The fields were drawn Tuesday (Sept. 17) for two of Harrah’s Hoosier Park’s signature events, the $165,000 Harrah’s Hoosier Park Pacing Derby and $200,000 Caesars Trotting Classic presented by Kountry Lane Standardbreds, both of which will take place Friday (Sept. 20). Two full fields of 10 will go postward, with Periculum tabbed as the morning-line favorite in the Caesars Trotting Classic and Little Rocket Man enlisted as the early choice in the Pacing Derby.
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HISA impasse to likely reach Supreme Court
Columbus, OH — According to a report from the Thoroughbred Daily News, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) has made clear its intentions to ask the United States Supreme Court to…
Scrappy’s Love lives up to name in OBC
Scrappy’s Love withstood extended pressure from LT Loverboy and scored a nose victory in the second $68,500 division of the Ohio Breeders Championship for freshman colt trotters on Tuesday (Sept. 17) at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair.
Pantaleano sweeps Pocono trot features
A pair of $15,000 trots headed the Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 17) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania after the races took a short break for the track’s Oktoberfest celebration. Driver Jim Pantaleano won both co-features with second choices recording their second straight wins, but using decidedly different tactics.
Swedish Starlet N wins 11th of year at Plainridge
Swedish Starlet N left hard and finished strong as she went the mile of her life in the $25,000 Open Handicap Pace for fillies and mares at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Sept. 17).
No newcomers in Top 10 in Week 14 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
No newcomers joined the Top 10 in the Week 14 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday, but there was shuffling of positions behind No. 1 Twin B Joe Fresh and No. 2 Jiggy Jog S.
UK lab report demonstrates `intentional misrepresentations;’ UK moves to fire Stanley
According to a story on Thoroughbred Daily News, “The report issued by Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) and Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) into HIWU’s investigation of the University of Kentucky Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (UK-EACL) cites multiple failures on the part of the lab and the lab director, Dr. Scott Stanley, including “intentional misrepresentations” of positive tests as negative, according to the report released Tuesday.
Eight is great for Gowestyounggrace
Maine’s top 3-year-old pacing filly, Gowestyounggrace, picked up her eighth consecutive victory on Monday (Sept. 16) at Farmington when the 183rd annual Farmington Fair welcomed the Maine Sire Stakes for a full week of harness racing.
AHDC makes donation to Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization
The American Harness Drivers Club presented yet another donation during the race card at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (Sept. 14), this time to the Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of New Jersey.
Island Of The Sea disarms Ammo upon return
There are certain tracks that bring the best out of horses. For Island Of The Sea, Rosecroft Raceway seems to be that place.