Grand Circuit action will commence on Friday (Sept. 15) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with the $420,000 Peter Haughton Memorial for 2-year-old trotting males and the $400,000 Jim Doherty Memorial for 2-year-old trotting fillies.
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Walner and Tactical Landing yearlings in top five at Italian sale
At The ITS sale in Italy three of the five highest priced yearlings were sired by either Walner or Tactical Landing.
J J S Jet soars to 60th career win Wednesday at Bangor Raceway
J J S Jet, a mainstay along the state of Maine harness racing circuit for the last ten years, charged to his 60th career win on Wednesday (Sept. 13) at Bangor Raceway with regular pilot Drew Campbell.
Popular choices win NYSS Excelsior finals at Batavia
Eight $55,000 divisions went postward in the $440,000 New York Sire Stake Excelsior finals that were held at Batavia Downs on Wednesday night (Sept. 13) and several streaking horses were victorious again and had the support of the betting public.
Reminder of supplemental payments for the 2023 Little Brown Jug and Jugette
Delaware, OH – Just a reminder that any three-year-old pacer not currently eligible for the 78th Little Brown Jug may, with a payment of $45,000, supplement to the 2023 Little Brown Jug. Supplemental entries are due by Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Those currently eligible must submit their entry by Monday, September 18, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
Star Razor repeats at Harrington
Harrington, DE – Nick Callahan, Yorwollohan Racing Team and Greg Godbout’s Star Razor ($3.40, Corey Callahan) recorded his 2nd straight dominant win Wednesday (Sept. 13) in the $20,000 Open Trot at Harrington Raceway in 1:56.1.
Top Jug contenders, week #6 (final week)
Delaware, OH — Little Brown Jug Publicity Director Jay Wolf ranks the top 10 horses eligible for the 78th edition of the $1 million (est.) Little Brown Jug to be contested on Thursday (Sept. 21). Top 10 Little Brown Jug eligibles as we are just one week away.
Ponda Title set for Doherty test
Among the many admirable qualities possessed by Ponda Title, perhaps the most valuable is the one not readily visible: The desire to win. Ponda Title has five victories in seven races this season (with a second and third in her two setbacks) and $138,670 in purses, a total that ranks among her division’s best. All her starts have come at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, where on Friday she will make her Grand Circuit debut against nine rivals in the $400,000 Jim Doherty Memorial for 2-year-old female trotters.
Crawford, Schwartz take Monticello NAADA splits
Michelle Crawford zoomed off a pylon trip and Alan Schwartz led pillar to post to take their respective $7,500 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trots at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 13).
Jim Campbell, David McDuffee elected to Hall of Fame; Bojarski, Brower to CHOF
The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), in conjunction with the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, is pleased to announce the election of trainer Jim Campbell and owner/breeder David McDuffee to the greatest honor in the industry, membership in the Living Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y. USHWA has also elected veteran writer Tim Bojarski and broadcaster Dave Brower to the Communicators Hall of Fame.