Dover, DE – Backstreet Shadow won the Open Handicap Pace at Bally’s Dover on Thursday (Feb. 2) night. Penzance Hanover and Whitecookie were in a private duel as they were launched from…
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Kevin Cummings wins six at Batavia Downs
Batavia, NY – Kevin Cummings, who was Batavia Downs’ leading driver of 2022, moved back into first place for dash victories in 2023 after winning six of the 11 races programmed on Thursday afternoon (Feb.2) including winning five in a row from race three to race seven.
Open Trot headlines Friday Cal Expo card
Silverhill Volo and Pridecrest, who have accounted for the last two clashes at the head of the class, get another chance to settle the score in Friday night’s (Feb. 3) featured $8,800 Open Trot at Cal Expo.
Majorca N wins $25,000 Mares Open Pace at Bally’s Dover
Majorca N returned to her winning form and won the $25,000 Mares Open Pace at Bally’s Dover on Wednesday (Feb. 1).
Italian trotter is world’s fastest 3-year-old in 2023
Executiv Ek, a 3-year-old Italian trotter sired by Face Time Bourbon, won in 1:54.4f at the Capannelle track outside Rome, Italy, Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 1).
USTA Board of Directors vote to amend rule on Artificial Insemination in special meeting
In a special meeting of its board on Wednesday, the U.S. Trotting Association’s directors voted to amend the USTA rule on Artificial Insemination. The existing Rule 26.05 Artificial Insemination was changed to allow frozen semen to be used in the breeding season, or year, immediately following castration or death of the stallion. The rule became effective immediately.
Hale having fun with stable of homebreds
Whatllyadoboutme is an outsider — literally and figuratively — in Thursday’s $27,000 Filles-and-Mares Open Pace at Miami Valley Raceway, but to paraphrase a famed equine-related quote, she is good for the inside of Daniel Hale. Hale bred, owns, and trains Whatllyadoboutme, who will start from post seven in the open’s seven-horse field and is 20-1 on the morning line. A 5-year-old mare, Whatllyadoboutme is one of an entirely homebred stable operated by Hale, a retired Columbus, Ohio, police officer who first got involved in racing as a teenager.
Bax hopes to ‘Graduate’ at the top of the class
John Bax is hoping for the same old magic in the new Ontario Graduate series at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Miller learns while grinding away
Tyler Miller grew up watching two of harness racing’s best go about their business on a daily basis. The son of driver Andy Miller and trainer Julie Miller, Tyler studied and learned from them, and many others. But it wasn’t until he graduated from Rider University in 2020 and became a fulltime driver, that Miller began getting his real education.
Somestarsomewhere had sparkling first crop
There are few out-and-out “locks” in harness racing, however when it came to naming the 2022 Illinois Pacing Sire of the Year it looked to be a “slam dunk” decision last month for USTA District 5 member voters.