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Following three victories on Sunday night, trainer Bill Rhoades only needed one victory on Tuesday (Jan. 3) to get his 1,000th career win, and it came in the final race with Buckeye Boy.

JL Cruze returned to his winning ways with a 1:55 score in Tuesday night’s (Jan. 3) $18,000 Winners Over/Select Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover.

The Dayton Daily News featured Ohio owner Jack Froschauer, who not only had success with his horse, Lou’s Delight, on the track at Hollywood Gaming Dayton Raceway, but a song that he recorded on a Christmas album more than a decade ago became a surprising hit during this holiday season.

Each week until April, a familiar Woodbine Mohawk Park horse person will step into the spotlight to answer a handful of fun, offbeat questions, while giving readers a unique perspective into their personality on and off the racetrack.

The Standardbred Transition Alliance (STA) is pleased to announce that an additional $75,000 in grant money has been distributed to STA Accredited Aftercare Organizations, for the purpose of transitioning Standardbreds into well-qualified homes. The combined total of all awards issued in 2022 was $125,000.

The Tattersalls Winter Mixed Sale, which was to be held Jan. 16 at The Meadowlands, has been canceled due to lack of sufficient entries.

The first of 87 live programs, comprising the tenth season of racing at Miami Valley Raceway in southwest Ohio, was greeted with great anticipation and enthusiasm on Monday afternoon (Jan. 2). A total of 11 drivers and 13 trainers reached the winner’s circle during the 14-race card on an unseasonably warm day with temperatures in the fifties.

Freehold Raceway concluded the 2022 racing season last Saturday, a year which included a phenomenal stakes schedule and great betting opportunities for fans throughout the year.

As 2022 has come to a close, Running Aces track announcer Darin Gagne shares his list of top moments of the 2022 Running Aces season, in no particular order.

The 10-year-old French mare Delia du Pommereux, trained by Sylvain Roger and with Pierre-Yves Verva in the sulky, won the Prix de Bourgogne Sunday afternoon (Jan. 1) at Vincennes and is now qualified to race in the Prix d’Amerique.