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It is with a heavy heart from all of us at Hickory Lane Farm that we announce that the great racehorse and stallion, McArdle, passed away peacefully at the Farm this past Saturday (Sept. 9) at age 24.

KJ Hunter (Jim Taggert Jr.) took the $12,500 featured pace at Tioga Downs on Sunday (September 10). 

While walking through the paddock after the races at the Skowhegan State Fair last month, Walter Case, Jr called me over. He was standing next to Kevin Switzer, Jr who was in the middle of a blazing week at Skowhegan, seemingly winning every race in which he drove.

It’s often said that the third time is the charm. More often than not that idiom has been proven wrong. However, in the case of the belated Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes, that phase will be spot-on Sunday evening (Sept. 10).

With a return to the level where he was dominant earlier this year, Voukefalas got to be the bully of the playground again Saturday night (Sept. 9) at The Meadowlands, taking one of two $150,000 New Jersey Classic finals for 3-year-olds on the pace.

The Ohio Sires Stakes season for pacers concluded on Saturday night (Sept. 9) at Eldorado Scioto Downs with four $300,000 Scarlet Championships, and 2-year-old colt Clever Cody was the only favorite to win as Daisy’s Star (30-1), Tarapasta (87-1) and Wicked Character (10-1) lit up the toteboard in the other events.

Sugar Instead, Rose Run Yolanda, Grand Revival and Tennessee Tom were crowned as the best in the trotting divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes in 2023 after winning their respective $300,000 Scarlet Championships on Saturday night (Sept. 9) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.

With four MADC races on tap Saturday night (Sept. 9), these events were highly contested and competitive.