Zapaca (Steeven Genois) and War Of Will (Leon Bailey) took the co-features at Vernon Downs on Saturday (Aug. 3).
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Stranger Things, Power And Grace take Batavia features
A pair of $13,500 Open Handicaps — one on the pace and one on the trot — highlighted the Saturday (Aug. 3) card at Batavia Downs and both events provided exciting finishes.
Matt Kakaley clicks for six Saturday at Pocono
Matt Kakaley reclaimed the lead in the Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania drivers derby with a six-win performance on Saturday afternoon, including a sweep of the three $17,000 featured trots, whose times went down as the track condition was rerated to a lesser condition.
Todd Schadel sweeps sophomore stakes at Honesdale
The Todd Schadel stable made a sweep of the four “A” sections of the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes for 3-year-olds raced Saturday afternoon (Aug. 3) at the fairgrounds near the northeast corner of the state, including setting the all-age track trotting mark of 1:59.3 with the filly Loveyoubunches.
Hambo Day handle tops $7 million at Big M
For the sixth time in the last seven years, all-source handle on the Hambletonian Day program at the Meadowlands topped $7 million, with the 2020 COVID-19 card the only one to fail to reach that plateau.
Twin B Joe Fresh soars in Lady Liberty
Twin B Joe Fresh made a shambles of the $146,000 Lady Liberty Stakes, for older pacing mares, demolishing her rivals and scampering to a 1:48 blowout victory on the Hambletonian Day program Saturday afternoon (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands. The 4-year-old Roll With Joe mare from the Captaintreacherous dam Fresh Breeze was a winner for the sixth time in seven starts this year with the powerhouse performance, and she gave co-owner Dexter Dunn his sixth driving win on the card.
Warrawee Michelle rebounds for Hambletonian Oaks win
Last season’s Breeders Crown divisional champion Warrawee Michelle made swift amends from a tepid beginning to her sophomore season to, in her fourth start of the year, bag gold in the $525,000 Hambletonian Oaks final on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands.
Nordic Catcher S, Champagne Problems easily win NJSS finals
Nordic Catcher S and Champagne Problems dominated in their respective $240,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals for 2-year-old trotters at the Meadowlands on Saturday (Aug. 3).
Karl rallies, Takter repeats in Hambletonian
Karl won the $1,050,000 Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands as trainer Nancy Takter continued a family tradition and Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras scored his first win in the trotting classic.
Jiggy Jog S sails into record books with Cashman win
Åke Svanstedt’s generational trotting mare Jiggy Jog S took her shot in the $282,000 John Cashman Memorial and stood to the task to not only beat male competition through a sudden downpour, but to also trounce the stakes and divisional track records at the Meadowlands on Saturday (Aug. 3).