High temperatures were matched only by the high expectations for the 2-year-old pacing fillies competing in three $43,000 Sand Tart Sire Stakes divisions and three Stallion Series divisions Friday evening (July 3) at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
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Fashion Terror grabs Open at Tioga
Fashion Terror (Greg Merton) charged late to capture the $14,500 Fillies & Mares Open Pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (July 3).
Jailhouse Pearl equals Scioto track record; Austin Hanners hits win 1,000
Jailhouse Pearl and Brett Miller equaled the Eldorado Scioto Downs track record for 4-year-old trotting mares on Friday (July 3). The record of 1:51.2 was previously set in 2025 by Miller and Jurassic Hattie.
Galactic Storm cruises to easy feature win at Vernon
Galactic Storm (Jimmy Whittemore) captured the $7,500 featured pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (July 3).
Aces And Cinches clears the field in INSS
Aces And Cinches driven by Kyle Wilfong for trainer Ron Burke led the field from the jump to take down the fourth leg of the $94,000 Indiana Sire Stakes 3-Year-Old Colts and Geldings Pace at Hoosier Park on Friday (July 3) in a career best 1:48.1.
Tiger Baron wins third straight at Buffalo Raceway
Tiger Baron ($6.22) made it three straight victories as he cooled off Cold Decked by three lengths in Buffalo Raceway’s co-featured $10,900 pace on Friday afternoon (July 3) in a seasonal best 1:55.1.
Scioto Downs Next Generation races Saturday featured on Fox Sports
For the third straight year, the four $150,000 divisions of The Next Generation for freshmen Ohio Sired horses will be featured on FOX Sports as part of New York Racing Association’s series America’s Day at the Races. The show will air on Saturday (July 4) from 7:30-11:00 p.m. and will also include races from The Meadowlands.
Cool Mr Cool and Thiskidcanfly cop sophomore pace divisions at Aces
The Thursday night (July 2) harness racing program at Running Aces featured two divisions of the Minnesota-sired sophomore pacers going for $17,500 each, as well as the weekly $16,000 Mares Open Handicap pace.
Pennsylvania fair season gets underway
The 2026 Pennsylvania fair racing season, featuring top state-sired 2- and 3-year-olds in the summer-long Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes, began this Wednesday and Thursday (July 1-2) at the Big Butler Fair, in west-central Pennsylvania.
Nightlife In wins ‘Sweden’s Hambletonian’
Nightlife In, driven by Carl Johan Jepson and trained by David Persson, won both his elimination heat and the final of the Sprintermästaren — the race popularly known as “Sweden’s Hambletonian” — on Thursday (July 2) at Halmstad.