Shenandoah Downs will open its eighth fall season of pari-mutuel harness racing on Saturday (Sept. 16) at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds in Woodstock and continue its seven-week “Harness The Mountain Magic” campaign through October 29. Racing will take place every Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. The track conducted a sevn-week spring meet for the first time earlier this year.
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Sister to Karl brings $140,000 at onGait.com
Avacakes 3,1:57.1f, a half-sister to the fastest 2-year-old trotter of 2023, Karl 2,1:52.1, brought a winning bid of $140,000 Monday afternoon at onGait.com.
$440,000 NYSS Excelsior finals at Batavia Downs Wednesday
A loaded 15-race card has been drawn for Wednesday night (Sept. 13) at Batavia Downs and it features the $440,000 New York Sire Stake Excelsior finals. A total of 64 state-bred Standardbreds will start in eight $55,000 Excelsior divisions and combined with seven overnight events valued at $71,500, the total purses up for grabs that night total $511,500.
ISFCS marathon in the history books
The Husted stable’s Fox Valley Landen proved once again he belongs on top of the ICF 3-year-old colt and gelding pacing division with an impressive 1:51.1 victory in Sunday’s (Sept. 10) $41,000 Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes showdown at Hawthorne.
Massachusetts Sire Stakes start Sept. 25
The $2.5 million (est.) Massachusetts Sire Stakes will kick off its 2023 season at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 25). The resident mare program that allows foals to have dual eligibility with stake programs in other states, has grown exponentially with the support of the Massachusetts Race Horse Development Fund and has produced the best performing Standardbreds ever bred in the commonwealth over the long and storied history of the sport there.
Iron Sharpens Iron carves out another big win at Running Aces
Iron Sharpens Iron posted another dominating performance at Running Aces on Sunday night (Sept. 10) to register his seventh win of the season in the $22,000 Minnesota-sired sophomore trot.
Unraced American broodmare behind winners in Norwegian stake races
Christina Rose, a 14-year-old broodmare, bred by Peninsula Farm, sired by Chocolatier and out of Cookies N. Milk, she by Conway Hall, was involved in the winner of the Norsk Travderby, 4-year-old Born in Bergen, and the winner of the Norsk Travkriterium, 3-year-old Just Like Heaven.
Tactical Approach strikes, Twin B Joe Fresh jets at Red Mile
Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach rebounded nicely to win the $80,000 fourth round of the Kentucky Championship Series for sophomore male trotters in 1:51.2. Twin B Joe Fresh engaged in a vicious battle with nemesis Strong Poison to capture her respective division of the series conducted for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Sunday (Sept. 10) to collect her fifth consecutive triumph to become the sport’s newest millionaire at Red Mile in 1:49.1.
2023 Neville Award to Dave Brower
Dave Brower, the former Little Brown Jug Simulcast host, will be honored as the 2023 Joseph Neville Memorial Award winner by the Little Brown Jug and the Delaware County Fair.
Sheridan wins AHDC Summer Final; Long sweeps Sunday pacing divisions
Yogi Sheridan zipped off a pocket ride with Lionhead to snag victory in the $15,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Summer Series Final at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday (Sept. 9) – a weekend that also included a pair of $9,900 AHDC Pace events at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Sept. 10).