Trace Tetrick, the leading driver for the last 11 consecutive seasons at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, put on yet another dazzling display of driving ability on a five-win Saturday (Aug. 23) night that included a 54-1 shocker with Water Torpedo, four straight wins in the middle portion of the card, and steering San Patricio to yet another score in one of three $46,000 Indiana Sire Stakes splits for 2-year-old trotting colts.

Chuckthemillionair (Kyle DiBenedetto) captured the featured $17,000 Open Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (Aug. 23).

John MacDonald guided both Pearl Washing Tan and Capt Jack Hanover to wins in the $7,500 co-features at Vernon Downs on Saturday (Aug. 23).

Some may consider Mondays a slow day of racing, but not this Monday (Aug. 25) at The Red Mile. The sport’s top-ranked horse, Miki And Minnie, is back in Lexington and so is harness racing’s fifth-ranked horse, Super Chapter, to compete in their respective $80,000 third-round legs of the Kentucky Championship Series for sophomore filly pacers and 3-year-old male trotters.

Pacer Lou’s Starr and trotter Seven Reps were both half-length winners in the twin $17,000 features for developing horses Saturday afternoon (Aug. 23) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

If there was ever a horse with a homefield advantage, it’s Livonjaxandqueens, who will be making his next start in the $100,000 Robert J. Kane Memorial Invitational Pace at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Aug. 23). “Jax” and all of his connections have close ties to the city of Batavia and the track that bears its name, and they’re all rooting for this David as he takes on a field of Goliaths. 

Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owner Odds On Racing captured two divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old male pacers on Friday (Aug. 22) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.