The four $20,000 divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series for sophomore filly pacers at MGM Northfield Park Monday night (July 17) saw four repeat winners. Onederfulbeach, Racing For Three, and Beautiful Seaside each picked up their third Buckeye Stallion Series win, while High Flyin’ Filly scored for the fourth time.
Category: News Headlines on Home Page
$1 million purse expected for 2023 Little Brown Jug
Officials of the Little Brown Jug are pleased to announce that the expected purse of the 2023 race (Thursday, Sept. 21) will be $1 million.
Confederate takes over No. 1 spot in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
Only one position from a week ago was unchanged in Tuesday’s Week 6 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll’s Top 10, which saw Meadowlands Pace champ Confederate move up to take the No. 1 spot and one newcomer join the group.
T H McMurry gives Taylor dream night at Woodbine Mohawk Park
Last week Ontario’s top 2-year-old male pacers were at Woodbine Mohawk Park for two C$100,000-plus Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions. That’s business as usual at Ontario’s premier racetrack but for Jeff Taylor the evening was anything but typical.
Amateur driving club completes miracle reincarnation
The amazing reincarnation of an amateur driving club thought deceased at Pompano Park on April 17, 2022, enjoyed a spectacular season at the recently concluded Oak Grove Racing and Gaming meet in Kentucky.
Ranger wins seven, Cecere five at Plainridge Park
Driver Bruce Ranger and trainer Domenico Cecere put on a clinic in their respective positions as they both set performance records at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (July 17).
A rollercoaster of racing at Bedford (PA)
Fairgrounds are noted for their exciting rollercoaster rides, and the 11-race meet held at the fairgrounds in this southwest Pennsylvania town on Sunday (July 16) and Monday (July 17), conducted as a “2-Day Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes meet” per state statute, had more ups and downs than the thrill machines located at any other place of grand amusement.
Optrix again surprises at Pocono on Monday
Optrix became the first horse to pay over $50 to win twice at the 2023 meet at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday (July 17), making a strong backstretch move to the lead and going on for a new lifetime mark of 1:55.1.
Wabanaki gets redemption at Bangor
A quartet of divisions of Maine Sire Stakes for 2- and 3-year-old trotters put in their respective miles on Sunday (July 16) afternoon at Bangor, over a rain-soaked surface.
Kentland hosts “Quest For The Governor’s Cup” round nine
The Newton County Fairgrounds in Kentland, Ind., hosts the ninth round of action in the Indiana fair circuit’s “Quest for the Governor’s Cup” Tuesday (July 18).