Pink Chou Chou and driver Todd McCarthy captured the $108,200 New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (July 26) at Vernon Downs.
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Rookie filly Beach Rules debuts in 1:50.4 at Philly
On the heels of Papi Grad’s three 1:51.1 miles to open her career, fellow 2-year-old pacing filly Beach Rules stunned with a 1:50.4 debut effort — joining Chantilly as the fastest 2-year-olds of the season thus far — on Friday afternoon (July 26) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Tardif-Switzer sweep Maine Sires for 3-year-old male pacers
Kevin Switzer Jr. steered two of the Marc Tardif stable’s six 3-year-old male pacers to wire-to-wire victories in both $16,000-plus legs of the Maine Sire Stakes on Thursday (July 25) at the Bangor State Fair.
Fast Choice looking to extend win streak in NYSS
The New York Sire Stakes 2-year-old male pacers will visit Monticello Raceway on Monday (July 29).
Breakfast With The Babies draws to a close
The curtain came down on the 2024 edition of Breakfast With The Babies, so graciously sponsored each season by Jules Siegel under his Fashion Farms nom de course, on a sunny Friday morning (July 26) at The Meadowlands. With little wind and temperatures in the mid-70s, the card got underway at 10 a.m.
Kevin Switzer Jr. wins driver’s title at Bangor State Fair
Kevin Switzer Jr. roared into Maine’s fairground harness racing season in high gear, scoring four wins during the Bangor State Fair’s one day meet, becoming the kingpin of the first session of harness racing to be held at the 175-year-old agricultural exhibition in 32 years.
Sheridan, Keppler win Yonkers NAADA trots
Yogi Sheridan powered from the pocket while Scott Keppler persisted first over to win their respective divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association trots at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (July 25).
‘Elista’ looks to keep rolling in Oaks elim
Elista Hanover is roaring into Saturday’s second of three eliminations of the $675,000 Hambletonian Oaks for 3-year-old female trotters at The Meadowlands as the 6-5 morning-line favorite with nine straight wins. This comes after an injury-hampered campaign at 2 in which she won just once in nine starts.
Fast races for Fast Larry and Two Pistol Annie at Aces
The Thursday night (July 25) program at Running Aces provided lots of exciting action on the track as well as some very fast performances.
Zeroing in on Illinois 2-year-old breeding
Unless you’re a novice of our sport, one of the first things you look at when handicapping a race of 2-year-olds is their breeding, and you would be following in the same thought process of most trainers looking at a yearling catalog while attempting to “smoke out” a potential sale purchase.