With rain canceling races over the past two years, excited fans gathered in the grandstand and tailgated in the infield to watch harness racing at Kahoka, Missouri on Sunday (July 23).
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Cheese Omelet surges to feature win at Aces
The feature race on the Tuesday night (July 25) program at Running Aces was the $15,000 Open II Handicap Pace which went to post with a field of eight talented contenders.
Hail Mary wins Aabergs Memorial in 1:51.4f
The 7-year-old Swedish trotter Hail Mary, trained by Daniel Redén and with Ôrjan Kihlström in the bike, was parked outside the leader Ultion Face for most of the trip in the prestigious Aabergs Memorial at Jägersro, Sweden. Despite that fact, Hail Mary proved to be the strongest in the field and won by a length in 1:51.4f.
Camerican leads Tuesday’s New York Sire Stakes winners at Yonkers
The New York Sire Stakes circuit was back at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Tuesday night (July 25) with three divisions for 2-year-old pacing fillies featured on the 10-race program.
Falana Hanover edges out Proud Mary Tuesday at Pocono
Proud Mary came rollin’ on the river of slop in the Pocono Pike, but she was out finished by Falana Hanover, who won the female section of the $16,000 tri-features for pacers at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The final clocking was 1:53.2 over a track rated “sloppy” most of the day.
DSBF Finals headline huge Harrington Thursday card
Harrington Raceway’s richest program of the season will commence Thursday (July 27) during Governor’s Day at the Delaware State Fair. A 12-race program will await racing fans with purses exceeding $600,000 on the card, headlined by four $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) finals for 3-year-old horses and the $50,000 Governor’s Cup, a long-time staple on the program for the state’s top pacers ages 4 years old and up.
Elims set for Hambletonian and Oaks
MGM Yonkers Trot winner Up Your Deo was among 20 horses entered Tuesday in the $1.2 million Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-old trotters at The Meadowlands, which attracted an all-male field for the 98th edition of the event.
Hambletonian Stakes attracts 20 entrants; 16 for Oaks
The 98th Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-old trotters attracted 20 entrants Tuesday morning, requiring two $100,000 eliminations Saturday at The Meadowlands. The elims will feature 15 colts and five geldings. Sixteen 3-year-old fillies entered the Hambletonian Oaks, which will require two $40,000 eliminations Saturday at The Big M.
Buffalo Raceway completes successful 2023 meet
“It was a successful meet,” Buffalo Raceway General Manager Jon Cramer said about the recently completed 2023 season.
Single $106,300 NYSS division to be contested at Batavia
The New York Sire Stakes will be on hand at Batavia Downs for opening night of the 2023 summer/fall season on Wednesday (July 26) when seven 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings line up for a big payday of $106,300.