The curtain came down on the 2024 edition of Breakfast With The Babies, so graciously sponsored each season by Jules Siegel under his Fashion Farms nom de course, on a sunny Friday morning (July 26) at The Meadowlands. With little wind and temperatures in the mid-70s, the card got underway at 10 a.m.
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Kevin Switzer Jr. wins driver’s title at Bangor State Fair
Kevin Switzer Jr. roared into Maine’s fairground harness racing season in high gear, scoring four wins during the Bangor State Fair’s one day meet, becoming the kingpin of the first session of harness racing to be held at the 175-year-old agricultural exhibition in 32 years.
Sheridan, Keppler win Yonkers NAADA trots
Yogi Sheridan powered from the pocket while Scott Keppler persisted first over to win their respective divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association trots at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (July 25).
‘Elista’ looks to keep rolling in Oaks elim
Elista Hanover is roaring into Saturday’s second of three eliminations of the $675,000 Hambletonian Oaks for 3-year-old female trotters at The Meadowlands as the 6-5 morning-line favorite with nine straight wins. This comes after an injury-hampered campaign at 2 in which she won just once in nine starts.
Fast races for Fast Larry and Two Pistol Annie at Aces
The Thursday night (July 25) program at Running Aces provided lots of exciting action on the track as well as some very fast performances.
Zeroing in on Illinois 2-year-old breeding
Unless you’re a novice of our sport, one of the first things you look at when handicapping a race of 2-year-olds is their breeding, and you would be following in the same thought process of most trainers looking at a yearling catalog while attempting to “smoke out” a potential sale purchase.
Gowestyounggrace seeks three-peat at Cumberland
Friday’s (July 26) card at Cumberland features two $16,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies, with points leader Gowestyounggrace drawing in against second place lass Who’s Perfect.
Brittany trophies to Stable of Memories
Although Brittany Farms will close at the end of the year, the bloodlines of horses it has bred will live on for generations. And now, the farm’s significant trophy collection will live on as well.
NYSS sophomore pacing fillies at Batavia Downs Saturday
The New York Sire Stakes will make its first stop of 2024 at Batavia Downs on Saturday (July 27) when a select group of 3-year-old pacing fillies will line up in two six-horse divisions valued at $58,100 each. This will be the fifth leg of the state series this year for these girls and they should be in prime form for some big efforts.
Twaddle seeks initial Adios title with Timeisonmyside
It was the 2022 Standardbred Horse Sale at Harrisburg, and trainer Tim Twaddle and a group of his owners were hot after Timeisonmyside, a Captain Crunch half-brother to Fourever Boy, the star of the Twaddle stable. But someone whose identity Twaddle couldn’t determine was locked in a bidding war with him.