Berlin, MD – The Maryland Sire Stakes $25,300 4 and 5-year-old Open Trot went to post as an early non-wagering event on Wednesday (Aug. 23rd) at Ocean Downs.
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NYSS freshman fillies trot into Vernon on Friday
Vernon Downs will play host to two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (Aug. 25).
Just hoping for no rain is lame
It’s said insanity.is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. If so, what word describes facing the same possible problem year after year and doing nothing to solve it?
Top Jug Contenders, Week #3
For the next six weeks, Little Brown Jug Publicity Director Jay Wolf will rank the top 10 horses eligible for the 78th edition of the $1 million (est.) Little Brown Jug to be contested on Thursday (Sept. 21).
Vandiemen Bluechip pulls NYSS stunner
Vandiemen Bluechip, sent off at 49-1, was a first-over, 1:54.2 winner of a $156,600 New York Sire Stakes clash for rookie pacing colts and geldings on Tuesday (Aug. 22) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Manatlas wires Harrington Open trotters
Manatlas ($6.00, Trae Porter) notched his third win of the season Tuesday (Aug. 22) with a 1:56.4 win in the $20,000 Open Trot at Harrington Raceway.
Big Al M wins nightcap tilt at Plainridge
They saved the best for last at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 22) as the featured $22,500 Winners-Over Trot was carded as the final event. Little separated the short five-horse field, and Big Al M’s winning margin of victory was proof of that.
Cannibal gets the best of It’s My Show; Mambacita rolls at Red Mile
Cannibal and Yannick Gingras turned the tables on It’s My Show with a 1:48.4 win in the $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series event for 3-year-old male pacers on Tuesday (Aug. 22) at the Red Mile. Mambacita made every pole a winning one in the Championship Series split for 3-year-old trotting fillies.
Confederate returns to No. 1 spot in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
Max C. Hempt Memorial-winner Confederate returned to the No. 1 spot in the Week 11 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday. Confederate previously was ranked first in Week 6.
Harris hopes for calm in Peaceful Way
Andrew Harris liked Tandem Hanover when he purchased her as a yearling at last fall’s Standardbred Horse Sale — he wouldn’t have bid $510,000 if he didn’t — and the co-owner/trainer remains high on the female trotter as she prepares for Saturday’s (Aug. 26) C$425,000 Peaceful Way Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park.