In John Stefanos’ mind, he has reached the Cooperstown of harness racing. As a travel baseball coach in Illinois for six years, Stefanos guided his Under-12 squad through a 104-team national tournament into the Sweet 16 held in Cooperstown, N.Y. As a Standardbred owner his equine namesake, Coach Stefanos, has reached the Breeders Crown final for 3-year-old male pacers at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Saturday (Oct. 28).
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Breeders Crown finals top Grand Circuit weekend
Breeders Crown finals at Hoosier will take place on Friday (Oct. 27) and Saturday (Oct. 28).
Shenandoah closing weekend highlighted by $802,200 Virginia Breeder’s Championships
Shenandoah Downs will usher out its seven-week fall harness racing season on Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 28-29) with a pair of 14-race programs, headlined by Sunday’s $802,200 Virginia Breeder’s Championships — the richest card in Virginia harness racing history.
Center Attraction goes career best at Batavia Downs
Center Attraction had raced 11 times at Batavia Downs coming into her start on Wednesday (Oct. 25) and had not cut a mile since her first outing back on July 26 when she won by 2-3/4 lengths. Some 10 starts later, Center Attraction was back on the point and simply mauled her competition in the $15,000 Open I Handicap Pace for fillies and mares.
Wednesday hat-trick For Dan Noble
Dayton, OH – Driver Dan Noble enjoyed a driving hat-trick on Wednesday evening’s (Oct.25) card of racing.
Heavy favorite Stay Close wins Meadows feature
Washington, PA — Hammered down to 1-5, Stay Close looked every bit the heavy favorite, leading every step in Wednesday’s (Oct. 25) feature at The Meadows, a $15,900 Conditioned Trot.
Two-year-olds in Crown spotlight Friday
Two-year-old pacers Captain Albano and Geocentric will head to their respective Breeders Crown finals Friday at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in a similar position. Each was made a 4-5 morning-line favorite to bring back a trophy.
T C I aims for history in Crown
T C I has the opportunity to become the sport’s richest-ever 2-year-old on Friday when he competes against nine rivals in the $700,000 Breeders Crown final for rookie male trotters at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, but in the eyes of trainer Ron Burke, a victory would give the colt another distinction.
Milby triples, Mclenaghan sweeps features at Rosecroft
Jammin Jack is one of three very talented trotters in the Stacey Mclenaghan barn. Thursday night at Rosecroft he added a $10,000 Open Handicap Trot win to his 2023 portfolio as Frank Milby guided him to a win over Funnyfunnyriddle (Hugh O’Neil) and Crossfit Mouse (Corey Braden).
Davis scores six-pack Tuesday at Northfield
Driver Billy Davis Jr. made short work of his competition on Tuesday (Oct. 24) at MGM Northfield Park, winning six of the 15 races on the program.