The Prix de Cornulier with a total purse money of 700,000 Euro at Vincennes, Paris, France was won by 22-1 shot, the 10-year-old mare Esperanza Idole with Jean-Yoann Ricart in the saddle.
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Smith rewarded with one-time risky claim
Anyone who is a follower of horse racing knows that not all the gambling on the sport comes from the racetrack’s mutuel system. There has always been plenty of horsepeople’s money changing hands through the track’s claiming box, as well.
Deliciousstone DK wins GLADA Trot at Norhtfield
Lauren Harmon teamed up with the 9-year-old Deliciousstone DK (Wishing Stone) to score a handy win approaching three lengths in MGM Northfield Park’s Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA) Trot on Saturday night (Jan. 20).
Engblom trains five winners at Big M
Not once did a trainer win more than four races on a single card at the Meadowlands during 2023, so maybe it was on Per Engblom’s list of New Year’s resolutions to accomplish the feat.
PA Horsemen’s banquet honors fair champions
The Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association, the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association, and the Pennsylvania Fair Harness Horsemen’s Association held their annual banquet in conjunction with the USTA District 7 meeting, with the dinner hosted at the Omni Resort Bedford and some 140 people attending.
Think Of Galaxies returns to winning ways in $18,000 Distaff feature at MGM Northfield Park
While it had been a couple of weeks since Think Of Galaxies made her way to the winners’ circle, she turned things around on Saturday (Jan. 20) with an impressive victory in the $18,000 distaff feature at MGM Northfield Park.
USTA district 7 (Pennsylvania) meets
The largest gathering for a USTA District meeting this season east of Des Moines came to the Omni Resort Bedford in this southwestern Pennsylvania town for the District 7 annual meeting on Saturday afternoon.
Graceful Horizon headlines Cal Expo Open
Graceful Horizon, fresh from victories in an Open and last week’s Joe Alto, looks to keep the momentum going in Sunday night’s (Jan. 21) featured $8,000 Filly and Mare Open Pace.
RB captures Northville feature
RB and owner/driver/trainer Kim Pluta captured the featured $10,800 Open Pace on the Friday night program at Northville Downs.
Bartlett wins five at Big M
The feel-like temperature might have been 17 degrees, but that did not prevent driver Jason Bartlett from having hot hands at The Meadowlands Friday night as the 42-year-old pilot guided five winners on the card.