Overcoming a track that was extremely unfriendly to horses racing on the front end, Simply Perfect made it to the lead while parked out at the half in :55.2 before going on to an easy score in the featured $12,500 mid-range conditioned pacing feature for fillies and mares at The Meadowlands Friday (Nov. 7) night.
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Tellitlikeiseeit records fastest mile on Dayton’s Friday card
Tellitlikeiseeit played hardball early with a challenger and drew off to score an open length victory in the first of two $18,000 condition claiming paces on Friday’s card (Nov. 7) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
On To Norway extends win streak to twenty at Hoosier
The inevitable On To Norway extended his win streak 20 as the star sophomore trotting colt crushed in the $42,000 Catholic Cowboy at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Nov. 7) with driver John De Long for trainer Ron Burke.
Longshot Unusual Clarity steals feature at Vernon
Unusual Clarity (Ron Harp) captured the $7,500 featured fillies & mares’ pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (Nov. 7).
Prince Hal Hanover, Twisted Destiny among Philly winners
Prince Hal Hanover and Twisted Destiny, two Pennsylvania-sired sophomore colts who have been racing against Louprint and the very best of the state’s pacing “glamour division” since May, are still going strong in November, winning divisions of their Liberty Bell Stakes on Friday afternoon (Nov. 7) at Harrah’s Philadelphia on a chilly day with a strong stretch headwind.
Kadena brings $1.2 million to top final session in Harrisburg
Three-year-old trotting filly Kadena, a graded-stakes winning daughter of Gimpanzee-Mission Brief, led the way at the second-and-final day of the Standardbred Horse Sale’s mixed sale, selling for $1.2 million on Friday to Armitage Farm at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex.
Swifty Lazar scores at 30-1 in Plainridge Park feature
After following cover for the better part of the mile, the greatly overlooked Swifty Lazar got up in the shadow of the wire at 30-1 to score his fourth win of the year in the $14,000 Trackmaster featured pace at Plainridge Park on Friday (Nov. 7) afternoon.
IL Senate passes legislation for new Standardbred track
The Illinois Senate on Oct. 30 passed legislation that would authorize a new Standardbred racetrack and casino in the Decatur area and remove the 35-mile veto ability of Hawthorne Race Course for a racetrack casino license available to various communities in Cook County.
SOA of NY and MGM Yonkers Reaffirm Commitment and Cooperation with Respect to Racing at Historic Yonkers Raceway
The Standardbred Owners Association of New York (”SOANY”) and MGM Yonkers, Inc. (“MGM Yonkers”), owner and operator of Empire City Casino and Yonkers Raceway, today reaffirmed their shared commitment to the future of harness racing at one of the nation’s most historic tracks, Yonkers Raceway.
Hollywood Casino at The Meadows names Michael Carter director of racing
Michael Carter will take the reins as director of racing at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows pending customary regulatory approvals.