Driver Trevor Henry utilized the pylon post with Fourever Boy and procured a pocket ride to glory when he then shot through the open stretch and took the C$262,000 Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup for pacing 4-year-olds on Sunday night (May 21) at Flamboro Downs.
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Bordogna dominates Hakamaa Memorial at Running Aces
One of the featured events on the Sunday evening (May 21) card at Running Aces was the Seppo Hakamaa Memorial race, a $7,200 trotting event which attracted a field of seven.
Amateurs have rare double exacta at Oak Grove
The United States Harness Drivers Club, enjoying its new reincarnation in Kentucky at Oak Grove Racing and Gaming, had a rare pari-mutuel event on Sunday (May 21), as its two events produced a Tony Dinges-Dein Spriggs exacta in each race.
Campbell brothers 1-2 in track record at Cumberland
Heath Campbell set a track record in the $5,000 opener with Pembroke Ideal BJ while his older brother Drew Campbell finished second in that mile. Later in the day, Drew Campbell captured the $6,500 featured trot with Little Macabee, to give the orange-clad products of the Canadian Maritimes bookend victories on Sunday (May 21) at Cumberland.
Dexter Dunn and Ake Svanstedt to drive in the Elitloppet
Stockholm, SE – No North-American trotter will race in the prestigious Elitloppet at Solvalla next Sunday (May 28th) but two top drivers from here will drive.
Pappardelle wins Philly trot; records in odd-distance races
Chester, PA – Sunday afternoon (May 21) at Harrah’s Philadelphia saw a world record and a track record in “odd-distance” races along with a sharp win in the $20,000 Open trot by Pappardelle in 1:52.2.
Kentucky 4-year-old prelims conclude Monday
The absence of Keg Stand from Monday’s (May 22) fourth and last preliminary round of the Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund (KSDF) series for 4-year-old male trotters has the potential to set up a showdown between Golden Wall As and Longshot in the $50,000 event at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, one of four such preliminary splits on the card.
Brilliant Beauty takes Tioga distaff; Hennessey wins four
Brilliant Beauty and Tyler Miller easily won the featured $13,000 Fillies and Mares Open 1-2 Handicap Pace on Saturday (May 20) at Tioga Downs.
Venerate voluminous in Sears’ seventh Cutler win
Tab another victory in the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial for driver Brian Sears and another Grand Circuit trotting win for trainer Marcus Melander. The dynamic team of trotting overhauled an oversized field of 11 with new acquisition Venerate to take the $155,200 free-for-all event on Saturday night (May 20) at the Meadowlands.
Stewardoftheland, Telenovela win Vernon features
Stewardoftheland (Claude Huckabone Jr.) and Telenovela (Dylan Huckabone-Miller) took the $7,500 co-features on Saturday (May 20) at Vernon Downs.