Aug. 3).
M-M’s Dream collars Special Way in Steele Memorial
M-M’s Dream rallied on the outside in deep stretch to win Saturday’s (Aug. 3) $160,000 Dr. John R. Steele Memorial, for older female trotters, by 2-1/2 lengths over Special Way in 1:50.4 at the Meadowlands. Pioneer As was third.