Female pacer Point Breeze was the day’s fastest 2-year-old winner at Gaitway Farm’s qualifiers on Thursday (June 27), stopping the timer in 1:56.3 for driver David Miller and trainer Joe Holloway. Driver Joe Bongiorno and trainer Jennifer Bongiorno teamed for three wins in the eight races for the rookies.
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Boston Rocks aims to make Pace case
When 3-year-old male pacer Boston Rocks finished fourth in his career debut last season at Tioga Downs, trainer Mike Deters wasn’t discouraged. He was impressed. Boston Rocks got away near the rear of the eight-horse field and was 10-1/4 lengths behind the leader at the race’s midpoint, but paced his second half in :55, came three-wide around the last turn, and was still gaining ground at the finish as he missed by two lengths. Boston Rocks has done nothing since that day to alter Deters’ opinion. The homebred colt has hit the board in 16 of 18 career races, winning six and earning $426,022 for owners Rick Berks and Peter Blood.
Emphasis on 2-year-olds at Du Quoin
Hawthorne’s downstate summer harness meeting shifts to Du Quoin Friday (June 28) with the far southern Illinois facility hosting this year’s crop of 2-year-olds for the first time. The card was originally scheduled for Thursday but was pushed back a day because of rain.
Power-packed weekend of Grand Circuit racing
The Grand Circuit weekend kicks off on Thursday (June 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with the C$53,123 Tompkins-Geers for 2-year-old filly trotters and the C$46,845 Tompkins-Geers for 2-year-old filly pacers.
Alittlemorebliss lights the board at Bangor Raceway
Value was the order of the day at the pari-mutuel windows of Bangor Raceway on Wednesday (June 26) when longshots ruled and only one post time favorite crossed the finish line on top.
Track records fall at Big Butler (Pa.) Fair
The 2024 Pennsylvania fair racing season started with a bang at the Big Butler Fair as all-age records for both the trot and the pace were broken in consecutive races, and then the newly-minted trot mark was tied just over an hour later.
Super Duper Cooper, Sister Mary Maude take Buffalo NYSS splits
The front end was the place to be on a rainy Wednesday afternoon (June 26) at Buffalo Raceway as Super Duper Cooper ($4.00) and Sister Mary Maude ($4.20) captured their respective New York Sire Stakes races for 3-year-old trotters in wire-to-wire fashion.
Beltrami, Keppler win Monticello NAADA splits
Tony Beltrami persisted first-over while Scott Keppler fired down the road to win their respective $7,500 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (June 26).
Swan In Motion tops Harrington trotters
Howard Taylor’s Swan In Motion ($10, Victor Kirby) was a 1:54.3 winner in the featured $22,500 Free For All Trot on Wednesday (June 26) at Harrington Raceway.
Fighting Evil circles dueling sibs, wins Meadows distaff
As she moved three-wide near the three-quarters and prepared to circle the field, Fighting Evil had a glimpse of an unusual battle: full sisters Kele Kele and Think Of Galaxies (So Surreal-Lightning D Dube) dueling themselves to submission in a :26.4 third quarter. Apparently less interested in history than in cash, Fighting Evil left the sibs in her wake and rolled to victory in Wednesday’s (June 26) $21,200 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.