Swedish first-season sire Calgary Games has gotten off to a great start – both in his home country, Sweden, and in the U.S.

Driver Bruce Ranger performed at a high level on Friday (Oct. 10) afternoon as he won four of the eight races he took part in at Plainridge Park.

The Greenshoe gelding Greenma, second by a nose to divisional leader Emoticon Legacy in his Hambletonian elimination, found the company in the $13,500 featured trot for “nw 5 races” much more to his liking on Friday (Oct. 10) at Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack, as he won as trainer-driver Trond Smedshammer pleased in 1:54.4.

Due to a developing nor’easter storm that is predicted to bring high winds and heavy rain to the entire eastern seaboard on Sunday and Monday, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has approved the recommendation made by Plainridge Park to cancel live racing on Monday (Oct. 13) out of an abundance of caution for those shipping horses from multiple states and the expected daytime weather conditions on Monday that would not be conducive to safe racing.

Greg Blanchard can point to several reasons why he thinks the London Classic Yearling Sale (LCYS) may be a record-breaking auction.

Bangor Raceway will play host to the $400,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes sophomore championships on Saturday (Oct. 11) with post time slated for 3 p.m. (EDT). Co-featured on the card will be the $25,000 renewal of the Fred Nichols Memorial Invitational, Bangor’s marquee event of the season.

After only mustering minor placings in Open events in her first two starts of the fall meeting, Phoenix Rising found her way back to victory in Thursday’s (Oct. 9) $9,000 distaff pacing feature at Rosecroft Raceway.

A total of $769,200 changed hands at the Winner’s Circle Speed Sale, held Thursday (Oct. 9) at Michigan State University, making the one-day event the highest-grossing edition of the sale in its four-year history.