The 2024 Minnesota harness racing season got underway on Sunday (May 5) at the Cannon Falls fairgrounds with ten races providing tune-up opportunities for horses getting ready for the upcoming Running Aces meet which gets underway on Sunday (May 19).
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Andrew McCarthy, Brett Pelling double in Pocono stakes
Driver Andrew McCarthy and trainer Brett Pelling each captured two of the three $30,000 divisions of the Pennsylvania All-Stars event for 3-year-old pacing fillies, as Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania welcomed back both Pennsylvania-sired stakes racing and Sunday evening cards.
Daley triples at Saratoga Casino
A 14-race card full of rain and mud labeled the track sloppy for Sunday’s (May 5) matinee ensemble at Saratoga Casino Hotel, but the weather posed no threat to Dan Daley, who piloted his trainees to a training hat trick.
Tetrick, Di Dominico sweep Philly features
Driver Tim Tetrick and trainer Scott Di Domenico combined to sweep the fast-class pacing features over a “sloppy” Harrah’s Philadelphia course on Sunday afternoon.
Mea Culpa A scores in Tioga feature
Mea Culpa A (Ridge Warren) charged late to capture the $16,000 Open Handicap Pace at Tioga Downs on Sunday (May 5).
It’s My Show to make 4-year-old debut Monday in Oak Grove stakes
Dual classic winner It’s My Show makes his 2024 debut on a power-packed Monday (May 6) program at Oak Grove, lining up in the second of two $50,000 second-leg Kentucky Sire Stakes events for 4-year-old male pacers.
Stole The Show steals show again
For the second year in a row, the 9-year-old trotter Stoletheshow, trained in Norway but owned and bred in Sweden (and raised in Denmark), secured victory in the Finlandia Ajo at Vermo.
Soul Assassin scores in feature at Saratoga Casino
Soul Assassin was one the top pacers at Saratoga Casino Hotel in 2023 and on Saturday (May 4) night, the Brett Derue trainee won his first Open Pace of the ’24 campaign.
Verruso, Minore shock in AHDC Upsets
Anthony Verruso and Paul Minore both landed double-digit blows to the tote board with upset victories in their respective $9,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday.
So Rock N’ Roll plays familiar tune at Cumberland Saturday
Just before the college band played the iconic song My Old Kentucky Home at Churchill Downs Saturday, So Rock N’ Roll played a familiar tune of his own: winning another race at First Tracks Cumberland.