Business Director’s 1:51.3 win over six foes in a co-featured $8,000 top-level conditioned pace on Monday (Dec. 16) at Rosecroft Raceway capped a driving grand slam for Russell Foster.

New Zealand-bred Typhoon Banner backed up his victory in his division of the final preliminary round last week with a 1:58.3 win over the mile and a sixteenth distance of the inaugural $250,000 MGM Grand Prix Pacing Series final on Monday night (Dec. 16) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.

Platinum Proposal recovered from a mid-move break in stride to reel in 3-5 favorite and fellow dual preliminary winner Going Platinum for a 1:57.3 win in Monday’s (Dec. 16) $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series championship for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Bally’s Dover.

Southwind Amazon, harness racing’s winningest modern day horse, will be honored on Tuesday (Dec. 17) in a winners’ circle ceremony at MGM Northfield Park.

The United States Harness Writers Association is proud to announce that Sonja Booth has been named the 2024 Fair Island Farm Caretaker of the Year. A native of Finland, Booth has shared her passion for harness racing in North America for more than two decades, spending many of those years working with veteran trainer Noel Daley, and her passion for her horses and the sport has been recognized by everyone who has known her over that time.

Fast-class speedster Ranaldi took home the fastest of the $8,000 co-features on Sunday (Dec. 15) at Cumberland Raceway, giving red-hot reinsman Drew Campbell a hat trick on the mid-day card. 

Raymond Burt and Geovany Hernandez vaulted off pocket rides to win their respective $7,500 American Harness Drivers Club divisions at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Dec. 15).