Surreal Ideal overcame the outside post and used a first-over effort to take the $28,000 Open Pace in Saturday (Nov. 8) action at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway to pick up his seventh straight race.
Oakwood Heymiki IR in 1:49; longshot win for Buter,Burke
Wilkes-Barre, PA — The temperature was only slightly warmer than recently on Saturday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Still, many of the times were noticeably quicker, led by the 1:49…
‘Simply’ Perfect in Big M feature
Overcoming a track that was extremely unfriendly to horses racing on the front end, Simply Perfect made it to the lead while parked out at the half in :55.2 before going on to an easy score in the featured $12,500 mid-range conditioned pacing feature for fillies and mares at The Meadowlands Friday (Nov. 7) night.
Tellitlikeiseeit records fastest mile on Dayton’s Friday card
Tellitlikeiseeit played hardball early with a challenger and drew off to score an open length victory in the first of two $18,000 condition claiming paces on Friday’s card (Nov. 7) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway.
Van Rijn wins three, MacDonald still leads at World Driving Championship
Jaap van Rijn of The Netherlands won three races and James MacDonald positioned himself for a second title on Sunday (Nov. 9) as the World Driving Championship in New Zealand wrapped up its fifth round at Winton.
On To Norway extends win streak to twenty at Hoosier
The inevitable On To Norway extended his win streak 20 as the star sophomore trotting colt crushed in the $42,000 Catholic Cowboy at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday (Nov. 7) with driver John De Long for trainer Ron Burke.
Seven Colors shines bright in Big M feature
Seven Colors started 2025 with no wins from his first eight starts. That’ll happen when you go up against the likes of Ervin Hanover, Ken Hanover and Sabonis.
Burke breaks single-season record for trainer earnings
Ron Burke, harness racing’s all-time leader in training wins and purses, on Thursday broke the record for trainer earnings in a single season when he ended the day with $28.52 million, bettering the old mark of $28.41 million, which he set in 2014.
Longshot Unusual Clarity steals feature at Vernon
Unusual Clarity (Ron Harp) captured the $7,500 featured fillies & mares’ pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (Nov. 7).
Batavia Downs cancels second half of Friday card
Due to the persistent rain that fell throughout the late afternoon and evening, racing at Batavia Downs was cancelled after the seventh race due to unsafe track conditions.