Maine’s sophomore trotters rolled through their penultimate leg of Pine Tree State-bred action on Friday (Sept 26) at the Cumberland Fair, while the track gears up for Saturday’s (Sept. 27) $340,000-plus Freshmen Finals.
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Dayton Raceway Open Pace to Wicked Character
Friday night (Sept. 26) was the first of two nights of Ohio Sire Stake finals action at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway, with seven $100,000 OSS Gray events.
Page, Burke team up to win two of three pacing divisions in Dayton OSS Gray Championships
Driver Chris Page and trainer Ron Burke teamed to win two of the three $100,000 pacing divisions in the Ohio Sires Stakes Gray Championships on Friday (Sept. 26) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Dunn wins two of four trotting divisions in Dayton OSS Gray Championships
Driver Dexter Dunn won two of the four $100,000 trotting divisions in the Ohio Sires Stakes Gray Championships on Friday (Sept. 26) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Biscoe drops and pops, Morrill bags five more at Batavia
Taking full advantage of class relief after dropping out of the Open, Biscoe led at every station en route to his sixth victory of the year in the featured $11,100 trot at Batavia Downs on Friday night (Sept. 26).
What A Mission charges late to steal Vernon feature
What A Mission (Michael Miller) captures the featured $7,500 trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (Sept. 26).
Athearn and Ranger were trackmasters at Plainridge Friday
On a somewhat homogenous card consisting of lower rated Trackmaster races, Matty “Ice” Athearn and “The Legend”, Bruce Ranger, were the real masters on the track after they both registered driving hat tricks during the afternoon (Sept. 26), accounting for 66% of the wins on the nine-race program.
Signal Caller strikes in Bluegrass pace
Driver Andy McCarthy bided his time off torching speed laid by Thai Hanover and launched into action at the right time to seize a 1:48.4 victory in the third of four dashes for the $298,500 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Pace – a division sponsored by Brittany Farms – on Friday (Sept. 26) at The Red Mile.
Asphalt defeats older rivals in Philly feature
The 3-year-old filly Asphalt took on older foes in the $14,000 fast-class handicap pace for pacing females on Friday afternoon (Sept. 26) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, and although taking a while to gain command, the daughter of Papi Rob Hanover left no doubt of her superiority with a 1:50.3 victory.
Southwind Chaska charges in Bluegrass filly trot
Jim Oscarsson pupil Southwind Chaska revved off a pocket ride and downed 4-5 favorite Carve in the final strides for a 1:51.4 victory in the third of four divisions for the $378,000 Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Filly Trot – a division of the Norman Woolworth Memorial sponsored by the Arden Homestead Stable, LST Stable and William DeVan – on Friday (Sept. 26) at The Red Mile.