Trainer Valerie Grondin swept the Maine Sire Stakes for sophomore trotters at the Fryeburg Fair on Saturday (October 5) as the popular and well-attended meet comes to a close.
Wisher Jr., Fagan score in Amateur action at Shenandoah
The United States Harness Drivers Club (USHDC) was back in action at Shenandoah Downs on Saturday (Oct. 5) and it was Adrian Wisher, Jr. and Dylan Fagan capturing their respective events.
Pirate Hanover cruises to Open win at Vernon
Pirate Hanover (Aaron Byron) captured the $8,500 featured Open Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (October 5).
Kyle Cummings sweeps Saturday features at Batavia Downs
Driver Kyle Cummings was on point Saturday (Oct. 5) night at Batavia Downs after winning both the $13,000 Open Handicap trot with Double Class and $13,000 Open Handicap pace PL Quarantine in convincing fashion.
Red Mile features $75,000 guaranteed Pick-5 Sunday
Though the 132nd edition of the famed Kentucky Futurity headlines the Sunday finale at The Red Mile, a $75,000 Guaranteed Pick-6 Pool will kick off the festivities as that 20 cent offering has a $21,470 double carryover going into the program.
Big Skewy N, Swans Eye featured winners at Pocono
The fast-class veterans headed the Saturday afternoon (October 5) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with an $18,500 race carded on each gait and both decided by a neck margin on a day when many features required the use of the photo finish camera.
Sound Judgement swiftest in International Stallion Stake upset
Lexington, KY — Sound Judgement scored a 39-1 blow on 4-5 favorite Deja Blu in the closing strides to win the second division of five divisions for the $342,000 International Stallion Stakes…
DA Love Boat upsets, Fallout Furious in International Stallion Stakes
A pair of stunners took center stage from the three divisions of the $300,900 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts on geldings on Saturday (Oct. 5) at The Red Mile: first with DA Love Boat shocking in a photo and last with Fallout scorching the track in a blowout win.
USTA District 6 assembles in Lexington for first district meeting of current cycle; 41 rule change proposals debated, 32 accepted
Joe Pennacchio, the USTA District 6 chairman, was joined by fellow directors Cara Collins (via Zoom), Dr. Andy Roberts, and Dein Spriggs in meeting with constituents Saturday (Oct. 5) morning at the Red Mile for their district’s annual meeting.
PA fair circuit’s most impressive performers
A total of $200,000 will be on the line at Hollywood Gaming at The Meadows on Friday (Oct. 11) as the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes Championships will be contested on a card starting at 5:10 p.m. Each of eight divisions of stakes horses, earning their way into the Championships based on high finishes turned in through the summer on the fair circuit, will race for a purse of $25,000.