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On Sunday (July 30), Monday (July 31) and Tuesday (Aug. 1) Red Mile returns with plenty of stakes action.

The 3-year-old trotting colts come to Monticello Raceway on Monday (July 31) for two heats of New York Sire Stakes and two dashes of the Excelsior series, all competing for $154,000 in purse money.

Breakfast With The Babies, final edition for 2023, took place at 9 a.m. on Friday (July 28) under perfect conditions. Fast track, 78 degrees and no wind at post time.

Whoever came up with the adage “The older you get, the faster time seems to go by,” most likely wasn’t talking about horse racing. Nevertheless the saying does apply to many of us concerning the current Hawthorne downstate harness racing meeting.

The Thursday night (July 27) harness racing program at Running Aces featured two divisions of the Minnesota-sired sophomore pace and the favorites came through with dominating performances.

Two-year-old filly trotters duked it out to a dead heat finish in a Buckeye Stallion Series division at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Thursday (July 27). The second of four divisions also proved to be the fastest, with Pierres Serenade (David Myers) and Madame Pele (Tyler Smith) sharing the winner’s circle, stopping the timer in 1:58.

More than $600,000 in total purses were contested on the annual Governor’s Day program during the Delaware State Fair at Harrington Raceway on Thursday (July 27).

Before MGM Yonkers Raceway was forced to cancel the remainder of Thursday night’s (July 27) program after the fourth race due to persistent lightning and dangerous weather conditions in the area, one of the two programmed New York Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old trotting fillies was held, with R Melina getting the win in the $77,300 event.

Mystical Wynn and driver Jim Taggart Jr. dominated Thursday’s (July 27) featured $11,500 featured trot at Tioga Downs.