Category: Grand Circuit Results

Dandy Ideal outdueled Rick Wink to get the lead in the opening quarter and remained on top from there to win Saturday’s $300,000 Grade 2 Max C. Hempt Memorial, for 3-year-old male pacers, in 1:48.2 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

The Tactical Landing filly Yo Tillie survived a rough early journey, limbed three-wide past the eighth pole, not crossing over to the inside and the lead until past the three-eighths, but kept trotting strongly to win her sixth race in an undefeated season by taking the $250,000 Grade 1 Delmonica Hanover, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, in a stakes- and track-record 1:51.2.

Dexter Dunn pulled Miki And Minnie out of the pocket in the stretch and overtook pacesetter Chantilly nearing the finish line to capture Saturday’s $250,000 Grade 1 James M. Lynch Memorial, for 3-year-old female pacers, by three-quarters of a length in 1:49.1. Rodeo Drive Deo was third.

Warrawee Michelle won Saturday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Sebastian K Invitational for older trotters at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in 1:50, becoming the fastest 4-year-old trotter ever on a five-eighths-mile track and giving trainer Ake Svanstedt his third consecutive victory in the event named after one of his former stars.

Beginning at the Fair in Indianapolis on Wednesday (Aug. 6) with 11 events followed by the Grade 2 “Dan Patch” invitational at Hoosier Park on Friday night (Aug. 8), the Grand Circuit culminated at Northfield Park on Saturday night Aug. 9). The event was the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial.

Beginning at the Fair in Indianapolis on Wednesday with eleven events followed by the Grade 2 “Dan Patch” invitational at Hoosier Park on Friday night, the Grand Circuit culminated at Northfield Park on Saturday night. The event was the Grade 2 $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial.

Prince Hal Hanover followed up the disqualification in the Meadowlands Pace with a win in the Grade 1 $385,000 Adios Final at The Meadows on July 26th and a powerhouse victory in the Grade 2 $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial on Saturday (August 9) at MGM Northfield Park. He has solidified his place among the top 3-year-olds with back to back convincing victories.

Team Steacy’s enigmatic star mare Sylvia Hanover continued in her rejuvenated form and added another victory in her renewed rivalry with Twin B Joe Fresh when reigning in a stretch battle to score a 1:48.2 win in the Grade 2 $139,000 Lady Liberty free-for-all mare pace on Saturday (Aug. 2) at The Meadowlands.

With Dexter Dunn in the driver’s seat, Captain Luke parlayed a two-hole trip into a 1:47.3 victory in the $131,650 first division of the Grade 2 Sam McKee Memorial on a picture-perfect Saturday (Aug. 2) afternoon at the Meadowlands. The $130,400 second split went to the David Miller-driven Ken Hanover in 1:49.