Chuck ($8.50) used some deep stretch fireworks to take the $16,000 Open Trot at Buffalo Raceway on Friday afternoon (July 4) with a three-quarter length victory over the favored Big Baller Beane in 1:56.4 on the fast track.
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Plano provides perfect trip for Premier Desirey
Driver Luke Plano orchestrated a perfect trip in the $14,750 featured Mares Open pace at Running Aces on Thursday night (July 3) to pull off a 12-1 upset win with Premier Desirey.
Pilar Hanover controls Friday Philly feature
Pilar Hanover, on the board in all four of her initial 2025 starts, was quite impressive in finally reaching this year’s win column, winning a $14,000 handicap pace for up-and-coming female pacers at Harrah’s Philadelphia Friday afternoon (July 4) while lowering her mark to 1:51.1.
Six Horses Look to Stay Perfect as Sophomores Head to Scioto for Third Leg of OSS
Six sophomores are undefeated through two legs of the 2025 Ohio Sires Stakes. Three of them — Odds On Chesapeake, Odds On Hialeah, and Aunt Laura — are trained by Virgil Morgan Jr.
Breakfast With The Babies Wrap
Breakfast With The Babies, sponsored by Fashion Farms, got underway at 9:00 a.m., on a perfect summer morning at the Meadowlands. The temperature was a comfortable 71 and the track nice and fast with negligible breeze to begin. John Rallis and Greg Blanchard called the action.
Grand Circuit racing heads to Goshen Historic Track
Grand Circuit racing visits Historic Track in Goshen, N.Y., this weekend, followed on Sunday evening by Hall of Fame inductions at the adjacent Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame.
Calabrese romps in Yonkers NAADA Trot
John Calabrese cleared command easily with Draco S and pulled away from the competition to post an open-length score in the $13,100 North American Amateur Drivers Association Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (July 3).
Italian dominance in Sweden’s Hambletonian
The Sprintermästaren in Halmstad, Sweden, is called the Swedish Hambletonian Stake because it is held with eliminations and the final on the same day – albeit for 4-year-old trotters.
Emoticon Legacy dashes to Zweig win at Vernon
Emoticon Legacy outlasted Maryland to capture the $320,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Open Trot for sophomore trotters at Vernon Downs on Thursday (July 3).
Hughesville (Pa.) record book demolished
Three-year-old trotters and pacers took to the track Thursday (July 3) during a “Two-Day Meet” at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds, following the 2-year-old racing of the day before, and the sophomores put a battering on the local speed record book, the likes of which has seldom been seen at any Keystone State half-mile oval.