The Pennsylvania Fair Harness Racing Circuit will have its final two stops of the 2024 season this week: racing will take place on Sunday and Monday at noon at the Gratz (PA) Fairgrounds, and then the season closes at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday (September 20-21), with an 11 a.m. card scheduled at Bloomsburg both days.
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Jug week begins Sunday with Fouts Memorial, huge amateur presence
Little Brown Jug week begins on Sunday (Sept. 15) with a strong presence from amateur clubs in the form of the Tim Fouts Memorial and a pair of races for the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA).
Vincennes: The favorites had a hard time in the big races
None of the three classic big races held Saturday afternoon at Vincennes were won by the favorite.
Two fillies are supplemented to the Jugette
The connections of two fillies have made the supplemental payment and will be racing in Wednesday’s (Sept. 18) Jugette for sophomore pacers at the Delaware County Fair.
Lifetime marks fall in Scioto co-features
Refined and High Flyin’ Filly set new lifetime marks in the last Open Trot and Fillies and Mares Open Pace, respectively, of the 2024 Eldorado Scioto Downs racing season on Friday (Sept. 13).
April Ava charges to Tioga triumph
April Ava and driver Mike Simons flew home late to capture the $11,000 featured distaff pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (Sept. 13).
Bartlett wins five Excelsior finals
Vernon Downs played host to eight $55,000 New York Excelsior Finals on Friday (Sept. 13) with driver Jason Bartlett claiming victory in five of them.
Sabonis posterizes Hoosier Cup field, wins 11th straight
Sabonis headlined the Peter Haughton undercard at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Sept. 13), crushing in the $75,000 Hoosier Cup Final for Indiana-sired 3-year-old pacing colts for his 11th consecutive victory. The Hoosier Cup was featured along nine divisions of Indiana Sire Stakes with purses on the night totaling $1.275 million.
Dunn sweeps Haughton, Doherty Memorials
Driver Dexter Dunn made his way to Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Sept. 13) and swept the two richest Standardbred races in Indiana, taking the $390,000 Peter Haughton Memorial with Maryland and the $305,000 Jim Doherty Memorial with Champagne Problems.
Johnny Boy goes the distance at Batavia
Johnny Boy led at every station en route to victory in the $10,000 featured trot at Batavia Downs on Friday night (Sept. 13).