Fresh off a 2-3/4-length win in round one, Forrest Bartlett’s Primo Maschio asserted himself as the horse to beat in next Thursday’s (Dec. 18) $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) championship for 3-year-old male pacers with a 5-1/2-length, 1:55.2 score over four rivals in his $20,000 second-round split on Thursday (Dec. 11) at Bally’s Dover.
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The Brodster, Cassius Hanover win at Philly
Near-freezing temperatures and a strong stretch headwind did not make for a good day for speed horses on Thursday (Dec. 11) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, but the two feature winners fronted their fields through most of their respective races.
Ragtime Red pockets to victory at Bally’s Dover
Dover, DE – Ragtime Red raced from the pocket and rocketed to victory in the $25,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace at Bally’s Dover on Wednesday (Dec. 10) night. Ragtime Red…
David Miller celebrates birthday with a four bagger
Dayton, OH – Hall of Fame driver David Miller knows how to celebrate a birthday – winning the first three races and added an additional one late on the Wednesday night (Dec….
Git Goin sweeps DSBF prelims; favorites upended
Dover, DE – Git Goin became the only 3-year-old pacing filly to sweep her Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) preliminaries at Bally’s Dover with a 1:54.4 win in the second of three…
Roth wild about ‘Rosa’
It was love at first sight, and it’s only grown stronger over the years. Wild Rosa has become a “perfect horse” for owner-trainer Kim Roth.
Vroom N Vonnie sends message by wire in GLADA at Northfield
Vroom N Vonnie, smartly handled by Joseph Kramp, took the shortest route around the Northfield Park half mile oval to score a near gate-to-wire win in the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA) feature on Tuesday, Dec. 9.
New York awards banquet a Fanning ‘family affair’
Treasured publicity icon and stakes administrator Moira Fanning looked out at the capacity crowd of well-wishers at Sunday (Dec. 7) night’s 66th Awards Banquet of the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), presented by the New York Sire Stakes, and said, “We all know how important family is. Without my family, I am not sure I could have done anything.”
USTA District 8 meeting recap
On Sunday (Dec. 7), Chairperson Shawn Wiles and Directors Kim Crawford, Mark Ford, John Matarazzo, Ray Schnittker, and Mike Torcello hosted the annual District 8 meeting in conjunction with the Monticello-Goshen USHWA and NYSS banquet in Otterkill, NY.
Speed Away wins at Bally’s Dover
Speed Away held off a fast-closing Last Glow to win Tuesday’s (Dec. 9) $25,000 Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover.