Van Rijn wins three, MacDonald still leads at World Driving Championship
Jaap van Rijn of The Netherlands won three races and James MacDonald positioned himself for a second title on Sunday (Nov. 9) as the World Driving Championship in New Zealand wrapped up its fifth round at Winton.
On To Norway extends win streak to twenty at Hoosier
The inevitable On To Norway extended his win streak 20 as the star sophomore trotting colt crushed in the $42,000 Catholic Cowboy at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Nov. 7) with driver John De Long for trainer Ron Burke.
Seven Colors shines bright in Big M feature
Seven Colors started 2025 with no wins from his first eight starts. That’ll happen when you go up against the likes of Ervin Hanover, Ken Hanover and Sabonis.
Burke breaks single-season record for trainer earnings
Ron Burke, harness racing’s all-time leader in training wins and purses, on Thursday broke the record for trainer earnings in a single season when he ended the day with $28.52 million, bettering the old mark of $28.41 million, which he set in 2014.
Longshot Unusual Clarity steals feature at Vernon
Unusual Clarity (Ron Harp) captured the $7,500 featured fillies & mares’ pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (Nov. 7).
Batavia Downs cancels second half of Friday card
Due to the persistent rain that fell throughout the late afternoon and evening, racing at Batavia Downs was cancelled after the seventh race due to unsafe track conditions.
Prince Hal Hanover, Twisted Destiny among Philly winners
Prince Hal Hanover and Twisted Destiny, two Pennsylvania-sired sophomore colts who have been racing against Louprint and the very best of the state’s pacing “glamour division” since May, are still going strong in November, winning divisions of their Liberty Bell Stakes on Friday afternoon (Nov. 7) at Harrah’s Philadelphia on a chilly day with a strong stretch headwind.
Kadena brings $1.2 million to top final session in Harrisburg
Three-year-old trotting filly Kadena, a graded-stakes winning daughter of Gimpanzee-Mission Brief, led the way at the second-and-final day of the Standardbred Horse Sale’s mixed sale, selling for $1.2 million on Friday to Armitage Farm at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex.
Swifty Lazar scores at 30-1 in Plainridge Park feature
After following cover for the better part of the mile, the greatly overlooked Swifty Lazar got up in the shadow of the wire at 30-1 to score his fourth win of the year in the $14,000 Trackmaster featured pace at Plainridge Park on Friday (Nov. 7) afternoon.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for Nov. 8
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at the Meadowlands on Saturday (Nov. 8).