North American-based trio complete International Trot field
Three North American-based trotters from different parts of the globe will complete the field for the Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot. Lexus Kody (Canada), Antognoni S (Sweden) and Super Chapter (U.S.) become the eighth, ninth and 10th horses to join the $1 million race at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Sept. 12.
Kevin Switzer Jr. swats triple at the Windsor Fair
Kevin Switzer Jr. held the hot hand on a warm late-summer afternoon at the Windsor Fair on Monday (Aug. 31), scoring three driving wins over the well-manicured surface at the 138-year-old mid-Maine agricultural exhibition.
USTA adds ACH online and Discover card to payment options starting Oct. 1
In an effort to enhance the services provided to the harness racing industry, the U.S. Trotting Association announced Tuesday (Sept. 1) that starting on Oct. 1 free online ACH payments will be available and Discover card has been added as a new payment option. In addition, the USTA will be updating their payment processing procedures to include a 3% processing fee for all credit or debit card transactions.
Archon captures Monday’s NYSS test at Yonkers
Archon, driven by trainer Dan Daley, led all the way in winning Monday night’s (Aug. 31) $156,600 New York Sire Stakes event for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
2YOs race Sunday at Wattsburg (PA); Monday 3YOs rained out
Once again the fair horseperson’s worst enemy – rain – hit the Pennsylvania Fair Circuit, this time in Wattsburg PA at the Erie County Fair in the northwest corner of the state, where the Sunday (Aug. 30) card for 2-year-olds was raced, but then the Monday (Aug. 31) program for e-year-olds was washed out.
T Dog Upsets In Monday Harrington Feature
Michael and Sara Kimelman’s T Dog ($12.40, Jason Thompson) was an upset winner in the $22,500 Open Pace Monday (Aug. 31) at Harrington Raceway.
Six for George Napolitano Jr., at Pocono
George Napolitano Jr., the alltime winningest driver at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, won six races over an off track Monday (Aug. 31) afternoon, including both $27,500 feature races with the front end of a stable 1-2 sweep in the headliners.
Make it two straight for Courageous Warrior at Plainridge Park
After taking a lifetime mark of 1:50.1 last week in the elimination of The Patriot mini-series, Courageous Warrior came right back to claim the $25,000 final, which was the featured race at Plainridge Park on Monday (Aug. 31) afternoon.
Meadows Monday Memo
Hollywood Casino at The Meadows will race Wednesday (Sept. 2) and Thursday (Sept. 3) this week at 12:45pm, Friday evening at 5:10pm, and Saturday at 12:45pm. This will be the final 4-day race week of the summer, as this is the final Saturday of racing until late November. Next week, the track will shift to its Fall schedule, with racing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (Sept. 4) afternoons at 12:45 p.m.
American Power Pounces, Miss Jum Jabber Pops to Kentucky Championship Series Wins
American Power emerged victorious from his first start since competing in the Grade 1 Hambletonian and Miss Jum Jabber returned after skipping the second leg to score in their respective $80,000 third-preliminary dashes of the Kentucky Championship Series on Monday afternoon (Aug. 31) at The Red Mile.