Alexandra Glasser, Liam Keppler and Macy Clark are the 2023 SOA of New York/Yonkers Raceway John R. Brennan Scholarship Award winners.
Category: News Headlines on Home Page
Ohio Sires Stakes 2-year-old action opens Saturday at Eldorado Scioto Downs
Next Generation winners Midwind Beach Boy and Majestic Seas will look to make it two in a row to start their careers as they headline the opening of the 2-year-old division of the Ohio Sires Stakes. Five divisions of freshman colt pacers and four divisions of freshman filly pacers take to the track Saturday night (July 8) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Each division will carry a purse of $40,000.
Goomster puts winning streak on the line
Last year’s Illinois freshman trotting colt champion Goomster puts his seven-race winning streak on the line Friday afternoon (July 7) at Springfield in a bit of a unique event.
Hustle Rain wins the Swedish Hambletonian
Hustle Rain, a 4-year-old trotter sired by Raja Mirchi (he by Viking Kronos) and out of Miss Possessed (she by Self Possessed), was an easy winner of Sprintermästaren at Halmstad — also called the Swedish Hambletonian — although for 4-year-olds.
Moonlit Night and Disaronno Hill score Open wins at Aces
Moonlit Night opened up the Thursday night (July 6) harness racing program at Running Aces with a convincing win in the $10,500 freshman Open Pace in 1:58.4 to establish a maiden mark.
Righteous Resolve makes statement in seasonal and OSS debut
Star filly Righteous Resolve made her seasonal debut Thursday night (July 6) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the second of two C$103,100 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold divisions for 3-year-old trotting fillies with an impressive off the pace score.
Michigan fair racing season begins Saturday
The 2023 Michigan fair harness racing season opens Saturday (July 8) with a 13-race program in Charlotte, Mich., the first of 12 stops on the summer-long circuit.
Plainridge paces go to Probert, Willie Go West N
Top-flight pacing action was on tap at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (July 6) with two $25,000 Winners-Over events on the docket.
Dave Little’s final Road to the Meadowlands Pace
With the eliminations set for Saturday night, here is the 10th and final edition of Dave Little’s “Road to The Meadowlands Pace” weekly Top 10 poll for 2023.
A Zweig win would be sweet for Ken Jacobs
The $350,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial open trotting stakes (race eight) and $142,000 filly stake (race six) will be raced at Vernon Downs on Saturday (July 8) with a matinee post time of 12:15 p.m. Local businessman and prolific Standardbred owner Ken Jacobs has a top contender in each with Ari Ferrari J in the open and Walner Payton racing the fillies.