Stoney Ridgetop (Wishing Stone) and driver John Konesky III teamed up to win the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Series event at Northfield Park on Monday (July 1), stopping the timer in a seasonal best 1:56.1.
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Eldorado Scioto Downs Holiday card to feature 10 Buckeye Stallion Series races
Tom Swifty and What An Ocean View will look to three-peat in the Buckeye Stallion Series on Thursday (July 4) at Eldorado Scioto Downs as the third leg of the series for sophomore colt trotters and pacers kicks off. Ten $20,000 BSS races are on tap, five each for gait.
Glorilla overpowers Maine’s freshman fillies at Bangor
A lone $16,171 division of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies opened the card on Wednesday (July 3) at Bangor with Ron Cushing’s Glorilla dominating her fellow troop members.
Grondin and Campbell surge at Bangor Raceway
The stalwart trainer/driver combination of Valerie Grondin and Heath Campbell came to the forefront on Wednesday (July 3), scoring three wins and a third from five starts while supplying all the fireworks on the pre-holiday program at Bangor Raceway.
Hats off to ‘Hattie’
She has been called “Bratty Hattie.” She has been called “The Freak.” But most significant of all, Jurassic Hattie has been called a blessing. Bred and owned by Ohio’s Jerry Welch, Jurassic Hattie has finished no worse than second in all 12 of her career races, winning nine and earning $252,334. She is 5-for-5 this season and the 9-5 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s (July 6) $100,000 Moni Maker Stakes for 3-year-old female trotters at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
El Parrandero Q and Apple Juice take top sophomore races on Wednesday at Aces
The special Wednesday night (July 3) holiday racing program at Running Aces featured Minnesota-sired sophomore action offering a total purse of $42,500.
Fancy Like That, Only I Exist keep stakes records intact
Kasey Bendix and Virginia Marvel’s homebred Fancy Like That remained undefeated in Maryland Sire Stakes events this season after delivering a 15-1/2 length drubbing to her four foes in Wednesday’s (July 3) $10,000 first-round preliminary event for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Ocean Downs. Only I Exist likewise kept her seasonal stakes record intact with a similarly decisive win in the 3-year-old filly trot.
Adamczyk sweeps Monticello NAADA divisions
Monticello, NY — Andrew Adamczyk nabbed victories in the pair of $7,500 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (July 3).
Harrah’s re-adds Wednesdays; Way To Go Captain wins
Chester, PA – Way To Go Captain got himself into a good cover flow, then kept going strongly late to edge out Steven’s Saloon in the $12,000 pacing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia as Wednesday (July 3) afternoon program joined the basic four-card-a-week schedule.
Chapvious provides fireworks in NYSS at Buffalo
Hamburg, NY – It was a day early but Chapvious provided the Fourth Of July fireworks in the $108,200 New York Sire Stake event for the 2-year-old filly trotters at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday (July 3) as she broke the track record with a three-length victory over Devious Babe in 1:58.2.