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On Monday (Jan. 23), Batavia Downs began a four-week Pop-Up Racing Series for Western New York-based Trackmaster pacers and trotters with preliminary leg classes going for between $6,000 and $9,000 each (depending on class). Monday saw 10 series races go postward and these events provided some very competitive racing.

A pair of Indiana’s fastest 3-year-olds of the 20

It is, among many things, a look of mutual reassurance whenever the young rider and the imposing former Standardbred lock eyes in the crowded arena.

It is with a heavy heart that Hanover Shoe Farms announces Cantab Hall was humanely euthanized Monday morning (Jan. 23) due to arthritic disabilities.

For the second consecutive year, the world’s richest under saddle race, Prix de Cornulier, raced Sunday (Jan. 22) at Vincennes in Paris, France, was won by the mare Flamme du Goutier with Matthieu Mottier in the saddle.

The 13-year-old warhorse Southwind Amazon eclipsed two milestones on Sunday (Jan. 22) at MGM Northfield, surpassing Breeze On J for fourth in all-time wins and pushing his earnings to more than $1.4 million.

East Rutherford, NJ – It wasn’t Independence Day, but there were plenty of fireworks going off at The Meadowlands Sunday afternoon.

Columbus, OH – Members from the United States Trotting Association’s District 3 gathered on Sunday (January 22) at the Hilton Arden West in Sacramento, California for the district’s annual meeting. Helmed by district chairman Ivan Axelrod and fellow directors Ben Kenney and David Siegel, the session saw the group debate 18 rule changes and three bylaw proposals. In the end, 10 were accepted and 10 were rejected, with one submission tabled for further discussion. Axelrod was re-elected to another terms as district chairman.

Ron Merritt from Michigan was named the Dan Rathka Memorial Award as the Michigan Horseman of the Year for 2022.  Presentation of the award was made by past Hall of Fame and Rathka Award winners Saturday night at the MHHA annual banquet.