Bit-O-Honor attracted a bid of $33,000 to lead the 61 yearlings who passed through the ring at the Winner’s Circle Speed Sale, held Thursday (Oct. 10) at the Michigan State University Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.
Breeders Crown supplemental and entry box approaching
The entry box for supplements to the 3-year-old and older Breeders Crown races and for all eligible horses to declare in to the $7 million year-end championship events at Meadowlands Racetrack closes next week.
Cumberland Run’s opening card Sunday illustrates the upward trajectory of Kentucky harness racing
Cumberland Run’s opening card Sunday features 14 Kentucky Sires Stakes races for 2-year-old trotters and pacers. That the track had so many young Kentucky horses to fill the entire race program shows the resurgence of Kentucky’s Standardbred circuit.
FAS Rulings for Friday, October 11, 2024
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Hoosier Champions set to be crowned Friday night at Harrah’s Hoosier Park
Harrah’s Hoosier Park offers its richest night of the season with the annual Hoosier Champions card on Friday (Oct. 11). Indiana’s finest will compete for over $2.4 million in purses over the course of the 15-race card, with eight $250,000 Indiana Sire Stakes Super Finals for 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds, and four $70,000 Sire Stakes Finals for the aged competitors highlighting the stellar program offering a thrilling conclusion to the 2024 Indiana Stakes season.
Double millionaire Charlie May jogs at Plainridge
Fresh off a full slate of stake competition, two-time millionaire Charlie May shipped into Plainridge Park for some overnight action and walked away an easy winner in the $25,000 Open Handicap pace on Thursday (Oct. 10) afternoon.
Taking a chance on Sabonis pays off
John Miller considers himself “pretty lucky” when it comes to standout Indiana pacer Sabonis. Miller purchased Sabonis as a yearling for $9,000 at the 2022 Midwest Mixed Sale and has watched the colt develop into a multiple Grand Circuit winner and potential Breeders Crown participant in the two years since then. Owned by Miller’s wife, Pat, and trained by Aaron Stutzman, Sabonis has won 17 of 19 career races and earned $480,200 as he prepares for Friday’s $250,000 Indiana Sire Stakes championship for 3-year-old male pacers at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Twin B Joe Fresh leads Meadowlands qualifying winners
Live racing returned to The Meadowlands Thursday morning (Oct. 10) with 19 qualifying races. Twin B Joe Fresh has been a Grizzly all season and there was no letting up today as she smoked around the oval in 1:52, home in :26.4 in the Dexter Dunn grips while facing a considerable head wind.
Ragtime Red records her name in the record books
David Banks’ homebred Ragtime Red won her eighth straight race Wednesday night (Oct. 9), taking the $87,500 Thomas Cooke Memorial for 2-year-old filly pacers in the Maryland Sires Stakes program.
Chapter Seven’s 2025 stud fee announced
After another record-breaking year for his offspring on the track, Chapter Seven will stand at Blue Chip Farms in Wallkill, N.Y., for a fee of $40,000 in 2025.