If there was ever a horse with a homefield advantage, it’s Livonjaxandqueens, who will be making his next start in the $100,000 Robert J. Kane Memorial Invitational Pace at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Aug. 23). “Jax” and all of his connections have close ties to the city of Batavia and the track that bears its name, and they’re all rooting for this David as he takes on a field of Goliaths.
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Morgan Jr. takes two BSS splits at Scioto
Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owner Odds On Racing captured two divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old male pacers on Friday (Aug. 22) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Rock Shines Again leads INSS winners at Hoosier
Indiana Sire Stakes action resumed at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Aug. 22) with a pair of $50,000 splits of the seventh and penultimate leg for sophomore pacing colts and geldings, and two $67,000 divisions of leg four of six for 2-year-old trotting fillies.
Monti wins five, including co-feature, at Batavia Downs
A pair of $11,100 mid-level conditioned trots topped the card at Batavia Downs on Friday (Aug. 22), and class-droppers were victorious in both.
Aetos Kronos S sets track, Canadian record in Maple Leaf Trot elimination
The 9-year-old Bold Eagle stallion Aetos Kronos S kept the gears turning while gutting through a parked first half and stopped the clock with plenty of steam to set a track and Canadian record to win his $50,000 Maple Leaf Trot elimination at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night (Aug. 22) in the first sub-1:50 mile on Canadian soil.
Human Cocktail wins at Tioga; races canceled after sixth Friday
Human Cocktail (Ridge Warren) captured $10,000 Leg 2 of the Summer Sensation Claiming Series at Tioga Downs on Friday (Aug. 22).
City Of Hope wins feature at Vernon
City Of Hope (Jeff Gregory) captured the $7,500 featured Kenny Schultz Jr. Memorial Trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (Aug. 22).
Four track records set at Indiana (PA) Fair
The Pennsylvania Fair Circuit set up shop in this west central Pennsylvania county, native area of actor Jimmy Stewart, on Thursday and Friday for two days of racing during the fair, and within five races of the start of the meet, a track record had been rewritten by a 2-year-old trotter three times, setting the tone for the rest of the stand’s racing.
Sweet Odds, Theobald feature winners at Philly
Sweet Odds finally broke her run of “seconditis” with a 1:52.3 lifetime best in the $12,000 co-feature for pacing females on Friday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, while on the trotting side of the featured events Theobald came wide off lively cover to take the decision in 1:55.4.
Judy’s Moni eyes third BSS win as Northfield hosts freshman filly trotters
Judy’s Moni is looking to equal Joyofmylife As with three Buckeye Stallion Series wins on the season as MGM Northfield Park hosts four $20,000 divisions in the fourth leg for freshman filly trotters on Sunday (Aug. 24).