Captain Albano, who won his Breeders Crown elimination Saturday at The Meadowlands, moved up one spot to No. 3 in the Week 19 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday. There were no newcomers to the Top 10.
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Simpson Stakes get underway at Pocono Monday
The John Simpson Sr. stakes series started its 2024 run at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania during the Monday afternoon (Oct. 21) card. The 2-year-old pacing gelding No Trespassing came within three-fifths of a second of the divisional track record with a 1:51.1 victory in one of two $58,000 events for his group, while Åke Svanstedt trained and drove two of the four winners in $30,000 sections of the stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies. Today’s races were called the Bret Hanover and the Elma, respectively (all Simpson divisions carry the name of a top horse with whom Simpson had some association throughout his Hall Of Fame career).
Layton Hanover Wins Harrington FFA
Layton Hanover ($3.60, Montrell Teague) overcame an overland route for a decisive 1:52.3 win in the featured $22,500 Free-For-All Pace Monday (Oct. 21) at Harrington Raceway.
Karl out of Breeders Crown
Trainer Nancy Takter announced that she and ownership partners Christina Takter, Black Horse Racing, Crawford Farms Racing and Bender Sweden Inc. made the decision to not enter Karl after coming out of his elimination in less than peak condition.
Full brothers finish one-two in Plainridge top trot
A fairly rare situation occurred at Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 21) afternoon when a pair of full brothers, Sea Can and Cruising Tom, finished first and second respectively in the $25,000 Winners-Over trotting feature.
Watch four remaining Breeders Crown draws Tuesday
The post-position draws for the finals of the Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot, 3-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace, Mare Pace, and Open Trot will be conducted Tuesday as part of a luncheon from 2-5 p.m. (EDT) at Hogan Equine in Cream Ridge, NJ.
Brooksforreal rewrites record book for second straight week at Shenandoah Downs; $720,0625 Virginia Breeder’s Championship Day set for this Sunday
Kelsey Wagner’s Brooksforreal shattered the track record for 2-year-old gelding pacers — for the second straight week — when he captured an $8,000 Virginia Breeders elimination division Sunday at Shenandoah Downs
Liberty Bell stakes action continues at Harrah’s Philadelphia
The Liberty Bell stakes series for Pennsylvania-sired youngsters continued on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 20) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with three-year-old trotting colts and two-year-old pacing fillies providing the action.
Beltrami sweeps AHDC trots at Pocono
Tony Beltrami delivered a pair of chalks to notch tallies in the two $10,000 divisions for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Pocono Downs on Saturday (Oct. 19).
Win streak ends for Gorgeous Big Guy at Hawthorne
The old adage “all good things must come to an end” held true as the Mike Brink trained Fox Valley Julian, nicely handled by driver Casey Leonard, handed the 1-5 prohibitive favorite Gorgeous Big Guy his first loss in a division of the Robert F. Carey Memorial series at Hawthorne Saturday (Oct. 19) night after 16 consecutive victories.