Continuing her strong sophomore season, Bond won the $600,000 Breeders Crown final for 3-year-old filly trotters at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Saturday (Oct. 28). Driving the filly to the track-record victory was her trainer Ake Svanstedt.
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Lyons Friends upsets at Northville
The $9,500 Open Pace highlighted the Saturday (Oct. 28) night program at The Ville with Lyons Friends (Western Ideal – Artistic Vision) and driver Kody Massey upsetting the betting favorite Southwind Amazon in 1:55.1.
Cummings cops Batavia features
Batavia Downs leading driver Kevin Cummings added a couple more wins to his total for the meet after taking the top two contests at the Genesee County oval on Saturday night (Oct. 28).
Primo Uomo cruises to victory at Vernon
Primo Uomo captured the $8,500 featured pace on Saturday (Oct. 28) at Vernon Downs.
Hat tricks for Miller, Noble and exotics at Dayton Raceway
With a record crowd in attendance, drivers Dan Noble and Brett Miller both celebrated driving hat tricks on the Saturday (Oct. 28) card of racing. Dayton Raceway also featured ostrich and camel races.
Jiggy ‘Jogs’ to Crown in Mare Trot
Jiggy Jog S, the 1-9 favorite, cruised to a track-record clocking of 1:51.1 in the $400,000 Breeders Crown Mare Trot on Saturday night (Oct. 28) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Violet stake draws significant
When a trainer enters his or her horse into a stake event what is the first question he or she likely will ask? Most would answer: “What post did the horse draw?”
Bongiorno guides two Kindergarten winners
Driver Joe Bongiorno had some power Friday night (Oct. 27) at the Meadowlands, and the 30-year-old pilot put it to good use, taking two of the seven $20,000 fifth-leg divisions of the Crawford Farms Kindergarten Series, for 2-year-olds of each sex and gait.
Virginia finalists aim to defend Breeders’ titles
Caviart Gwen, K J Alexander and Miraclepowerfull all look to defend their 2022 Virginia Breeders’ Championship titles Sunday (Oct. 29) at Shenandoah Downs when they compete as 3-year-olds in their respective 2023 divisional clashes. In all, $802,200 in purse money will be on the line in Sunday’s 14-race card, and the trio of 2-year-old champs noted will battle for respective purses of $84,000, $85,600 and $89,800 in the filly trot, colt/gelding trot and colt/gelding pace.
Three MADC races highlight Friday Big M card
With Halloween just a few days away, the MADC fall/winter series had three events on Friday night (Oct. 27) at the Meadowlands, and the post time favorite was defeated in all three races.