The 2026 Buckeye Stallion Series resumes with the third leg for sophomore fillies on Sunday and Monday (June 21-22) at Northfield Park Racino.
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Oak Grove unveils new format for upcoming KYSS Series
A marathon race week approaches at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel this Monday (June 22) through Wednesday (June 24) with Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) finals for 4-year-olds as well as the start of KYSS series for 2- and 3-year-olds, which will be contested under a new and exciting format.
Fillister Photo was picture perfect at Running Aces
The featured race on the Thursday night (June 18) program at Running Aces was the $9,000 top condition level for pacing mares and Fillister Photo (Easy Again) turned in a sharp effort to pick up her second win in just four starts this season.
Long Tom fillies sweep Ohio Sires Stakes
Long-shot daughters of Long Tom swept the two $75,000 divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters, both setting new lifetime marks in the process. The races held Thursday (June 18) at Eldorado Scioto Downs were won by Mooter Tooter (1:54.2) and Charlotte Elise (1:55.2).
For Once Inmy Life yet to be beaten at Plainridge
For the fourth time in as many starts at Plainridge Park, For Once Inmy Life won the Massachusetts harness racing venue’s $27,500 Open for male pacers on Thursday (June 18), and each victory he achieved was in gate-to-wire fashion by open lengths.
Ari Ferrari J motors through wind for Philly triumph
On a day with a strong stretch headwind (the average last quarter was over a second slower than the average third quarter), millionaire Ari Ferrari J both started and finished strongly to win Thursday’s (June 18) $16,000 fast-class handicap trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:52.
Zeron looks forward to second Graduate starts with Captain Optimistic, Delaney Hanover
Captain Optimistic has gotten his 4-year-old season off to a fast start. Literally.
Sassy By The Sea eyes 3-for-3 start in Ohio Sire Stakes action
Winless in eight starts as a freshman, filly pacer Sassy By The Sea has drastically improved in her sophomore campaign. Three starts in, she’s done nothing but win.
2026 National Standardbred Show details
The 32nd annual National Standardbred Show will be held Sept. 18-20 at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown, N.J. Put on by the Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of New Jersey (SPHO-NJ), run by a volunteer Board, the show brings together exhibitors, families and breed advocates from across the country for competition across a wide range of disciplines from hunter/jumper and dressage to driving and Western.
Odds On Mr Mamba, Brandon Blvd, Beau Jangles 1-2-3 in Dave Little’s Road to the Meadowlands Pace
By finishing 1-2-3 in both the elimination and final, Odds On Mr Mamba, Brandon Blvd and Beau Jangles sit atop — in that order — the eighth edition of Dave Little’s weekly Road to the Meadowlands Pace presented by Genova Burns LLC Top 10 poll.