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Duo of INSS fillies visit winner’s circle; De Long wins seven
A pair of $66,000 Indiana Sire Stakes 2-Year-Old Fillies Paces headlined the Tuesday (July 28) night card at Hoosier Park as Kountry Legacy and Fitterjake got the edge on the eight horse fields. Kountry Legacy driven by John De Long was the third of De Long’s seven driving wins on the night.
3YO MD Sire Stakes Finals at Ocean Downs Wednesday
Championship night has arrived at Ocean Downs as the 2026 Maryland Sire Stakes Finals for 3-year-old pacers and trotters take center stage Wednesday evening (July 29). Four $100,000 finals—two for pacers and two for trotters—will headline the program as Maryland’s top sophomores compete for divisional titles and a share of $400,000 in purses.
Sallysmokingun’s record mile heads Great Lakes Stakes
Lance Baylis’ Sallysmokingun sat off dueling leaders and pounced in the stretch for a track-record 1:57.3 victory in the $20,500 Great Lakes Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Monday (July 27) at the Fowlerville (MI) Family Fair.
Court approves Hawthorne sale, ends horse racing in Chicago
A federal bankruptcy judge approved the sale of Hawthorne Race Course. With the sale, there will no longer be horse racing in Chicago.
Resolve To Win, Swedish Starlet N take Plainridge Opens
A pair of $25,000 Open Handicap events were featured at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (July 28)
Trainer George Ducharme sweeps Pocono trot tri-features
Trainer George Ducharme, long known for his prowess with trotting horses, swept the three features for diagonally-gaited horses on Tuesday (July 27) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohawk Pennsylvania, where a constant soaking of rain rendering the sloppy track three seconds off for most of the card, including all the headliners.
Allegiant scores commanding victory at Jägersro
Allegiant, driven by Örjan Kihlström, went off as the heavy favorite in the Åbergs Memorial at Jägersro Racetrack in Sweden and scored a commanding victory in 1:49.2f — a new track and race record.
Go Dog Go returns a winner in Red Mile KYSS kickoff
Odds-on favorite Go Dog Go perched behind tempo-setter Gimpanzee Dancer and pounced in the stretch for a simple 1:50.3 victory in the opening round of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) for 4-year-old trotting males on Tuesday (July 28) at The Red Mile.
Primacy Station sets Monticello track record for 2YO males
The lone division of the $108,300 New York Sire Stakes for freshman pacing colts & geldings saw Primacy Station establish a new Monticello Raceway track record of 1:53.4 for 2-year-old colts & geldings on Monday (July 27).