Last season’s Horse of the Year Beau Jangles and this season’s North American earnings leader Brandon Blvd both uncorked front-stepping 1:47.2 efforts to win their respective $79,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
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Hope Hill upsets Miss Jum Jabber in Bluegrass Filly Pace
Hope Hill turned the tables after a 3-1/2 length defeat to Brett Pelling’s star sophomore pacing filly Miss Jum Jabber in the Kentucky Championship Series final when she overpowered her late in the stretch for a 1:49 victory in the second of the cohort’s $151,000 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile.
Little Road and Shemightbetheone shine in Keystone Classic Finale
Three-year-old trotting fillies brought down the curtain on Hollywood Casino at The Meadows’ stakes season with two $24,775 Keystone Classic divisions Friday afternoon (Oct. 2).
Maine trotters roll at Cumberland Fair
Two $16,000-plus divisions of Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotters went postward on Friday (Oct. 2) at the Cumberland Fair, with the sophomore leaders continuing their dominance in their respective classes.
Unbeaten Kountry Plunge among Big Apple elimination winners at Vernon
Vernon Downs played host to eight Big Apple elimination winners for freshmen fillies as well as their counterpart colts & geldings on Friday (Oct. 2). All eliminations raced for $20,000. All the qualifiers will race for $250,000 on Friday (Oct. 9).
Odds On Mr Mamba, Somemore Blue headline INSS winners at Hoosier
Three-year-old pacing colts and fillies brought the preliminary rounds of Indiana Sire Stakes to a close at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Oct. 2). North America Cup champion Odds On Mr Mamba returned after a month away to headline two splits for pacing colts, while Somemore Blue remained red-hot notching her fourth straight to get top billing of the three filly splits.
Fifth And Five ties track record at Plainridge Park
Only weeks removed from his epic track record-tying performance in the prestigious Gold Cup and Saucer at Red Shores Racetrack in Prince Edward Island, Fifth And Five shipped into Massachusetts and tied the track record for a 4-year-old pacing horse in the $24,000 Open Handicap pace at Plainridge Park on Friday (Oct. 2).
OSS Veteran Championships Sunday at Northfield Park
Sunday night (Oct. 4) Northfield Park plays host to the $100,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Finals for 4-year-olds and up, across all four divisions.
D A Johnny Cash breaks OSS record for rookie trotting colts with first Gold triumph
D A Johnny Cash set a 1:52.3 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record for 2-year-old trotting colts while winning the lone C$150,000 OSS Gold Leg 5 event on Friday (Oct. 2) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Verily smashes OSS record for rookie trotting fillies with 1:53 Gold triumph
Verily smashed the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record for 2-year-old trotting fillies, previously shared by four fillies, with a 1:53 score in the first of two $100,000 OSS Gold Leg 5 events on Friday (Oct. 2) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Fellow division leader Major Contender won the second Gold test in 1:54.1.