Harrah’s Hoosier Park played host to a pair of Grade 1 events on Friday (Sept. 18), with local hero Swan Good Bi staying perfect on the season in the $475,100 Peter Haughton Memorial, for 2-year-old trotting colts, and Birr Castle heading a Marcus Melander-trained trifecta in the $483,350 Jim Doherty Memorial, for rookie trotting fillies.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Emoticon Legacy wins Hill, Ken Hanover takes Ewart at Scioto
Emoticon Legacy, under a hand drive, put separation on the field to set a new track and world record for 4-year-old stallions, winning the $250,000 Grade 2 Charlie Hill Memorial Trot in 1:50.2 on Saturday (Sept. 12) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Redland Rocket Man surprises with world record Simcoe win
John Pentland trainee Redland Rocket Man ripped off a pocket trip to a world-record-equaling mile when scoring in 1:46.4 in the C$140,000 Grade 3 Simcoe Stakes on Saturday night (Sept. 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Super Chapter shines in MGM Yonkers International Trot
Super Chapter became the first horse representing the United States to win the $1 million Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot since Resolve in 2016 with a powerful 2:22.3 performance for the mile and a quarter in the 2026 edition of the race on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Best Chip equals stake record in Canadian Pacing Derby
New face to the free-for-all pacing scene Best Chip asserted total control in the $705,000 Grade 1 Canadian Pacing Derby final to equal the stake record with a 1:46.4 effort on Saturday night (Sept. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Super Chapter dominant in Maple Leaf Trot
Dexter Dunn made an authoritative brush to the lead with odds-on favorite Super Chapter heading to the half and strode confidently to a track- and Canadian-record 1:49.3 victory in the $620,000 Grade 1 Maple Leaf Trot, a trotting free-for-all event, on Saturday night (Sept. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Francent N fierce in Canadian-record Milton victory
A $20,000 supplement became a six-figure payday for the connections of Francent N, the 6-year-old mare who took the lead, lost the lead around the last turn and reemerged in front through a game stretch drive to win the $255,000 Grade 2 Milton Stakes, for aged pacing mares, in a stake, track and Canadian record on Saturday night (Sept. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Storybook Love lands in Simcoe Stake
Matt Bax pupil Storybook Love, who surprised last fall to win the Grade 1 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Trot, notched the first win of her sophomore season with a comfortable 1:53.1 victory on home turf at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the first of two divisions of the $156,000 Grade 3 Simcoe Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night (Sept. 4).
For Once Inmy Life, Prince Hal Hanover victorious in Canadian Pacing Derby elims
Woodbine Mohawk Park contested a pair of C$50,000 eliminations for the Grade 1 Canadian Pacing Derby on Saturday night (Aug. 29), with For Once Inmy Life comfortably popping to win the first elimination and Prince Hal Hanover clinching a tight victory in the second.
Athena’s Girl gallant in Peaceful Way final
Odds-on favorite Athena’s Girl grabbed command early and edged away under a hand drive to crush her rivals in the C$425,000 Grade 1 Peaceful Way, for 2-year-old female trotters, on Saturday night (Aug. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.