Tioga Downs played host for three W.N. Reynolds Memorial races for 2-year-olds on Friday (Sept. 11).
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Dunn sweeps sophomore NJ Classic paces
Before teaming Hambletonian champion Apex to victory in the New Jersey Classic for 3-year-old male trotters, Dexter Dunn swept the event’s sophomore pacing divisions, piloting New Jersey Sire Stakes Platinum champions Be Perfect BG and Bookie J to odds-on scores in their respective $150,000 New Jersey Classic finals on Friday (Sept. 11) at the Meadowlands.
Access Now and Beauts Cabaret fastest in Champlain Stakes
Grand Circuit season at Woodbine Mohawk Park continued Friday (Sept. 11) evening with the Grade 3 Champlain Stakes for 2-year-old trotters.
Chapvious wins feature at Vernon
Chapvious (Jacquavyian Carter) takes the $7,500 featured trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (Sept. 11).
Strategy key to success in Philly features
“A Tale Of Two Quarters” is perhaps the most apt way to write a story describing the two featured paces for mares at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday (Sept. 11).
The 2026 Neville Award to ‘Chip’ Hastings
James Kent “Chip” Hastings, a long-time employee of the United States Trotting Association (USTA) and member of the Little Brown Jug Society, will be honored as the 2026 Joseph Neville Memorial Award recipient by the Little Brown Jug and the Delaware County Fair.
Cool Mr Cool, Hotcheddar Flirt sophomore winners at Aces
The Thursday night (Sept. 10) harness racing program at Running Aces featured three divisions of the Minnesota-sired sophomore pacers as well as the weekly Mares Open Handicap pace.
Jackson Cooper tilts the totes in Plainridge Open
Although not having won in the past several weeks, Jackson Cooper hasn’t been racing all that bad in the top class at Plainridge Park, and certainly not bad enough to be let go at 55-1. But that was the case on Thursday (Sept. 10), when the overlooked 4-year-old made everyone regret it after running away with the $25,000 Open Handicap Pace.
Rhodena Blue’s connections have high hopes for OSS Championship race
Entering the 2026 season, Neil MacInnis could only hope to be at Eldorado Scioto Downs for the Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championships. As it turns out, that’s exactly where he’ll be on Saturday (Sept. 12) to watch Rhodena Blue race for an OSS title on Ohio Super Night.
Jimdougie Armitage, Birr Castle secure Oak Grove berths
Jimdougie Armitage, a $750,000 Lexington Selected yearling, secured his spot in the eliminations to the 2027 $500,000 Oak Grove Trotting Derby by winning the $300,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes championship on Monday (Sept. 7) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.