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The Red Mile completed the first week of its 150th season featuring the first of three $35,000 legs in the debut of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Series for 4-year-old male and female pacers on Tuesday (July 23). Hungry For Love and El Rey demonstrated their affinity for the Lexington oval as each horse turned the tables on the rival who defeated them at Oak Grove Racing and Gaming in $150,000 series finals last month.

Earlier rain that had dampened the track at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, and caused the day to start out with a surface rated “good,” cleared out to improve conditions to the point that most of Tuesday’s (July 23) feature races were conducted over a “fast” surface.

Harrington Raceway’s richest racing program of the season is set for Thursday (July 25) during the Delaware State Fair with more than $650,000 in total purses on the 13-race card and a special 7 p.m. post time.

Brett Miller doubled up on Monday (July 22) as the second leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old colt pacers took the stage at MGM Northfield Park. Six divisions went to post, each carrying a purse of $20,000.

On Monday (July 22), the 3-year-old pacing colts took center stage at Monticello Raceway in New York Sire Stakes Action with two heats and four $20,000 dashes of the Excelsior Stakes.

Nothing changed at the top of the Week 6 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday, but there were three newcomers at the bottom of the Top 10.

“It was a nice meet overall,” Buffalo Raceway General Manager Jon Cramer said as he reflected back on the recently completed 2024 season.

The 7-year-old Hohneck is not only one of the top trotters in Europe, he is also the most sought-after stallion in France, where he has covered 183 mares this year.