Jennie Ann (Rob Anderson) was the lone mare in race eight on Sunday (Aug. 18), featuring Iowa-Registered 3-year-olds and older pacers. Assigned the rail, the 7-year-old Lettherockbegin Iowa veteran was unfazed by the competition.
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Sheridan strolls in Pocono AHDC Trot
Yogi Sheridan notched another victory under his cap in the American Harness Drivers Club Summer Trotting Series when winning the lone $10,000 dash at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Sunday night (Aug. 18).
Direction finds the way home, Chat Room upsets at The Red Mile
On Sunday (Aug. 18) Direction made a statement with her triumph in the $80,000 second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series for 3-year-old filly pacers while Chat Room posted an upset in the division for freshman male trotters at The Red Mile.
Fair racing keeps Detweiler on the go
When he was a youngster growing up in Sullivan, Ill., Marcus Detweiler would sometimes hitch ponies to a cart and go for a spin. Flash forward to the present and Detweiler is making his mark as a driver on the Illinois fair scene.
Seaside Diva remains undefeated in Ohio Sires Stakes
The fourth leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes kicked off on Sunday night (Aug. 18) at MGM Northfield Park. Seaside Diva remained perfect in the stakes, capturing one of two $65,000 divisions for sophomore filly pacers.
All Champy and Mooney Svendsen up in time for emotional Wiseman Memorial victory
On Sunday night (Aug. 18), driver Mooney Svendsen vigorously hoisted his whip in the air as he headed back toward the winner’s circle after the 2024 Steve Wiseman Memorial trot final at Running Aces, as if to say “we did it Steve…we did it.”
Charlie May to take on seven in Gene Riegle Memorial
Charlie May will be back at the Darke County Fair on Wednesday night (Aug. 21) to defend his Gene Riegle Memorial title. Driver Dan Noble will send Charlie May out of post eight in the $35,000 event.
Dutch trainer Michel Rothengatter dominated German Derby weekend
Dutch trainer Michel F. Rothengatter will never forget the 2024 German Derby weekend at the Mariendorf track in Berlin.
Ladies take center stage at Meadville (Pa)
Four “ladies” captured the spotlight during Saturday and Sunday’s Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes action at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in this city in northwest Pennsylvania.
Yall Keep Dreaming strikes again in Maryland Sire Stakes
Richard Hans’ homebred 2-year-old trotting colt Yall Keep Dreaming was never in doubt in Sunday’s (Aug. 18) $10,000 Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary at Ocean Downs, coasting to a 2:04.3 decision over a pair of John Wagner trainees for his second victory in as many starts in his young career.