Grace Hill, sent off as the 4-5 choice, was simply spectacular in the C$220,000 Milton Stakes, for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, Saturday night (Sept. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Finals set after Metro, She’s A Great Lady eliminations
The marquee races in Canada for pacing freshmen now have their finalists following a pair of eliminations for the C$970,000 Metro Pace and the C$540,000 She’s A Great Lady on Saturday night (Sept. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Elegantimage and Canadian Trotting Classic finals set
North America’s top sophomore trotters were on display Saturday evening (Sept. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, the fillies in two C$35,000 eliminations of the Elegantimage while the colts contested a pair of C$40,000 Canadian Trotting Classic splits.
Stewardoftheland wins feature at Tioga
Stewardoftheland (Marcus Miller) hung on to win the $12,500 featured pace at Tioga Downs on Saturday (Sept. 16).
The Longest Yard wins third Batavia Open
Since coming to Batavia Downs in July, The Longest Yard has not finished worse than second in six starts and on Saturday (Sept. 16) he grabbed his third $15,000 Open I Handicap Pace win and did it in handy fashion.
Special Prosecutor wins feature at Vernon
Special Prosecutor (Steeven Genois) won the $7,500 featured trot on Saturday (Sept. 16) at Vernon Downs.
Jason Merriman posts career driving win 3,000
Jason Merriman posted career driving win No. 3,000 on Saturday (Sept. 16) at Northville Downs.
Valerie Grondin scores 500th career driving win Friday at Bangor Raceway
Life’s milestones are best enjoyed in familiar surroundings and shared with family and friends. So even the best script writer in Hollywood couldn’t have conjured up a more perfect setting when Valerie Grondin recorded her 500th career driving win Friday (Sept. 15) at Bangor Raceway.
Maine’s freshman fillies storm through Bangor
Maine’s 2-year-old pacing fillies stormed through historic Bass Park a day early with two $14,000-plus Sire Stake divisions, in a successful pre-emptive strike on Friday (Sept. 15) against the potential havoc of Hurricane Lee.
Overtheedgeofhonor scores 49-1 shocker in Minnesota consolations
The Friday night (Sept. 15) harness racing program at Running Aces featured two Minnesota-sired consolation events as well as two Open Handicap races and the favorites were unable to deliver in any of the four featured races.