The first ever spring harness season at Shenandoah Downs kicked off Saturday (April 1) as local trainer Betsy Brown reached the winner’s circle in the initial race with Terry’s Watching, runner-up in the 2022 Virginia Breeders 2-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Trot Championship. Todd Warren drove the Charlie De Vie gelding in his first start this year for locally-based owner James Brown.
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Walk With Me produces Big Ticket at Miami Valley
Walk With Me, driven by “Big Ticket” Brandon Bates, emerged as the champion of the Robert J. Brown Memorial late closing series for non-winners of two commercial track races on Monday (April 3) at Miami Valley. Although Walk With Me was the most experienced and richest trotter in the field, the result of 11 wins at the Indiana fairs while a 2 and 3-year-old in the Doug Rideout barn, she was dispatched at 14-1 odds in the $22,500 Brown Memorial after being bought late last year by Jeff Fought and Brian Carsey and moving to the Walter Haynes Jr. stable.
Favorites sweep Game Of Claims first round
Favorites won all three $9000 divisions of the first preliminary round of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series for $10,000 base-priced horses Monday (April 3) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
The Raceway at Western Fair District sets handle record; looking ahead to Camluck Classic
The Raceway at Western Fair District capped off a record year for wagering this past Friday evening (March 31) as horseplayers put C$708,000 through the windows, contributing to a C$10.7 million month — the highest in the track’s long history.
Walker Standardbreds damaged by Friday tornado
The State Journal-Register of Illinois is reporting that a strong line of storms swept through Sangamon County and central Illinois on Friday (March 31), knocking down dozens of homes and causing property damage in areas north of Springfield.
$15,000 tri-features at Pocono Sunday
A trio of $15,000 conditioned features for developing horses highlighted the first Sunday evening (April 3) card of the season at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Burke sweeps features at MGM Northfield Park
Tequila Talkin continued to reign supreme on Sunday (April 2) at MGM Northfield Park, winning the $19,000 Open Trot for the second straight week.
Noble notches six wins, Hanners scores Grand Slam at Miami Valley
Dayton, OH – Let It Ride N sped to his third consecutive Open Handicap victory in the weekly pacing feature at Miami Valley on Sunday (April 2), bolstering his standing as one on the top five purse earners in North America thus far in 2023.
Rich and Miserable wins Philly’s first 2023 feature
Chester, PA – Rich And Miserable never looked back in winning the $20,000 Open handicap trot, the feature as Harrah’s Philadelphia opened its 2023 harness racing season on Sunday (April 2) afternoon.
Southwind Gendry wins again at Big M
Trainer Ron Burke has high hopes for his Southwind Gendry. Burke must love the path ‘Gendry’ is currently on, as on Saturday (April 1) night at The Big M, he took his second straight weekly pacing feature, this one a $36,000 Open 2/Open 1 Handicap, in 1:50.2 over a sloppy track that saw torrential rainfall earlier in the card.