Willowtime, who was runner-up to T C I for the 2023 O’Brien Award for best 2-year-old male trotter to compete in Canada, will make his U.S. debut for new owner Tom Pollack on Saturday (Feb. 8) when he faces nine rivals in a $24,000 conditioned trot at The Meadowlands.
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Dice Dice Baby upsets in Rosecroft distaff
After forcing 2-5 favorite Phoenix Rising through a :26.1 first quarter, Michael Somerville’s homebred Dice Dice Baby parlayed a pocket trip into a 7-1 upset in Wednesday’s (Feb. 5) $11,500 Mares Open Handicap Pace at Rosecroft Raceway.
Prix d’Amerique winner Idao de Tillard injured
Idao de Tillard, who was supposed to start in the Prix de France at Vincennes on Sunday (Feb. 9), has injured a fetlock in a foreleg in the paddock and will not be able to start.
STA board elects officers
The Standardbred Transition Alliance (STA) elected its 2025-2026 officers during its annual board meeting, held Feb. 2 in Westerville, Ohio.
‘Benjamin’ coast to coast at Bally’s Dover
Benjamin Hanover overpowered the best trotters on the ground at Bally’s Dover in Tuesday night’s (Feb. 4) $25,000 Open Handicap Trot.
KHHA elects new president
The Kentucky Harness Horsemen’s Association has elected Chuck Grubbs as its new president.
Brett Beckwith is ‘proud but not satisfied’
Brett Beckwith doesn’t enjoy taking days off from driving, but he won’t mind doing so on Feb. 23. That is the evening when the U.S. Harness Writers Association holds its 2024 Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla. Beckwith will be an honoree when he receives the Rising Star Award after finishing second by one vote in 2023.
Walden Woods rolls to 9-1 Rosecroft upset
Taking advantage of a pocket trip behind a hot pace, Walden Woods rolled to a 9-1 upset in Monday’s (Feb. 3) featured $10,000 winners-over pace at Rosecroft Raceway.
Legendary French trotter Jag de Bellouet, 28, dies
One of French trotting’s great horses, Jag de Bellouet, known as “Le Cannibal” during his racing career, has passed away at the age of 28.
Favored Oaxacan Dream N bucked longshot bias at Batavia
Batavia, NY — Sent off at 50-cents to the dollar in the featured $9,500 pace for fillies and mares at Batavia Downs on Monday (Feb. 3), Oaxacan Dream N lived up to…