Ken Hanover, near or at the top of his class of the free-for-all pacers for months on end now, was sent out to qualify at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, and the son of Captaintreacherous showed he retained serious form with a victory in 1:50.4.
Canadian Trotting Classic, Elegantimage straight to finals
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office has released entry details for this weekend’s stakes events.
Fall dining options at the Meadowlands
Horse racing continues through the end of summer and throughout the fall at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Sept. 12 and 13 is the close of summer harness racing with the usual 6:20 p.m. post time.
Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale is the premier sale in the Buckeye State
The Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale is this Friday (Sept. 12) at the Pickaway Ag Center, Circleville, OH, prompting Buckeye state’s successful Standardbred owners and trainers to begin acquiring next season’s champions.
Ready Cash colt tops Italian yearling auction
At the Italian ITS auction held on Monday (Sept. 8) at a horse center outside Milan, the top price was 210,000 Euros – 247,000 dollars – for the auction’s only Ready Cash offspring, the colt Last Chance, out of the good Italian mare Tessy d’Ete.
Pick 5 elusive again at Yonkers; $25,000 guaranteed pool Tuesday
A 72-1 upset by Royal Desire in Monday night’s (Sept. 8) final race at MGM Yonkers Raceway caused the Pick 5 not to be hit for the second time in three programs. As a result, there will be a carryover of $9,987.66 and a $25,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence on Tuesday night (Sept. 9).
Bangor hosts Maine trot-fest
Four $17,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2- and 3-year old trotters arrived at historic Bass Park at Bangor Raceway Sunday (Sept. 7), with most showing continued success by divisional leaders, and another with a mild upset.
Steven’s Saloon Upsets In Harrington Open
Rich Ashley and Michael Cain’s Steven’s Saloon ($23.80, Jason Thompson) was a 1:53 winner in the $18,000 Open at Harrington Raceway Monday (Sept. 8).
Snack Attack ties 1:50 PA Stallion Series Record
The Stay Hungry sophomore gelding Snack Attack equaled the fastest mile ever paced in a Pennsylvania Stallion Series Championship event, 1:50, and his filly counterpart, the Tall Dark Stranger miss Ballast, equaled the fastest StS Championship win for her sex, 1:50.2, as on Monday afternoon (Sept. 8) as Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania hosted eight $40,000 Championships of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series, for horses just a notch below the level their world-class Sire Stakes classmates occupy.
The 2025 Neville Award to Robert McIntosh
Robert “Bob” McIntosh, the Hall of Fame trainer and three-time winner of the Jugette, will be honored as the 2025 Joseph Neville Memorial Award recipient by the Little Brown Jug and the Delaware County Fair.