Elimination winner Dandy Ideal vindicated himself from a defeat in last year’s Breeders Crown and kept digging on the coals of hot fractions to seize the $662,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown Open Pace final in a track-record-equaling 1:47.3 mile on Saturday night (Oct. 24) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
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Four Cummings wins include El Toro Loco in Batavia Open
Driver Kevin Cummings lit it up in the bike at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Oct. 24) night by winning four races on the card, including a victorious trip behind El Toro Loco in the $13,500 Open Handicap trot.
Twin B Joe Fresh captures second Mare Pace
After being sidelined for last year’s Breeders Crown Mare Pace, Twin B Joe Fresh collected her second career trophy in the event on Saturday (Oct. 24) when she defeated Francent N by three-quarters of a length in a stakes-record-equaling 1:48.1 in the $443,000 Grade 1 final at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Talk Curdy To Me finished third.
Hambo Oaks champ Nezuko Kamado S claims Breeders Crown sophomore filly trot
Hambletonian Oaks champion Nezuko Kamado S became just the 12th filly in harness racing history to win the Breeders Crown in the same year as she lowered her own track record with a 1:51.1 effort to take the $664,500 Grade 1 final for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday night (Oct. 24) at Scioto Downs.
Miss Jum Jabber simply stellar in Breeders Crown triumph
Miss Jum Jabber overcame a demanding draw to deliver a dazzling performance in the $664,500 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Pace on Saturday night (Oct. 24) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Pocono winner Ruthless Hanover still tough at age nine
Ruthless Hanover, the fastest horse ever on a five-eighth mile track (1:46.3), won for the second week in a row and for the 12th time in his career (including his maiden race) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, taking Saturday (Oct. 24) afternoon’s $27,500 fast-class handicap pacing feature in 1:49.4.
Kentuckysmokeshow smolders to third straight at Bangor Raceway
Kentuckysmokeshow moved with ethereal stealth along the backdrop of golden foliage at Bangor Raceway on Saturday (Oct. 24), kicking off the weekend action at the Queen City oval while speeding to her third consecutive victory, timed in a near-divisional-track-record clocking of 1:59.1, with driver Kevin Switzer, Jr. once again providing the spark from the sulky.
Tactical Moni the best in Crown Mare Trot
Tactical Moni grinded out a tough trip to win the $400,000 Breeders Crown Mare Trot in 1:51 against nine stiff rivals Friday (Oct. 24) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Warrawee Michelle, who won last year’s Mare Trot, finished second and Walspea was third.
Perfect Body, Seine score in Big M’s Kindergarten
Perfect Body and Seine hit victory lane in two of six $25,000 divisions of the fifth and final leg of the Kindergarten Series for 2-year-olds at The Meadowlands Friday night (Oct. 23).
Melillo looks to bear fruit in Breeders Crown
In Italian and romance languages, Melillo’s name means “little apple.” Melillo, the 3-year-old pacing colt, could become the apple of the Fredericktown, PA-based Burke Racing Stable’s eye with a win Saturday night (Oct. 24) in the $664,500 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace at Eldorado Scioto Downs in Columbus, OH.