It was another big afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Monday (July 1) for Hall of Fame driver Wally Hennessey. The veteran reinsman piloted seven winners on the card including a score in the afternoon’s feature.
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NAADA Makes Donations Totaling $5,000
America’s premier amateur harness driving series, the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA), has once again donated to important charitable causes.
Aiello and Prewitt: Round Two; Harness Match Race for Charity July 4
Gulfstream Park announcer Pete Aiello will be spending part of his July 4 weekend in a sulky at Horseshoe Indianapolis when he takes on The Red Mile’s VP of Racing and Sports Wagering Operations Gabe Prewitt in a harness match race for charity.
Fourever Boy wins fourth, Ranger wins five at Plainridge
Summer in Massachusetts has been very good to the connections of Fourever Boy this year, who won his fourth race of the meet by taking the $20,000 Open Handicap pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Monday (July 1) afternoon.
Little Rocket Man Large in Oak Grove Open Repeat
Ken Rucker trainee Little Rocket Man again braved troubled seas out of post eight to grab a repeat 1:49.3 win off a parked mile in the $40,000 Open Pace at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (July 1).
2024 New York Sire Stakes County Fair Series Gets Underway at Goshen Historic Track on July 5
The 2024 New York Sire Stakes County Fair Series season begins on Friday, July 5, at Goshen Historic Track in Goshen, NY. The opening day race program will feature 2- and 3-year-old races beginning at 1 p.m. Goshen Historic Track is the world’s oldest active harness racing track after being established in 1838.
Attis Rock wins photo in Pocono feature
The Bar Hopping sophomore gelding Attis Rock came up the inside to just catch pacesetter G Load in 1:57 while taking the $15,000 featured trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Monday (July 1) afternoon.
“New” Communicators Hall of Fame exhibit debuts Saturday
The United States Harness Writers Association will celebrate the opening of the new, interactive Communicators Hall of Fame kiosk, inside the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame at Goshen, N.Y., on Saturday (July 6) with a special ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m.
Chapvious heads field in NYSS at Buffalo
Chapvious has already tasted victory in the New York Sire Stakes for the 2-year-old filly trotters and she hopes to experience that delectable feeling once again as she leads the full field of eight in the $108,200 event at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (July 3).
Fred Ward Jr. and his saving ‘Grace’
Frederick H. Ward Jr.’s Gowestyounggrace was the wagering favorite in the first of two $16,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Sunday (June 30) at Bangor, but to say that this filly has a special place in his owner-trainer-breeder’s heart would be a glaring understatement.