The entry box was overflowing at Monticello Raceway when Race Secretary Eric Warner drew for the 2-year-old pacing fillies for the New York Sire Stakes on Monday (July 3). When the dust settled, he had four heats of Sire Stakes and four divisions of the Excelsior Series.
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Volume Eight set to start on Hambo trail
When discussing his 3-year-old colt trotter Volume Eight, it’s hard to tell if Noel Daley is sitting at a poker table or digging in at home plate. Either way, the trainer has been working with whatever comes his way. “I’m just playing the cards I’m dealt,” Daley said as he prepares for Volume Eight’s first 2023 start Saturday (July 1) in a division of the W.N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes at The Meadowlands.
Wonder Of Love captures Aces Thursday feature
The Thursday night (June 29) harness racing program at Running Aces carried the weekly $18,500 Mares Open Pace and this week’s edition drew a field of eight talented distaffers.
18th Group 1 win for top Italian trotter Vivid Wise As
The 9-year-old Vivid Wise As, trained by Alessandro Gocciadoro and with top French driver Matthieu Abrivard in the bike, won the Gran Premio Gaetano Turilli at the Capannelle track in Rome.
ARCI releases Anti-Doping/Medication Control results for 2022
The Chair of the ARCI Drug Testing Standards and Practices Committee, Duncan Patterson of Delaware, informed the ARCI Board this week that the overall results of the Anti-Doping and Medication Control program for 2022 indicate a significant compliance with the rules and the overall program remains comparable to those governed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Dan Gall to exit as President and CEO of Standardbred Canada
Standardbred Canada announced on Thursday (June 29) that Dan Gall will be leaving the association as President and CEO in early 2024.
Maine trotters return to Cumberland
The Maine-sired trotters return to Cumberland on Friday (June 30) for two $14,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-olds, with the Pine Tree State’s sophomore pacing colts making their first visit to the fairgrounds this season on Saturday (July 1).
For Once Inmy Life looks for Ohio Sires Stakes three-peat
For Once Inmy Life has hit the board in all six starts this year, winning the last four. He hopes to make it five straight Saturday (July 1) at Eldorado Scioto Downs in Ohio Sires Stakes action.
Horses can help heal the hurt
It’s the time of the year when 2-year-old pacers and trotters are taking baby steps towards what their connections hope will be a successful first season of racing.