Velocity Lady (Brady Galliers) scorched the Miami Valley oval in 1:50.2 beating Ocean Music (Dan Noble) and Single Girl (Tyler Smith) in the $34,000 Mares Open Handicap on Thursday (April 27).
Dyladmar impressive in Thursday Philly feature
The sophomore Muscle Hill colt Dyladmar was the most impressive winner in the four $13,500 featured races held Thursday (April 27) at Harrah’s Philadelphia Thursday, winning the trot in 1:53, just four-fifths of a second off Googoo Gaagaa‘s divisional track record.
Whole Lotta Lou breaks through at Big M
Stacy Chiodo has always felt a whole lotta love for Whole Lotta Lou, so it’s been gratifying for the trainer to see the 5-year-old pacer enjoy a breakout season in 2023. Whole Lotta Lou already has set career highs this year for wins, with five, and purses, with $49,420, while climbing the class ladder at The Meadowlands.
MGM Yonkers International Trot moves to Sept. 9
Fans and industry participants will want to mark their calendars with a number of schedule changes coming to MGM Yonkers Raceway throughout the rest of 2023.
Former NFL player Oscar Johnson Jr. scores first training win at Shenandoah Downs
Former NFL player Oscar Johnson Jr. got his first pari-mutuel win as a trainer at Shenandoah Downs this past Saturday (April 22) with Dr. Scott Woogen’s pacer KJ Erich, then the next afternoon struck again with Woogen’s Just A Passenger.
Cal Expo main event lures Handsome Harvey
Handsome Harvey, coming off a solid runner-up effort behind the streaking Officer Jim in last week’s Lloyd Arnold Pace, gets the top billing in Friday night’s (April 28) $7,000 feature at Cal Expo.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for April 28
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Friday night (April 28).
Harness races in Thoroughbred places a win for Big M
Hoping to continue the momentum that was put in motion two years ago, The Meadowlands is once again partnering with the TV team at the New York Racing Association (NYRA) to show some of the biggest harness stakes there are to a nationwide Thoroughbred-centric audience on the networks of Fox Sports.
Charlotte Hamilton, 82, dies
Charlotte Hamilton, 82, of Letts, Iowa, died April 26, 2023, in her home.
Opportunity knocked and Amy Husted answered
When Illinois horseman Kyle Husted last year designated his wife Amy as the stable’s listed trainer to give his wife some “recognition” she deserves, no one had any idea it would propel her into the Hawthorne harness racing annals. When the Hawthorne meet ended Amy finished on top of the trainer standings in her very first year as the Husted stable’s chief conditioner — and made history at the Chicago circuit racetrack.