Two-year-old pacing colts took center stage at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with their first leg of Indiana Sire Stakes on Friday,
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Kimelman and Verruso win MADC races at The Big M
With just two MADC races carded Friday night (one pace and one trot), the betting public was treated to ideal racing conditions and 14 races in total. Both events were exciting, well bet and had the publics’ top betting selections in both events not finishing first, technically.
Sisco ‘Kid’ rides again in Meadows GLADA trot
Allen Sisco “Kid” sent Golden Compass aggressively toward the front from post nine, found a seat second and rallied through the Lightning Lane to spring the 18-1 shocker in Friday’s $10,000 leg of the Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association (GLADA) Trot at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
Wapiti Blue Chip sets track record 1:54.2 in Meadows PASS
Wapiti Blue Chip took control at the quarter and kept right on marching, scoring in a track record 1:54.2 in Friday’s (July 12) $163,135 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
Top Of Mind wins Tioga feature
Top Of Mind (Marcus Miller) won the $10,000 featured fillies & mares’ pace on Friday (July 12).
Front End holds up over “Sloppy” Philly Oval
On Friday (July 12) afternoon Harrah’s Philadelphia had a pair of pacing events for the four highest purse levels offered on the card. In “sloppy” conditions Friday, all of the feature winners, regardless of age, sex, or classification type, had one thing in common.: they all were on or near the lead heading towards the far turn – pacesetters, pocketsitters, and first-overs won fourteen of the fourteen races Friday.
Hellrider gets a trip from heaven at Buffalo
It was a trip from heaven for Hellrider ($4.10) in Buffalo Raceway’s co-featured $9,000 Class B trot on Friday afternoon (July 12) as he had no issues in cruising to a length victory over Caviar’s Yankee in 1:59.0.
Monticello to host NYSS on Monday
On Monday (July 15), Monticello Raceway will showcase one heat of the New York Sire Stakes and three divisions of the Excelsior for 3-year-old filly trotters.
Zeron has ‘Bestfriend’ for Hambletonian Maturity
Scott Zeron is uncertain how Saturday’s $425,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity for 4-year-old trotters will play out at The Meadowlands, with 12 horses going the extended distance of 1-1/8 miles, but he does feel good about one aspect of the race.
Harness Racing Museum receives $4,000 from Monticello-Goshen USHWA
Opening the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and industry honors, the Monticello-Goshen Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association made their annual donation Sunday (July 7) to the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame.