Donna Messick’s Little Miss Peyton ($2.10, Corey Callahan) was a dominant 1:56.2 winner and the fastest of a trio of 2-year-old Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) filly pacing divisional winners Tuesday (Oct. 1) at Harrington Raceway.
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Belmondo sets Mass. Breeders Stakes record
Another record was broken in the Massachusetts Breeders Stakes at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 1) afternoon, and another was tied in the second leg for 2-year-olds of both gaits and sexes who lined up behind the gate in seven races that totaled $315,000 in purse money.
Two paces, two trots featured Tuesday at Pocono
A quartet of $15,000 races — two for conditioned pacers and two for claiming trotters — topped the Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 1) program at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
October Hoof Beats features the MSOA’s Evan Pattak
October’s issue of Hoof Beats magazine features the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association’s Evan Pattak who has been involved with writing, broadcasting and promoting racing for four decades at The Meadows in Pennsylvania.
Island Of The Sea wins third straight at Rosecroft
In sports, the cliche proves true, sometimes it’s a game of inches. For Island Of The Sea, his last two wins at Rosecroft have been literally by inches in great finishes.
Rani Hanover leads record opening night in Lexington
Rani Hanover, the first foal out of 2020 Hambletonian winner Ramona Hill, was the top seller during Monday’s opening session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion, purchased for $925,000 by Ken Jacobs.
A conversation with Donald Wiest
Donald Wiest rises at 5:30 a.m. every morning, feeds his mares and babies, enjoys breakfast, goes to the fairgrounds to train his two racehorses and returns home around 11:30 a.m. From there he watches races on TV to avoid the heat, and retires to bed after the 11 p.m. news. If that doesn’t sound like much, consider this. On Tuesday, Wiest turns 94.
Primo Maschio remains unbeaten with DSBF Elim sweep
Forrest Bartlett’s Primo Maschio ($2.10, Trae Porter) completed a sweep of his 2-year-old Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $20,000 divisions Monday (Sept. 30) at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.4 to remain unbeaten.
Three records fall in Mass Breeder Stakes at Plainridge
It was a record breaking day in the Massachusetts Breeders Stake at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 30) afternoon after three stake standards were rewritten by some of the finest state-bred 3-year-olds who were competing in the second leg of the series whose five races were valued at $305,000.
Dandy Ideal wins, threatens Pocono track record
Dandy Ideal, a freshman American Ideal gelding out of OK Heavenly, won in “nw2” company during the Monday afternoon (Sept. 30) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan PA, with his final time of 1:51.1 only three fifths of a second off the Pocono track record for his division, the 1:50.3 set by Yankee Bounty 10 years ago.