It was a barrage of Indiana Sire Stakes action on Friday (Aug. 21) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, with rookie trotting fillies and pacing colts in action, to go along with the 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. A few horsemen dominated the proceedings, with the Erv and Alvin Miller barns combining to take half of the 14 races, while driver John De Long tallied five wins on the evening.
‘Wrong’ proves right in Big M’s Garden State
Wrong Sounds Right picked up his third win in his last four tries Friday night (Aug. 21) at The Meadowlands after taking the featured $80,000 Garden State for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the trot.
Roy Sweeps Whenuwishuponastar, Dream Maker Finals
Louis-Philippe Roy nabbed the pair of Grade 3 events for pacing freshman at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday night (Aug. 21), winning the $120,000 Dream Maker Final with undefeated colt Shalom Hanover and the $125,000 Whenuwishuponastar Final with filly Treacherous Nova.
Detonater Hanover tops Wellwood elims; Athenas Girl quickest in Peaceful Way elims
Trotting freshman sparred in a pair of eliminations for the Grade 1 William Wellwood Memorial and Peaceful Way Stakes on Friday (Aug. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park with Detonater Hanover and Gios Hope taking the Wellwood elims while Dataprivacy and Fashion Athena scored in the Peaceful Way elims.
Tick A Loch A times move well in Philly feature
Tick A Loch A backed off (relatively) early and had a good seat behind sulky pyrotechnics that blazed for three eighths of a mile, then came on first-over and won the $13,000 fast-class distaff handicap pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday (Aug. 21) afternoon.
Stakes winners set to clash in Hempt
So far this season, there have been three Grade 1 stakes and three Grade 2 events held for 3-year-old male pacers. And those six races have produced six different winners. On Saturday (Aug. 22), five of those winners will meet at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania for the Max C. Hempt Memorial.
Plenty of fun remains on Meadowlands summer meet calendar
The fun keeps rolling at the Meadowlands Racetrack through September to close out the 2026 summer harness meet. Live racing takes place every Friday and Saturday, with a 6:20 p.m. (EDT) post time.
Final NYSS action of the season at Monticello
On Monday (Aug. 24), the curtain falls on the 2026 New York Sire Stakes season at Monticello Raceway when 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings close out the season. There will be two dashes of sires stakes and one division of the $20,000 Excelsior Series.
NYSS glamour boys will be at Batavia Downs Saturday
The New York Sire Stakes will visit Batavia Downs for the sixth time this year on Saturday night (Aug. 22) and will feature nine 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings who will start for their share of $114,900 in total purses.
Skowhegan hosts Maine high-steppers
Maine’s growing family of 2- and 3-year-old trotters found their way to the Skowhegan State Fair on Thursday (Aug. 20), with all the usual suspects up to their same tricks.