The SBOANJ and TrotPAC would like to reminder everyone that they are hosting a fundraiser for Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin at Fair Winds Farm on Monday (May 19), at 1:30 p.m.
Sires Stakes action heats up at Scioto Downs
Eldorado Scioto Downs held the first Ohio Sires Stakes races of the year and Virgil Morgan, Jr. took three of the four divisions for 3-year-old filly pacers and trotters. Dream Something was the lone OHSS winner not trained by Morgan as she continued her win streak at Scioto making it two in a row, in a new lifetime mark of 1:53.3.
Louisville GB crushes in Big M feature
Using a powerful late kick, Louisville GB continued her winning ways Friday (May 16) night at The Meadowlands, taking the $17,500 feature, a TrackMaster 89.4 for fillies and mares on the pace.
Favorites prevail in series final at Hoosier Park
A pair of $25,000 Series Finals highlighted a rain-soaked and weather plagued Friday (May 16) night at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, with Classical Jane and On To Norway delivering dominant performances as heavy favorites in each. Later on the card, 2024 Breeders Crown champion Coach Stefanos scored his first victory of the year in the $22,000 Open Pace.
Purple Lord grabs feature at Tioga
Purple Lord (Jim Pantaleano) won the featured $12,000 trot at Tioga Downs on Friday (May 16).
Diamond Head takes feature at Vernon
Diamond Head (Justin Huckabone) captured the $7,500 featured pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (May 16).
Big Baller Beane gets job done at Buffalo
After three second place finishes in his last four starts in Buffalo Raceway’s Open Trot, Big Baller Beane ($9.40) got the job done at last on Friday afternoon (May 16) with a three-quarter length victory over El Toro Loco in a season’s best 1:57.3.
Fast filly Found is quickest of all in 2025 at Philadelphia
The racing card at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon (May 16) had to be delayed by a half-hour as a fierce storm passed though southeast Pennsylvania and the surface required work to restore it to safe racing shape.
2025 Buckeye Stallion Series begins Sunday
My Hare Legend, the 2024 Buckeye Stallion Series 2-year-old filly pacing champion, is set to defend her title as a 3-year-old as the first leg of the 2025 Buckeye Stallion Series gets underway on Sunday (May 18) at MGM Northfield Park.
No lie, Sir Pinocchio is a dream come true
Sir Pinocchio authored a fairy-tale season for Carolyn and Irv Atherton in 2024. Their homebred male trotter won 10 times in stakes action — including the MGM Yonkers Trot, Matron Stakes, Dexter Cup and New York Sire Stakes championship — on his way to $640,902 in earnings. Now a 4-year-old, Sir Pinocchio will make his 2025 stakes debut Saturday when he faces 10 older rivals in the Grade 3 $158,000 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial at The Meadowlands.