Driver Nick Graffam didn’t let a little thing like the eight hole and odds of 49-1 get in the way of victory. The reinsman went from last to first with Sixby Hanover in a thrilling stretch drive to score in the second race at Cumberland on Friday (April 21), resulting in a $100.60 winning ticket.
Trio of MADC races at Meadowlands
With clear skies and temperatures in the low 60s, the MADC club had three pacing races scheduled on the Friday (April 21) card at The Meadowlands. For another week, these club races didn’t disappoint and none of the three favorites won.
Gingras takes both SRF finals at Big M
Yannick Gingras had, what for him, was just another night at the salt mine Friday night (April 21) at The Meadowlands, as the Hall of Fame pilot won both $40,000 Standardbred Retirement Foundation series finals for 3-year-olds.
Joviality S is an easy winner in her European debut
Dan Patch Award winner Joviality S is back in Sweden, where she raced for the first time Friday night (April 21) in a qualification for the million-krona race, The Queens Price at Aby.
Princess Rougarou crowned in Mares Open at Northville
With a patient drive by Justin Irvine, Princess Rougarou circled the field to take the throne in the Northville Downs featured $10,800 Mares Open Pace Friday night (April 21).
Sheridan strikes again in AHDC
Yogi Sheridan once again snagged top billing in the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club Pace, but on Friday (April 21) the victory did not come as simply as a pillar-to-post job.
YS Lotus wins final In Jumpstart Series at Buffalo
Favorite YS Lotus made it a clean sweep in the Jumpstart Series for horses with a Trackmaster Rating of 73 or less at Buffalo Raceway on Friday afternoon by winning the $25,000 finale.
Ruthless Hanover just misses Harrah’s 15-year-old track record
The pacing powerhouse Ruthless Hanover came within a fifth of a second of the oldest track record on the books at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning the $20,000 Open handicap pace for males on Friday afternoon (April 21) in 1:48.3.
John Murray Dailey, 91, dies
John Murray Dailey, 91, died April 1, 2023.
Brennan talks milestone, Borgata and Matchmaker
George Brennan was 14 when he drove a horse to a paycheck for the first time. The teenager, making his only start of 1981, steered Myron’s Bunny to a fifth-place finish in an amateur race, with the trotter collecting $50 in purse money. Brennan has accumulated — since that initial $50 start — nearly $199.7 million in purses as he prepares for the first Grand Circuit finals of the season Monday (April 24) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.