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The Virginia Harness Horse Association announced $500,000 in Virginia certified bonus awards were distributed among 67 2- and 3-year-old horses that qualified for the residency program in 2022.

Russell Foster drove on the Dover card Tuesday (Feb. 28), including a second place finish with Northern Express in the Open Trot. He then hightailed it 98 miles to Rosecroft to drive Richard Hans’ star trotter Yall Beneath Me in the $14,000 Open Trot at Rosecroft. That hustle paid off as the son of Googoo Gaagaa looked awesome in a 1:53.4 mile for the victory.

Muscle Dynasty made it back to back wins in the Open Trot at Bally’s Dover on Tuesday night (Feb. 28). The win lowered his lifetime best for the second consecutive week.

Due to continuing heavy snowfall and deteriorating track conditions, Yonkers Raceway was forced to cancel races nine, ten, and 11 on Monday night’s (Feb. 27) program.

Monday (Feb. 27) was the final day of racing for the Batavia Downs winter meet with the card starting out clear and ending in a snow globe. The day’s $13,000 featured Open I trot was contested amidst the flying flakes where race winner Buzz (Mike Baumeister) overcame more than just the weather to claim victory.

The United States Harness Drivers Club (USHDC) is proud to announce a partnership with Oak Grove Racing that will see that track provide an amateur racing program during its upcoming 2023 meet, which runs from April 16 through July 2.

When the voters in the State of New York approved a referendum legalizing pari-mutuel wagering in November 1939, it foretold an exciting chapter for horse racing generally and the American-born sport of trotting that took place on country roads in the 1800s.

Minnesota harness racing was well represented at the recent Harness Horsemen International awards banquet at the Embassy Suites Resort Hotel in Deerfield Beach, Fla., on Feb. 22.