Saturday night (Sept. 21) at Batavia Downs featured $13,500 Open Handicaps for both the pace and trot, and upset winners prevailed in this week’s top-flight contests.
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Chantilly stays undefeated with She’s A Great Lady score
Millar Farms’ homebred Chantilly stayed unbeaten from seven starts with a 1:50.2 crowning in the C$532,000 She’s A Great Lady final on Saturday night (Sept. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Docdor Friskie wins Vernon feature
Docdor Friskie and trainer-driver John MacDonald captured the featured $8,500 Open Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (Sept. 21).
Fallout equals Metro Pace stakes record
Elimination winner Fallout forged first-over glory in the C$1 million Metro Pace final, delivering as the 8-5 second choice to equal the stakes and track record on Saturday night (Sept. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
PA fair season ends with top horses at Bloomsburg
The Pennsylvania fair harness racing circuit made its final stop of the 2024 season this past Friday and Saturday (Sept. 20-21) at the historic Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, with supremacy among the eight stakes divisions and entry spots for the Oct. 11 Pennsylvania Fair Championships at The Meadows very much on the line.
French Champagne uncorks vintage Elegantimage victory
French Champagne found an opening in the final moments to win a thrilling edition of the C$347,000 Elegantimage Stakes on Saturday night (Sept. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Stone Hanover rallies for tally Saturday at Pocono
Stone Hanover made perfect use of the famed Pocono Pike on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 21) to take the $18,500 fast-class pacing feature in a lifetime best 1:49.2 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
BC’s Capela scores huge upset in Renaissance final
Freehold Raceway hosted the $60,000 Renaissance final for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday (Sept. 21).
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals backs HISA
According to Blood-Horse, “The United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that legal challenges to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act have little likelihood of success.
Cumberland Fair opens with popular pop ups
The Down East faithful will transition from Farmington to the 152nd annual Cumberland Fair on Sunday (Sept. 22) with 11 harness races programmed at the iconic Southern Maine oval.