The Game Of Claims Series for $7,500 base-priced horses conducted its first preliminary in four $7,500 divisions on Monday (March 6) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. And the highly-regarded horses at the windows continued to take a shellacking in the claiming ranks –the chalk won in the GOC’s first Saturday (March 4) prelim, and then the favorites amazingly lost the remaining seventeen contests for the selling pacers.
Six-figure auction tops another busy week at onGait.com
The Captaintreacherous mare The Big Hen p,2,Q1:58.1s led all auctions at onGait.com this week when she sold for $100,400 to Steve Jones of Cameo Hills Farm, New York. In foal to Always B Miki, the half-sister to millionaire Medusa p,3,1:51.2; 1:49 and
champion Canadian filly Alicorn p,2,1:50.3 was consigned by Steve Heimbecker of Ontario.
Pepsi North America Cup draws highest number of nominations since 2010
Woodbine Entertainment today announced 86 sophomore pacers have been nominated to this year’s C$1 million Pepsi North America Cup. O’Brien and Dan Patch Award winner Stockade Seelster leads the group of 86 nominees.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
2023 stallion breedings available from Museum
The Harness Racing Museum would like to thank all donors and bidders for a successful 2023 stallion breeding fundraiser. If you have not already booked your mare, available breedings are listed below.
Betting up on the Winter meeting in Paris
Even though the Soccer World Cup in November was a tough competitor, early numbers of the betting at the French Winter meeting at Vincennes show a plus of 0.5 percent — around 4 million Euro.
Defiance County horsemen to hold silent auction for breedings
The Defiance County (Ohio) Area Horsemen’s Association is holding a silent auction for breedings to numerous stallions. The auction currently has one Ohio trotting stallion and one Indiana trotting stallion.
Winning Shadow, Makin Some Noise cruise in Sunday MGM Northfield Park features
Killer Instinct and Winning Shadow have been trading punches over the past couple of weeks, but Winning Shadow (Chris Lems) got the upper hand on his foe in Sunday’s (March 5) $18,500 Open Handicap Trot at MGM Northfield Park.
Pocono’s Game of Claims series again tough on chalk
Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Sunday (March 5) afternoon action at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania featured seven $12,500 divisions of the first preliminary of the Game Of Claims series for $15,000 base-price pacers. And like yesterday, it was not a good day for the GOC favorites – a single chalk was victorious Saturday, which was a total of one more than the most-fancied series campaigners who competed Sunday.
Saulsbrook Genesis equals Miami Valley track record
Lebanon, OH – Saulsbrook Genesis now shares the title as the fastest horse ever over the Miami Valley five-eighths mile track. He tied the 1:49 record set by Nuclear Dragon in 2018 on Sunday (March 5). The five-year-old son of Sunshine Beach won the $30,000 Open Handicap for driver Chris Page, beating Rollinlikethunder (Trace Tetrick) and Little Rocket Man (John DeLong) in a mild upset.