Washington, PA – Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo. FINAL SUMMER FRIDAY NIGHTThis Friday, Aug. 30, is the final Friday evening card of the summer at The Meadows. Starting next week…
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Adamczyk, Beltrami victorious in Pocono AHDC Trots
Andrew Adamczyk and Tony Beltrami both fired to the point and to front-stepping victories in their respective $10,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Pocono Downs on Sunday night (Aug. 25).
Two Fold Cold, Whats For Suppaah take Maine splits at Windsor
The 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers kicked off the Maine Sire Stakes at Windsor Fair on Sunday (Aug. 25) with a pair of $19,000-plus divisions where an unbeaten horse and a maiden both grabbed victories.
56-1 Midnight Nolan impressive in Buckeye Stallion Series
At 56-1, longshot Midnight Nolan pulled off an impressive rally storming home from fifth entering the stretch to take one of two $20,000 divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 3-year-old filly trotters Sunday at MGM Northfield Park.
Toccoa Falls gets up in thrilling Open Trot finish at Running Aces
The Sunday night (Aug. 25) program at Running Aces featured top-level trotters in the featured $15,500 Open Handicap.
Du Quoin state fair meet opens Monday
It’s the opening day of the Du Quoin State Fair three-day harness racing meeting. For horsemen and their owners who participated on the summer long Illinois County Fair racetracks, it’s the most prominent program of the year, money-wise and for prestigious honors.
Yall Keep Dreaming, Brooksforreal repeat in Maryland Sire Stakes
After scoring first-round wins last week, Yall Keep Dreaming and Brooksforreal prevailed again as the odds-on favorites in their respective $10,000 Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries for 2-year-old colts and geldings on Sunday (Aug. 25) at Ocean Downs.
Green Pastures sprints home, takes Pocono feature
Green Pastures got to set a dawdling pace, was aided when the challenging favorite broke, and then came home in :27.2 to win the $15,000 featured trot in 1:55.3 on Sunday (August 25) evening at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Karl rolls, Louprint shows his class at The Red Mile
It is not the Fourth of July but there were definitely some fireworks at The Red Mile on Sunday (Aug. 25). Freshman male pacer Louprint lit the match by soundly defeating the fastest 2-year-old in history in the $80,000 third leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series. Karl followed up that impressive score with one of his own by establishing a new lifetime mark of 1:50.2 in his division of the same series.
Sire Stakes spurs multiple winners at Philly
Two-year-old pacing males provided spirited racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon (August 25) as they battled for points and a high place in the standings in the last preliminary round of their Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series before their rich early September Championships.