The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) will continue its 2025 Ohio county fair racing season with livestreaming coverage from the upcoming Seneca, Union, and Knox county fairs.
Experts’ selections for Spirit of Massachusetts Day
The $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot will be held at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 20) during the biggest race day of the summer in Massachusetts. The card also features the $100,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace and the $75,000 Bert Beckwith Memorial Invitational Pace on a day with a total of $600,000 in purses up for grabs.
‘BG’ stays perfect after NJSS win at Big M
Be Perfect BG made good on her name Friday night (July 18) at The Meadowlands, remaining unbeaten in four lifetime starts after taking the lone filly pace when seven $25,000 divisions of the second leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-olds were contested for horses of each sex and gait.
Tetrick, George sweep sire stakes at Hoosier
The leading driver and trainer at Harrah’s Hoosier Park each widened their lead atop the standings as Trace Tetrick and Tyler George teamed up for big nights, including sweeping both divisions of the fifth leg of Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Friday (July 18).
Maine’s freshman trotters invade Cumberland
Three $11,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old male and female trotters enhanced the program at Cumberland Raceway on Friday (July 18) with some fresh faces making their pari-mutuel and Downeast debuts.
Elegant A wins Tioga feature
Elegant A and driver Tyler Miller captured the featured $13,000 fillies & mares pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (July 18).
Beckwith hopes to win his family’s namesake race on Spirit Sunday
Brett Beckwith won 608 races and $6.27 million in purse money last year and is on pace to surpass those numbers this season. But the one win he would like to have above all the rest would be in the race named for his grandfather.
Tony and Linda Schadel keep winning at Bedford (PA) Fair
The Pennsylvania fair circuit pulled into this borough south and roughly halfway between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg for a two-card fair meet, but wet weather caused the Thursday (July 17) card, to be devoted to 2-year-olds, to have to cancel, the first of the Pennsylvania season. (Jake Hoover is soon due for better luck.)
Crazy Crown takes the feature at Vernon
Crazy Crown (John MacDonald) captured the $6,500 featured trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (July 18).
Valentine Express ties mark in Buffalo Open Trot win
Valentine Express ($7.40) hopped aboard the ‘express’ in Buffalo Raceway $16,000 Open Trot on Friday afternoon (July 18) as he equaled the track record for aged (5+) gelded trotters with a three-length victory over Makes Me Charlie in 1:56.0 over the lightning-fast track. He tied the current mark of 1:56.0 set by Fox Valley Veto (Billy Davis Jr.) on July 20, 2018.