A pair of $16,000 pacing events highlighted the Tuesday (July 4) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Thomas Brice, 83, dies
Thomas A. Brice, 83, of Plumville, Pa., died June 30, 2023, at Indiana (Pa.) Regional Medical Center.
Up Your Deo jumps into Top 10 in Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll
MGM Yonkers Trot winner Up Your Deo jumped up into the Top 10 in the Week 4 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday. The 3-year-old colt landed at No. 9 and is among three Ake Svanstedt-trained horses in the upper echelon of the rankings, with Six Pack Mares Trot winner Jiggy Jog S second and idle Special Way fourth.
Update: Meadowlands Pace elimination fields drawn
The fields have been drawn for Saturday night’s (July 8) two eliminations for the $700,000 (est.) Meadowlands Pace, an open event for 3-year-olds at the Meadowlands.
Sire Stakes finals lead blockbuster Tuesday at Oak Grove
The Independence Day (Tuesday, July 4) harness racing program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel will feature plenty of fireworks on the track. Eight early-season Kentucky Sire Stakes series will culminate with $100,000 finals on an 11-race docket featuring many of the sport’s highest-profile competitors and two horses — Mambacita and Arson — looking to cap series sweeps.
American Dreamer and Handsome Harvey score feature wins at Aces
The favorites prevailed in the top two races on the Monday night (July 3) harness racing program at Running Aces.
Domovoy scores second win in Buckeye Stallion Series
Domovoy picked up his second win in the Buckeye Stallion Series as he rolled to a wire-to-wire victory Monday (July 3) at MGM Northfield Park. All four of the $20,000 divisions for 3-year-old colt trotters saw the winner go wire-to-wire.
Jet Hill looks for Ohio Sires Stakes three-peat
Jet Hill will try to make it three for three in Ohio Sires Stake action Tuesday (July 4) at Eldorado Scioto Downs as sophomore colt trotters wrap up the third leg with two $55,000 divisions.
Oak Grove Grand Slam for Anette Lorentzon
Trainer Anette Lorentzon dominated the nine-race card at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (July 3) with four wins on the day, including a victory in the $35,000 Tom Shehan Memorial Open Trot by Pioneer As in 1:53.4.
Antonacci celebrates HOF induction with triple at Plainridge
Prominent harness racing breeder, owner and executive Frank Antonacci was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York on Sunday evening (July 2) during a banquet attended by hundreds of racing notables. On Monday afternoon (July 3) at Plainridge Park, his racing connections continued that party by winning a natural hat trick in the first three races on the card with horses bred and owned by “Frank The Elder”, with two of the three taking new lifetime marks.