Braxten Boyd had four wins including the $15,000 Open Trot with May Baby on Saturday (May 25) at Tioga Downs.
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Rock Solid Express and Crazy Fool take features at Vernon
Rock Solid Express (Frank Affrunti) and Crazy Fool (Claude Huckabone Jr.) captured the features at Vernon Downs on Saturday (May 25).
Verruso, Polansky dead-heat in AHDC final
Anthony Verruso utilized the pylon post to full advantage with Call Me Thefireman, but Mike Polansky equally capitalized from a pocket trip with My Big Kadillac. The two struck the beam inseparable, crowning both with the top prize in the $15,000 American Harness Drivers Club Trot final at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (May 25).
Doucet wins Canada’s 2024 Atlantic Regional Driving Championship
From one of the nation’s smallest tracks to the national — and possibly international — stage. It sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but lightning has now struck twice for Nova Scotia’s Redmond Doucet.
Johnny Boy, Better Take It win at Buffalo Raceway
Oh boy! That is what the fans had to be thinking in Buffalo Raceway’s $14,000 Open Trot on Saturday night (May 25) as Johnny Boy beat Good Boy by three-quarters of a length in a seasonal best of 1:58 over the ‘good’ track.
Chake ships in and wins Pocono fast-class trot
The track was different, but the result remained the same as the Donato Hanover mare Chake shipped from Harrah’s Philadelphia to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania and promptly recorded a 1:53.1 victory in the $16,500 fast-class trot to extend her winning streak to three.
Drama at Solvalla
After 3-5/8 miles the French trotter Izoard Vedaquais, trained by Philippe Allaire and with Benjamin Rochard in the bike, was hailed as the winner of Saturday’s (May 25) main event at Solvalla, The Harper Hanovers Race.
Illinois Spring Preview postponed by rain
After a three-month hiatus, harness racing was to return to Illinois Saturday afternoon (May 25) with the Spring Preview, on the Illinois State Fairgrounds at Springfield. However, rain has postponed the popular Illinois Department of Agriculture program for ICF pacers and trotters ages three and upward.
Tactical Landing yearling tops Sweden’s Elitlopp sale
Offspring to Tactical Landing were in high demand at the annual Elitlopp sale held at Solvalla Friday night (May 24).
Periculum rallies to take Big M feature
Racing over a track that saw horses go wire-to-wire for five straight races starting in the second, backers of Periculum could not have been all that happy in the early stages of the Friday night (May 24) feature at The Meadowlands, an $18,000 high-end conditioned event for trotters.