Saturday’s (June 17) Cumberland card features two $14,684 divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies, and leading the way is freshman filly pacing champion Pickmepickme from the powerful Marc Tardif stable.
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Harness racing in Iowa is in full swing
Harness racing in Iowa is in full swing as 2-year-olds make their debuts, 3-year-olds look to improve and older horses return as crowd favorites.
Moonshine Kisses equals Plainridge all-time pacing mark
Moonshine Kisses continued his career year of 2023 by setting two more records at Plainridge Park on Thursday (June 15). His 1:48.1 victory in the featured $25,000 Open Handicap Pace gave him a new lifetime mark, set a new track record for older pacing horses (besting his own previous record of 1:49), and tied the all-time track pacing record, set by Shartin N in 2020 and equalled by her stablemate Lyons Sentinel in 2021.
Krivelin, Schwartz win NAADA Trots
Robert Krivelin and Alan Schwartz fired down the road to take their respective $10,000 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trots at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (June 15).
New owner Josie Hall jazzed up about Jazzville
Josie Hall is no stranger to harness racing. Having been married to trainer-driver Aaron Hall for the last five years, the daily routine of the Standardbred is quite familiar. However, the title of horse owner is something completely new and exciting for the lifelong Maine resident.
Sweet And Feisty wins fourth straight in Meadows distaff
Parked for more than a quarter, Sweet And Feisty dug deep to hold off the late challenge of Lydeo and extend her winning streak to four in Thursday’s (June 15) $21,200 Fillies & Mares Open Handicap Pace at The Meadows.
Four $12,600 features headline Thursday at Philly
A quartet of $12,600 contests for developing horses, three on the pace and one on the trot, headlined the Thursday (June 15) action at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
King hopes surf’s up in NA Cup
The King Stable knows the thrill of winning the Pepsi North America Cup, having captured the 2015 edition of the million-dollar race for 3-year-old pacers with Wakizashi Hanover in an upset over Wiggle It Jiggleit. On Saturday, the stable will return to Woodbine Mohawk Park for a North America Cup final for the first time since that memorable day, hoping to spring another surprise with Lyons Surfing.
Christchurch takes over top spot in Little’s Road to the Pace
After defeating Voukefalas in a North America Cup elimination, Christchurch has taken over the top spot in the Week 7 edition of “Dave Little’s Road to The Meadowlands Pace” Top 10 Poll.
Nuggets’ Jokic loves hoops and The Big M
It seemed like all of harness racing was rooting for the Denver Nuggets to win their first NBA championship Monday (June 12) night, and the reason is Nikola Jokic.