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Southern Oaks to host April qualifiers
Southern Oaks Training Center will host qualifiers on Fridays, April 5, 12 and 19, with a daily post time of 10 a.m.
Kyle Swift is living his dream
When Kyle Swift learned that he was going to receive the 2023 Rising Star Award from the Upstate New York chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association and Batavia Downs, it was a special moment for the 18-year-old driver. Not simply for the honor and recognition, but for being emblematic of Swift coming full circle to the career he dreamed of as a child.
Sinatra De Vie wins Open Handicap in track record at Rosecroft
Sinatra De Vie overtook his stablemate College Tuition in the final 16th of the mile to record a 1:53.2 win in the $11,000 Open Handicap Trot at Rosecroft on Tuesday night (March 12).
I Get It upsets at Bally’s Dover
I Get It benefitted from a pocket journey and won the $25,000 Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover on Tuesday night (March 12).
Younger horses spotlighted Tuesday at Pocono
Horses on the way up the class ladder were featured in $15,000 contests on Tuesday afternoon (March 12) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Opening leg of the Borgata Pacing Series drawn
Four $50,000 divisions of the first of five preliminary rounds of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series, for horses and geldings, are set to take place on Monday (March 18) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Mindy Fitzgerald Smith, 73, dies
Mindy Fitzgerald Smith, 73, née Marcia Helen Fitzgerald, died at her home in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, on March 8, 2024.
Ronald Conrad, 72, dies
Ronald Lee Conrad, 72, died March 9, 2024, at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, Ind.
A storybook season for Bell Boots
Everybody enjoys a “feel good” story and the Illinois bred filly trotter Bell Boots certainly provided one in her 3-year-old season. The homebred filly began her 2023 campaign as an unheralded and unknown trotter from the barn of Matt Avenatti and by the end of the year, was honored as the best in her division at the recent Illinois horsemen’s banquet.