Harrington, DE – Harrington Raceway’s 79th season of live harness racing came to a close with a 15-race program Wednesday (Oct. 22).
End of meet honors highlighted the program as Joe Columbo (62 wins) won his fifth training title over Joe Hundertpfund Jr. and Crissy Crissman-Bier. Driver Montrell Teague (101 wins) earned his second straight driving title over Corey Callahan and Allan Davis.
The Delaware Valley Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association voted Breakaway Racing and Yorwallahan Racing Team’s Speed Away (trotter) horse of the meet. The Father Patrick 7-year-old had seven wins in 11 starts, all in Open level events, including three from post 8. His last 14 wins over the past two years have come at Harrington.
In the racing feature, Tyler Long’s Vlahos ($13, Pat Berry) was a 1:55.4 winner over Sassy Reagan and Kodack Black. The John Dixon-trainee notched his ninth win of the year and surpassed $114,000 in seasonal earnings.
The Delaware racing circuit will now shift to Bally’s Dover, where racing will begin on a Monday through Thursday schedule starting November 3 (post time 4:30 p.m.).
