Category: Track News

The $400,000 (est.) E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity trotting race is scheduled for Saturday (July 15) at The Meadowlands on a star-studded, stakes-packed evening that will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 from 10 p.m.-12 midnight.

Northville Downs is inviting various social media groups out for a night at the races in the months of August and September.

Post time for the Kentucky Proud Series, the Mercer County Fair at The Red Mile, on Sunday (July 16) will be 1 p.m. (EDT).

After starting the year with 34 consecutive Friday and Saturday night programs that saw wagering exceed $3 million, things have slowed a bit recently at the windows at The Meadowlands, by far the handle leader in the sport of harness racing.

The Meadowlands management wishes to inform those horsepersons racing in Meadowlands Pace eliminations and the Graduate trot and pace finals that those horses must report to barns 1D and 1E for detention by no later than noon on Saturday (day of the races).

Harrah’s Philadelphia has canceled live racing for Thursday (July 6) due to a continued power outage.

The latest episode of ‘The Michigan Mighty’ will air on Harness Racing Symposium 101 on Facebook and will be cross-posted on the Northville Downs Facebook page at 7 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday (July 6).

Horseplay, a fan favorite promotion, began Friday (May 5) at The Meadowlands.

Ocean Downs is racing Wednesday (July 5) at 7:05 p.m.