Sophomores will kick off stakes season at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday (June 1) with two $65,000 divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for June 1
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (June 1).
FAS Rulings for Friday, May 31, 2024
View Fines and Suspensions for the week of May 31, 2024 as reported to the USTA by racing commissions in the United States. This bulletin reports actions that have been taken by the USTA…
Roadster Series supplemental nomination deadline extended
The supplemental nomination deadline for the USTA Roadster Off-Track Series has been extended to June 10 due to a $5,000 purse being announced for the first time for the series final.
Delayed Hanover’s 1:52 fastest trot of Plainridge meet
Delayed Hanover strayed from the Meadowlands for a week in lieu of an afternoon at Plainridge Park on Thursday (May 30) and ended up leaving with a win and a new seasonal mark of 1:52 after touring the facility in the meet’s fastest trotting mile of the year.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for May 31
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Friday night (May 31).
Eurobond repeats in top Philly trot
Eurobond took the top fast-class trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia for the second week in a row, winning an $11,000 handicap contest in 1:52.2 on Thursday afternoon (May 30).
Fenno’s Instant Replay looks for a rerun
While George Fenno III recognizes that with Instant Replay’s recent success comes some added attention, he is quick to point out that the horse does all the work.
‘Landen’ set to go in Graduate
Fox Valley Landen might have had difficulty traveling a straight path as a 2-year-old, but he got moving in the right direction last season at age 3, winning 11 of 14 races and being named Illinois’ best sophomore male pacer. That success has propelled the gelding on to the Grand Circuit this year, with the trail leading Fox Valley Landen and driver Kyle Husted to Ontario’s Woodbine Mohawk Park for Saturday’s opening round of the Graduate Series.
Buy A Round seeks NJSS title repeat
Buy A Round will be looking to make it a double this weekend at The Meadowlands. A New Jersey Sire Stakes champion last year at age 2, the Noel Daley-trained filly will go for her second title Friday when she faces nine rivals in this season’s $240,000 final for 3-year-old female trotters. All 10 finalists are eligible to the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks on Aug. 3 at the Big M.