There are three Free Medical Clinic dates remaining at Gaitway Farm on Nov. 6 and 18 and Dec. 9.
Southwind Amazon ties all-time win record
“Step aside, Niffit!” exclaimed track announcer Kenny Livengood as Southwind Amazon tied the all-time modern era record for wins with a 1:54.4 score on Tuesday (Oct. 29) at MGM Northfield Park.
Long shots prevail in Pocono features
The top purse offered on Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania was $15,000, for two races for developing horses, one race on each gait. They were also “big-money events” in another sense as well, because on a day where 12 of the 14 races brought home winners who paid $6.40 or less, the feature winners paid $42.80 on the pace and $22.80 on the trot.
Supreme Court keeps Fifth Circuit horse racing ruling on ice
A Fifth Circuit ruling that declared the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s oversight of federal horse safety regulation to be unconstitutional was put on hold by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday while it decides whether to hear the authority’s appeal.
FanDuel Championship information online
With the 2024 Breeders Crown completed at The Meadowlands, the FanDuel Championship becomes the focus of the connections of the sport’s top horses.
Per Engblom reaches 1,000 career training victories
Trainer Per Engblom sent out two winners on Monday night (Oct. 28) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, with the second of the victories being the 1,000th of his career.
Double Pick-5 carryover highlights Tuesday action at MGM Northfield Park
As October gets ready to come to a close, the racing action is just starting to heat up at MGM Northfield Park. The Pick-5 once again went unsolved Sunday (Oct. 27) leading to a healthy carryover of $12,832 on Tuesday (Oct. 29).
Powerful finish to Simpson Series at Pocono
In winding up the John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races for the year at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon (Oct. 28), the dominant players were the sophomore trotter Sir Pinocchio, who achieved one distinction while just missing two others in winning a division for his group in 1:51.4; trainer Åke Svanstedt, who sent out the divisional winners in the other three of the 3-year-old diamondgaited action; and the pairing of driver Tim Tetrick and trainer Jim King Jr., who swept the races for two-year-old pacing fillies.