Braxten Boyd is in a New York state of mind as he prepares to begin defense of his Tioga Downs driving championship when the track opens Saturday (May 3). Boyd posted 114 victories at Tioga last year to win the driving title by 27 triumphs over Michael Merton.
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Brooksforreal wins 10th in a row in Maryland Sire Stakes
After reeling off nine consecutive stakes wins to end his rookie season, Brooksforreal picked up right where he left off and posted a 1:53.1 win in his 3-year-old debut, the second of two $10,000 first-round Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries for sophomore pacing colts on Wednesday (April 30) at Rosecroft Raceway.
Scenic Adventure strolls to Buffalo win
It was a clear, crisp afternoon at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday (April 30), and it was a perfect time for Scenic Adventure to take an easy stroll over the half-mile oval. She enjoyed the daytime journey with a confident 1-1/2-length, 1:56.3 score over Mary Kat in the featured $11,000 pace for fillies and mares.
Speed Away loves Harrington Raceway
Breakaway Racing and Yorwollahan Racing Team’s Speed Away ($3.80, Corey Callahan) continued to display his affinity for Harrington Raceway with a 1:54.1 win in Wednesday’s (April 30) $18,000 Open Trot.
Former Illinois Horse of the Year looks to rebound
It’s often been said that being a trainer or owner of a Standardbred racehorse could be compared to being on a roller coaster with its ups and downs and bumps in the road. A case in point is the former Illinois Harness Horse of the Year Goomster, owned by Dennis Gardner, who also has shared in much of the training of the talented trotter.
DP Freedoms Chrome cruises in Oak Grove Open
Driver Peter Wrenn placed 7-2 second choice DP Freedoms Chrome on the point and the 4-year-old stallion responded to every challenge while striding away to a 1:53.3 victory in the $33,000 Open Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday afternoon (April 29).
Disturbed Hanover dominates Harrington distaffers
The Wiz Kids Stable’s Disturbed Hanover ($3.60, Barton Dalious) was a decisive 1:54.1 winner in the $18,000 Mares Open Pace on Tuesday (April 29) at Harrington Raceway.
Chamba wins wild Game Of Claims final
Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania rang down the curtain on its 2025 Game Of Claims Series events in classically dramatic style — there were even a Shakespearean prologue and five “Acts” to the last contest. And in the final resolution of the $35,000 Game Of Claims championship for high-level claiming trotters, the feature of Tuesday’s (April 29) program, it was 18-1 shot Chakra who got the big end of the money after In My Dreams crossed the wire first but was placed down for causing interference.
Warren to replace Stambaugh as head of MSRF
Cheri Stambaugh, longtime administrator of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund, will call it a career after 21 years, retiring May 1 to tend to her two cats and her cooking prowess.
Roegner aims for Paver final with Bryant Bros S
Over the years, Jessica Roegner has not raced often at Miami Valley Raceway because of its distance from her base in northern Ohio. This season, though, the trainer has made the lengthy journey a little more frequently — and made the most of it.