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Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras picked up career win 9,000 on Monday when he captured the ninth race at Lexington’s Red Mile with 3-year-old pacer Steely Knife. The colt, trained by Ron Burke, won by 1-3/4 lengths in 1:52.3.

A half-sister to 2015 Hambletonian winner Pinkman sold at onGait Saturday afternoon for $104,000.

Standardbred Canada is reporting that Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame horseman Robert “Bob” A. McIntosh of Windsor, Ont. passed away on Sunday (July 28) at the age of 71.

Anthony Verruso powered off a pocket ride and Andrew Adamczyk sailed down the pike to capture their respective $10,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club Trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Sunday night (July 28).

The $17,000 Minnesota-sired sophomore male trot led off the abbreviated program on Sunday (July 28) at Running Aces and DP Freedoms Chrome and driver James Gould each posted career milestones while capturing victory in the event by 3-1/4 lengths.

Noses, closers, and upsets were the order of the day at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Sunday evening (July 28), especially in the two feature races.

Taking a brief respite from Grand Circuit company, Graham Grace Stables’ Call Me Goo showed her class on Sunday (July 28) at Ocean Downs with a facile 1:57.3 win over four rivals in the $25,500 Maryland Sire Stakes for 4- and 5-year-old trotters.

Seaside Diva went gate to wire, winning the only $100,000 division of the Ohio Sires Stakes for three-year-filly pacers at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday (July 28).  Seaside Diva is now three for three in the Sire Stake legs.

America’s premier amateur harness driving series, the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA), is happy to announce that it has recently made two donations totaling $5,000 to important charitable causes.