The Thursday night (July 27) harness racing program at Running Aces featured two divisions of the Minnesota-sired sophomore pace and the favorites came through with dominating performances.
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Freshman filly trotters in Buckeye Stallion Series at Scioto
Two-year-old filly trotters duked it out to a dead heat finish in a Buckeye Stallion Series division at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Thursday (July 27). The second of four divisions also proved to be the fastest, with Pierres Serenade (David Myers) and Madame Pele (Tyler Smith) sharing the winner’s circle, stopping the timer in 1:58.
DSBF finals, Governor’s Cup headline Harrington’s richest program Thursday
More than $600,000 in total purses were contested on the annual Governor’s Day program during the Delaware State Fair at Harrington Raceway on Thursday (July 27).
R Melina beats her foes — and the elements — in Yonkers NYSS
Before MGM Yonkers Raceway was forced to cancel the remainder of Thursday night’s (July 27) program after the fourth race due to persistent lightning and dangerous weather conditions in the area, one of the two programmed New York Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old trotting fillies was held, with R Melina getting the win in the $77,300 event.
Mystical Wynn wins feature at Tioga
Mystical Wynn and driver Jim Taggart Jr. dominated Thursday’s (July 27) featured $11,500 featured trot at Tioga Downs.
Westbeach drops and pops in Plainridge distaff
After two consecutive third-place finishes in the track’s top class, Westbeach found solace in class relief and went coast-to-coast in Thursday’s (July 27) featured $20,000 conditioned pace at Plainridge Park.
Keppler, Verruso victorious in Yonkers NAADA
Scott Keppler conquered off a first-over grind and Anthony Verruso led pillar-to-post to take their respective $10,000 divisions for the North American Amateur Driving Association (NAADA) Trot at MGM Yonkers Raceway on a non-betting card before pari-mutuel action Thursday night (July 27).
Todd McCarthy sweeps Thursday Philly features
Driver Todd McCarthy swept all three of Thursday’s (July 27) $14,400 co-featured events at Harrah’s Philadelphia on his way to a five-win performance.
Winner’s Bet, Gaines Hanover look to get in from outside in Hambletonian eliminations
Domenico Cecere might not be thrilled with the post position for Winner’s Bet in Saturday’s second of two $100,000 Hambletonian Stakes eliminations at The Meadowlands, but the trainer is quite pleased with the way his colt has returned to action this season as he heads to the sport’s premier event for 3-year-old trotters.
Cumberland series highlights three-day weekend
Racing Secretary Rob Pennington has penned several lucrative pop-up series, which resulted in full fields throughout the upcoming Friday through Sunday (July 28-July 30) three-day weekend, 37-race extravaganza at First Tracks Cumberland.