When Acushla Machree N won the featured $25,000 Open Handicap for pacing fillies and mares at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Sept. 8), she gave Gretchen Athearn the 1,000th training win of her career.
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Showboat Shooting sharp in Northville score
Showboat Shooting, with driver/trainer Lauren Harmon in tow, left hard and never looked back en route to a 1:57.2 victory in Tuesday’s (Sept. 8) $9,000 conditioned pacing feature at Northville Downs at the Barry Expo.
Brandon Blvd best in Kentucky Championship Series
Meadowlands Pace champ Brandon Blvd held himself firmly atop the 3-year-old pacing colt and gelding division when shipping to town and scoring a 1:48 victory in the $80,000 final leg of the Kentucky Championship Series for the sophomore boys on Tuesday (Sept. 8) at the Red Mile.
Blazing Home N an easy winner in the Open Pace at Tioga
Blazing Home N, with trainer/driver Larry Stalbaum, captured the $14,500 Open Pace at Tioga Downs on Monday (Sept. 7).
Snowonthepines, Just Delightful repeat at Windsor
It was déjà vu all over again as Maine’s top 3-year-old pacing fillies, Snowonthepines and Just Delightful, repeated their dominance on Labor Day Monday (Sept. 7), the final day of the Windsor Fair.
Harmon wins two in Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series
Lauren Harmon picked up two wins this past week at the Van Wert County Fair in Van Wert, Ohio, in the Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series.
Face Time Bourbon, Chapter Seven in demand in Italy
The yearling auctions are in full swing in Italy these days. On Monday (Sept. 7), two auctions were held in the town of Busto Arsizio, outside Milan: one auction exclusively for offspring of Face Time Bourbon and the annual ITS Selected Sale.
Wehadababyetzaboy Continues Banner 2026
Evm Racing’s Wehadababyetzaboy ($2.80, Brandon Givens) was a 4-length winner despite post 8 Monday (Sept. 7) at Harrington Raceway in the $22,500 Open Pace in 1:51.
Heart Of Secret Prevails in Kentucky Championship Series
After finishing runner-up in the last three preliminaries of the Kentucky Championship Series for 2-year-old trotting fillies, Heart Of Secret found the winner’s circle with a pillar-to-post score in the $80,000 fourth preliminary on Monday afternoon (Sept. 7) at The Red Mile, stopping the clock in 1:53.2.
New York Sire Stakes finals drawn
Two- and 3-year-olds are ready to compete in their $300,000 New York Sire Stakes finals as part of a stakes-laden program on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and post positions for those events are now set.