A pair of elite freshmen will throw punches to kick off week two of the Grand Circuit meet at the Red Mile on Friday (Oct. 6): Karl, unbeaten in five starts, will put his record on the line against millionaire colt T C I, who has only one blemish on his 10-race resume.
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Dr. Peter Sheerin to receive HHYF Service To Youth Award
Sometimes things are just plain fun and end up with great results! Such is the case with the idea conceived by Dr. Peter Sheerin, a renowned theriogenologist from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital who will be receiving the Harness Horse Youth Foundation’s Service To Youth Award at The Red Mile on Saturday (Oct. 7).
Hat trick for Page at Dayton; $10k guaranteed Pick-5 Wed.
Tuesday (Oct. 3) was a successful night at the office for Dayton Raceway’s leading driver, Chris Page, who scored a hat trick.
Virginia champs begin title defenses with Breeders’ prelim wins
Pamela Wagner and Scott Woogen’s K J Alexander and Caviart Farms’ Caviart Gwen — the Virginia Breeders’ 2-year-old Colt/Gelding and Filly Trot champions — made bold statements Saturday (Sept. 30) at Shenandoah Downs as they began defense of their titles as sophomores.
Phantomofthenight and French Riviera share top honors at Lexington Selected Yearling Sale
Pacing colt Phantomofthenight and trotting filly French Riviera shared top honors at Tuesday’s second session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, each selling for $350,000 to lead a group of 239 horses at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion.
DSBF pacing fillies complete second Harrington leg
A trio of $20,000 divisions of Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund 2-year-old pacing fillies highlighted the Tuesday (Oct. 3) program at Harrington Raceway.
Rocknroll Lou breaks three records in Mass. Sire Stakes
Week two of 2-year-olds competing in the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes at Plainridge Park got underway on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 3), and Rocknroll Lou (Sweet Lou-Beautiful Lady) made history in three different categories with an impressive effort in the $75,000 division for male pacers.
Tattoo Artist moves into top five in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
The top-three positions in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll were unchanged in the Week 17 edition released Tuesday while Tattoo Artist moved up to No. 5 and two horses returned to the Top 10 following stakes victories.
MacDonald sweeps OSS Gold action
The C$159,000 Gold division for 3-year-old trotting fillies was the first of two Ontario Sires Stakes races won by driver James MacDonald on Monday (Oct. 2) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Kadena sells for $800,000 at opening session of Lexington Selected Sale
Kadena, a daughter of first-year sire Gimpanzee out of multiple Dan Patch Award-winning mare Mission Brief, equaled the highest price ever for a trotting filly at a yearling auction, selling for $800,000 to trainer Marcus Melander as agent during Monday’s opening session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion.