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Being the NY Metropolitan area’s local amateur club, our members were deeply impacted by the horrific events of 9/11. As such, the membership of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA), one of the oldest amateur driving clubs in the USA, is donating $2,500 to the Tunnel to Towers (T2T) Foundation.

Hall of Fame Communicator Dave Briggs has been named the Tom White Media Award winner for 2023 by the Little Brown Jug and the Delaware County Fair.

The Tuesday night (Sept. 12) harness racing program at Running Aces featured the $17,600 Open Handicap Pace with a talented field of seven going into battle.

Massachusetts-bred trotters had a big day at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 12) with both young and old participants hitting the winner’s enclosure. Three of the day’s victors will be competing in the $2.5 million (est.) Massachusetts Sire Stakes, which start on Sept. 25.

Michael Casalino and Dylan Davis’ Majorca N ($3.60, Corey Callahan) overcame post position eight and prevailed in 1:53.3 in the featured $20,000 Fillies and Mares Open Tuesday (Sept. 12) at Harrington Raceway.

Bythemissal, who won the Aria Invitational Pace at Yonkers Raceway in a track-record 2:21.2 for 1-1/4 miles, shifted the Week 14 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll rankings released Tuesday by moving up to third while one newcomer joined the Top 10. Confederate, who was idle, and Sylvia Hanover, who won a Simcoe Stakes division, remained entrenched in spots one and two, respectively.

One of the most familiar pacers on the Running Aces/Cal Expo circuit over the past several years, Pancetta (No Pan Intended), will take his final career bow after race five on Tuesday night (Sept. 12) at Running Aces.

The Goshen Yearling Sale was held on Monday (Sept. 11) in the sales arena at the Mark Ford Training Center and despite all the rain, an eager crowd of bidders was on hand in the gallery, while online bidding managed by Cattle In Motion collected remote bids from registered users.

Two former track driving champs now in their 60’s, Tony Morgan and Ross Wolfenden combined for nine wins on the Harrington Raceway program Monday (Sept. 11).

Kathy Parker, Hall of Fame Communicator and longtime editor of The Horseman and Fair World magazine, will be saluted as the 2023 Lady Pace honoree by the Delaware County Fair.