The horses and horsepeople to be racing at the Lycoming County Fair for the most part had two kinds of luck: not-so-good and then bad.
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Valottalove takes Vernon feature
Valottalove and John MacDonald captured the $7,500 featured trot at Vernon Downs on Thursday (July 11).
Eight trots in 1:55 or faster Thursday at Philly
Eight trotters won in 1:55 or faster on Thursday (July 11) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Fancy Like Louuuuu, Skepticism win Meadows Pop-Up splits
Pinned against the cones with no path outside as the field turned for home, Fancy Like Louuuuu fund the Lightning Lane just in time and scored in Thursday’s (July 11) Pop-Up Series at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Skepticism captured the other $10,000 second-leg division in the event for freshman filly pacers.
Buckeye Stallion Series action for 2-year-olds opens Friday
Freshman colt pacers will kick off the first leg in the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-olds Friday night (July 12) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. A total of $140,000 will be on the line as each of the seven divisions will carry a purse of $20,000.
A look back as Tetrick aims to equal Pace record
From his earliest days of driving on the Grand Circuit, Tim Tetrick has enjoyed success in the Meadowlands Pace. He captured his first Pace in 2007 at the age of 25, making him at the time the youngest driver to ever win the race, and has added five more trophies since then. Tetrick will head to Saturday’s $650,000 edition of the event for 3-year-old pacers with the opportunity to equal John Campbell’s record of seven Meadowlands Pace triumphs when he drives Mirage Hanover, 9-2 on the morning line, at The Meadowlands.
NYSS freshman filly trotters invade Tioga on Sunday
Tioga Downs plays host to two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday (July 14).
Dunn enjoying cool moments with ‘Joe Fresh’
After teaming up for a memorable stakes-and-milestone win two weeks ago, Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn return to action Saturday (July 13) in the $140,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial for older female pacers at The Meadowlands. Last time out, Twin B Joe Fresh posted a neck victory over Sylvia Hanover in the Perfect Sting Stakes at the Big M. In addition to being Twin B Joe Fresh’s sixth consecutive triumph on the Grand Circuit dating back to last November, it was Dunn’s 2,000th win since arriving in the U.S. from New Zealand in the summer of 2018.
Grand slam day for Case at Bangor Raceway
Walter Case Jr. followed up his recent six-win performance at First Tracks Cumberland with a grand slam outing at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday (July 10), winning four races over the 13-dash program while notching career victory number 11,400 in the process.
Two Fold Cold breaks track record in Maine Sire Stakes
Marc Tardif’s Two Fold Cold took the overland route to win his division of the Maine Sire Stakes, breaking the track record on Wednesday (July 10) at historic Bass Park in the process.