Believer (Ridge Warren) won the $10,500 featured trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (June 17).
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Abuckabett Hanover takes Mohawk Gold Cup
Abuckabett Hanover, in rein to Andy McCarthy, took the top prize in the C$100,000 Mohawk Gold Cup, a race that saw a two-horse spill early in the homestretch.
Summer Slash sets new track mark at Buffalo
It wasn’t the featured event, but Summer Slash turned Saturday’s (June 17) $13,500 sub-featured pace at Buffalo Raceway into one by breaking the track record for 4-year-old pacing mares with a 1:54 trip.
Zapaca takes Vernon feature
Zapaca (John MacDonald, $13.20) captured the $7,500 featured Trot on Saturday (June 17) at Vernon Downs.
A Delightful Act N repeats in Northfield distaff
When you’re hot, you’re hot. And A Delightful Act N, a daughter of Bettor’s Delight, continued to show why she is one of Northeast Ohio’s top mares, digging in late to win the $20,000 Fillies and Mares Open at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday (June 17).
Kevin Switzer Jr. reaches 3,000 career wins
On a Cumberland Raceway track listed as ‘good,’ the Maine faithful withstood inclement weather for one of their favorite sons, Kevin Switzer Jr., to snag his 3,000th lifetime victory on Saturday (June 17). It finally arrived in race seven, in which his sister, Candace Brandstatter, harnessed El Jacko N and provided the well-known New England driver with his career benchmark.
Casual Cool, P L Notsonice tops at Pocono
Pacer Casual Cool and trotter P L Notsonice beat out some tough opposition to take the $18,500 features on their respective gaits on Saturday (June 17) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Svanstedt sends out four winners at ‘Breakfast’
Breakfast With The Babies, sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms, took place Saturday morning (June 17) at the Meadowlands under perfect conditions. The temperature was in the low 70s under clear skies with a mild wind against the horses in the stretch.
Seekman scores 1,000th career driving win
When Travis Seekman guided last season’s Illinois Conceived and Foaled (ICF) freshman male trotting champion Groomster to a notable victory over a strong field of Illinois-breds in Friday’s (June 16) second race at Springfield, it was an omen that good things were likely going to happen. And they did … five races later. The Nicole Wilfong-trained pacer Downbytheocean blew away his foes in the seventh race to give Seekman his 1,000th career driving victory.
‘Jiggy’ jogs in Graduate at Big M
Jiggy Jog S lived up to her resume – as well as the 1-5 odds on the tote board – during an easy score in the $75,000 second leg of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old trotters at the Meadowlands Friday night (June 16).