The $9,500 Open Pace highlighted the second day of Breeders’ Cup weekend and the Saturday night program at The Ville with Fred’s Nightmare (Fred and Ginger – Nightlife) and driver Drew Neill storming home to win by 6-1/2 lengths in 1:54.1.
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Caviart Belle dazzles in Kindergarten classic; Lou Vuitton guts out win against boys
Caviart Belle rebounded when winning in the $205,900 Crawford Farms Kindergarten Classic Final for 2-year-old pacing fillies as the 6-5 favorite with a 1:49.4 blast from off the speed on Saturday night at The Meadowlands.
Morrill wins five including both Batavia features
Jim Morrill Jr. had a huge night in the bike at Batavia Downs on Saturday as he won five races that included both features and a natural hat trick in races nine, 10 and 11.
Karl captures colt Kindergarten final easily, Sambuca Hanover tops fillies
Breeders Crown champion Karl trounced nine other freshman trotters in the $267,500 Crawford Farms Kindergarten Series Final on Saturday night (Nov. 4) at The Meadowlands. The time for the mile was 1:53.2.
FSBOA Stakes at Sunshine Meadows features extra base hits
Yes, baseball’s World Series is over but the baseball frenzy continued on Saturday as the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association presented the opening round of their stakes season at Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Village.
Tattoo Artist to stand in New Jersey in 2024
Co-owner Eric Cherry announced on Friday (Nov. 3) that Tattoo Artist p,5,1:47.1 ($2,764,248) will stand stud at Deo Volente Farms, in New Jersey, beginning in 2024. His stud fee is set at $10,000.
New series pops up at Hawthorne
With the calendar turned to November, the last of the Illinois-bred stakes are behind us, and that usually means conditioned or claiming series have arrived. In this case, they have at Hawthorne on Saturday night (Nov. 4) where the first of three “Pop-Up” series legs will be contested.
Diamond Creek reveals stallion plan for homebred Confederate
Fresh off the thrills of a Breeders Crown victory, Diamond Creek has announced that Confederate will be standing in 2024 in Pennsylvania.
Strawberry Fields, Bloodhound Track’Master’s at Big M
Strawberry Fields upped her winning streak to three while Bloodhound scored a second straight victory in their respective TrackMaster Series (rating of 74 or less) pacing finals at the Meadowlands Friday night (Nov. 3).
Tactical Approach headlines Hoosier sophomore stakes winners
A week removed from the 40th edition of the Breeders Crown, Harrah’s Hoosier Park once again played host to some of the sport’s brightest stars in a quartet of sophomore stakes on Friday (Nov. 3). The beat went on for the 2023 Hambletonian champion, Tactical Approach, who added yet another stakes score to his resume with a dominant performance in the $205,000 Carl Erskine.