David Banks’ Ragtime Red ($21.40, Allan Davis) won her fifth straight race in Tuesday’s (Sept. 9) $18,000 Fillies and Mares Open at Harrington Raceway, stopping the timer in 1:54.3.
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Quick trotters, long shots top Tuesday Pocono card
Favorites won both divisions of the $11,000 claiming handicap trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Tuesday (Sept. 9), and their times were within one-fifth of a second of each other – but a pair of bombers who returned in excess of $50 provided some diversity during the afternoon’s proceedings.
Top Jug contenders, final week
Little Brown Jug Publicity Director Jay Wolf provides his final ranking of the top 10 horses eligible for the 80th edition of the Grade 1 Little Brown Jug, to be contested on Thursday, Sept. 18.
Ken Hanover sharp in Philly qualifier
Ken Hanover, near or at the top of his class of the free-for-all pacers for months on end now, was sent out to qualify at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, and the son of Captaintreacherous showed he retained serious form with a victory in 1:50.4.
Canadian Trotting Classic, Elegantimage straight to finals
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office has released entry details for this weekend’s stakes events.
Ready Cash colt tops Italian yearling auction
At the Italian ITS auction held on Monday (Sept. 8) at a horse center outside Milan, the top price was 210,000 Euros – 247,000 dollars – for the auction’s only Ready Cash offspring, the colt Last Chance, out of the good Italian mare Tessy d’Ete.
Bangor hosts Maine trot-fest
Four $17,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2- and 3-year old trotters arrived at historic Bass Park at Bangor Raceway Sunday (Sept. 7), with most showing continued success by divisional leaders, and another with a mild upset.
Steven’s Saloon Upsets In Harrington Open
Rich Ashley and Michael Cain’s Steven’s Saloon ($23.80, Jason Thompson) was a 1:53 winner in the $18,000 Open at Harrington Raceway Monday (Sept. 8).
Snack Attack ties 1:50 PA Stallion Series Record
The Stay Hungry sophomore gelding Snack Attack equaled the fastest mile ever paced in a Pennsylvania Stallion Series Championship event, 1:50, and his filly counterpart, the Tall Dark Stranger miss Ballast, equaled the fastest StS Championship win for her sex, 1:50.2, as on Monday afternoon (Sept. 8) as Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania hosted eight $40,000 Championships of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series, for horses just a notch below the level their world-class Sire Stakes classmates occupy.
The 2025 Neville Award to Robert McIntosh
Robert “Bob” McIntosh, the Hall of Fame trainer and three-time winner of the Jugette, will be honored as the 2025 Joseph Neville Memorial Award recipient by the Little Brown Jug and the Delaware County Fair.