Noel Daley had two winners in Wednesday’s qualifiers for 2-year-olds at Magical Acres training center, then watched returning Dan Patch Award-winning trotter Volume Eight make his first appearance of the season as qualifiers for horses 3 and older were held over the five-eighths-mile track.
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Two new names enter Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian Week 3
Gaines Hanover and Crown enter Ken Warkentin’s week three Road to the Hambletonian in spots eight and nine, respectively.
Todd Schadel wins five in Pocono 2-year-old races
Fourteen qualifiers for 2-year-olds, four for each sex of pacers and three each on the trotting side, were held at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Wednesday (June 14). Rain moved in early in the session, with the track being rerated twice and ending up “sloppy” for the majority of the races.
Takter’s trek for a third NA Cup title
Nancy Takter always finds a way to rise to the Cup challenge.
Russell Foster collects win number 2,000
Driver Russell Foster hit a milestone this past Sunday (June 11) at Ocean Downs, when he scored a wire-to-wire victory in posting his 2,000th career win.
Connections looking forward to 2023 season with Instagram Model
Instagram Model was a winner on Hambletonian Day in 2022, capturing the Jim Doherty Memorial for 2-year-old female trotters at The Meadowlands, and her connections hope she can find success on the first Saturday in August again this season. Instagram Model takes her next step on the road to the Oaks on Friday (June 16) when she faces six rivals in the second of two $104,371 divisions of the Empire Breeders Classic for 3-year-old female trotters at Vernon Downs.
Driver/Trainer entries and results search launched on ustrotting.com mobile site
The U.S. Trotting Association announced Wednesday (June 14) the addition of a Driver/Trainer search in Entries & Results on its mobile website (m.ustrotting.com).
American Dreamer added to Aces record books
One of the co-featured events on the Tuesday night (June 13) harness racing program at Running Aces was the $18,500 Open Pace for horses and geldings, which drew a very deeply talented field of eight.
Baroness Hill breaks through in Gold action at Woodbine Mohawk Park
Baroness Hill cemented her status as a filly to watch in the Ontario Sires Stakes this season with an impressive gate-to-wire victory in the first of two C$101,300 OSS Gold divisions for 3-year-old trotting fillies Tuesday night (June 13) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Diamondsnpearls lowers Oak Grove track record in Kentucky Sire Stakes
Driver Dexter Dunn launched Nancy Takter trainee Diamondsnpearls to the fore and fired a track-record mile in the lone $25,000 division of Kentucky Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday (June 13) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.