Winter weather came to southeast Pennsylvania in full effect on Friday afternoon (Nov. 13) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with a “good” oval and temperatures never reaching 10 degrees above freezing. Nonetheless, the racing was quite competitive, with nine of the 13 races decided by a length or less.
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Saint Stephens shows spirit at Cumberland
Jimmy Nickerson’s Saint Stephens used a cover trip on Friday (Nov. 13) to capture the $6,100 featured trot at First Tracks Cumberland as the iconic Southern Maine oval opened its first three-day weekend of the winter meet.
Longshot wins Holland’s biggest international race, Prijs der Giganten
The 5-year-old French trotter Largo de Castelle, with Robbin Bot in the sulky, pulled off a huge upset when he won the Prijs der Giganten at Victoria Park near Wolvega in the Netherlands on Friday night (Nov. 13).
Charge Me Up upsets at Dayton
Charge Me Up received a confident drive from Luke Hanners going gate-to-wire to capture the $20,000 featured conditioned claiming pace Friday evening (Nov. 13) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Bailey wins six at Vernon
Local leading driver Leon Bailey added six more wins to his total at Vernon Downs on Friday (Nov. 13), pushing his season’s figure to 139.
Sheridan upsets in Yonkers NAADA Trot
Yogi Sheridan fired from the widest draw to lead every step for a 2:00.1 victory with 20-1 shot Bontoni Degato S in the lone $13,100 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Nov. 12).
Three-day weekends start at Cumberland on Friday
First Tracks Cumberland rolls into their three-day weekend schedule on Friday (Nov. 13) with a 13-race card of harness racing action on tap for the Southern Maine faithful.
Fearless Ginger takes Dayton distaff
Fearless Ginger used a perfect pocket trip from driver Chris Page and nailed the pacesetting Beautiful Seaside (Trevor Smith) in the final strides to take the $30,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace Thursday (Nov. 12) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Onemore Volo sets Plainridge track record
Onemore Volo came to Massachusetts for the first time on Thursday (Nov. 12) and left a lasting impression on Plainridge Park after setting a new track record for 4-year-old trotting geldings in the co-featured $23,000 Open Handicap Trot.
Dougs Babe A takes 1:49.3 mark in Philly feature
A deluge passed through southeastern Pennsylvania midway through the Thursday afternoon (Nov. 12 )card at Harrah’s Philadelphia, starting as the horses were on the track for race 7 and then necessitating a 40-minute gap to race 8 as the track crew got the racing surface back to suitable condition. The rains, however, occurred after the two feature races of the day, both for fast-class female pacers.