Three $15,000 features for up-and-coming horses were the top races at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon (Sept. 23), with the two trots producing pari-mutuel chaos.

The 2024 Massachusetts Breeders Stake kicked off at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 23) afternoon with 3-year-olds of both sex and gaits lining up for their share of the $305,000 in available purses.

Graded stakes information will debut in yearling sales catalog pedigree pages beginning in 2025, the U.S. Trotting Association announced Monday. The move comes as the result of standards created by a Graded Stakes Committee that was formed in 2023 at the request of major sales companies and breeders, with the support of the USTA.

Yogi Sheridan again scored a pair of wins while Tony Beltrami slid to upend a third Sheridan victory in the three $7,500 divisions for the American Harness Drivers Club Pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Sept. 22).

Diamond Creek regretfully announces today that Creatine (Andover Hall-Berry Nice Muscles) will be retired from breeding.

The Great Lakes Amateur Driving Club returned to action at Northfield Park on Sunday (Sept. 22) with two “teenagers” — one of the equine kind — teaming up together to score a handy win.