Despite not finishing worse than second in her last four starts, Oaxacan Dream N was overlooked by the betting public and sent off at 20-1. That turned out to be a mistake as the 8-year-old mare turned in a winning effort in the $12,000 conditioned pacing feature for fillies and mares on Wednesday (Nov. 27) at Batavia Downs.
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Captain Albano goes out a winner in Progress
Little Brown Jug and Matron champion Captain Albano crossed the million-dollar threshold of his sophomore campaign with a decisive 1:49.1 score over Pepsi North America Cup winner Nijinsky in the $267,960 Progress Pace final, for 3-year-old male pacers, on Wednesday (Nov. 27) at Bally’s Dover.
Little Miss Peyton completes DSBF sweep
Donna Messick’s homebred Little Miss Peyton scored her eighth consecutive win and second Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund series championship with a 1:55 win in the $110,000 Ramona Hubbard Memorial, for 2-year-old pacing fillies, held Wednesday (Nov. 27) at Bally’s Dover.
Kevin Switzer Jr. scores 3,500th career victory at Plainridge Park
Plainville, MA – When Kevin Switzer Jr. won the fourth race at Plainridge Park with the trotter Prescott (2:01, $6.00) on Wednesday (Nov. 27) afternoon, he registered the 3,500th victory of his career that started back in 2003.
Heather Reese-Marshall delivers champions
In the last few years Heather Reese-Marshall has put her hands on so many harness racing champions, that it is hard to believe that she is just one person.
Keg Stand wins Bally’s Dover Open Trot
Keg Stand won his second consecutive Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover on Tuesday night. But it wasn’t easy.
Grand Circuit season concludes with stops at Dover and Meadowlands
The 2024 Grand Circuit season will conclude after this week.
Melvin G completes DSBF sweep
After winning his six previous starts by a combined 26 lengths, Melvin G withstood the toughest test of his rookie stakes campaign in the form of Legend Of Rock, whom he held off by a half length to win Tuesday’s (Nov. 26) $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund championship for 2-year-old male trotters at Bally’s Dover and complete a series sweep.
Minor shift in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Top 10
The penultimate Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday found idle Winner’s Bet moving up one spot, from eighth to seventh, in a swap of positions with Progress Pace elimination fourth-place finisher Nijinsky in the only change of spots for Week 24.
2024 Retirement Ceremonies Saturday at Meadowlands Racetrack
Harness racing’s biggest stars will battle on the track on Saturday, Nov. 30, in the 2024 Fanduel Championships & Fall Final Four Finals at the Meadowlands Racetrack.