When Illinois bred 2-year-olds tangle Thursday at Springfield in leg two of Hawthorne’s Night of Champions series, notably absent will be Cash Money Twenty who recently became the fastest state-bred freshman pacer.
Gerald Schneider, 87, dies
Gerald F. “Jerry” Schneider, 87, of Waynesville, Ohio, died Sept. 5, 2024.
Dance Ticket waltzes to victory in Batavia feature
A patient drive by Kyle Swift helped Dance Ticket register her sixth win of the year in Batavia Downs’ $13,500 Fillies and Mares Open pacing feature on Wednesday (Sept. 18).
Impressive roster to date for new sale
The North American Standardbred Mixed Sale will host its first auction on Dec. 17 at the Mt. Hope Event Center in Mt. Hope, Ohio, and the sales company is pleased by the quality of entries received to date.
Speed Away, Callahan headline Wednesday at Harrington
Driver Corey Callahan had seven wins on the Wednesday (Sept. 18) card at Harrington Raceway, including Speed Away ($8.80) in the $22,500 Free-For-All Trot.
Connections take a shot with Soft Shot, win Jugette
Soft Shot, a supplemental entry, equaled a divisional world record in her elimination and used a gate-to-wire effort in the final to win the $310,000 Jugette, for 3-year-old filly pacers, on Wednesday (Sept. 18) at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair.
Round Barn fundraiser set for Sept. 29
The annual Stable of Memories “Round Barn” fundraiser will be held Sunday, Sept. 29, from 6-9 p.m. at the historic Lexington, Ky., landmark adjacent to the Red Mile. The event is being held the night before the opening of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at Fasig-Tipton.
Mohawk Million Night Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park
Canada’s richest night of racing, headlined by the Mohawk Million and Metro Pace, is this Saturday (Sept. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Odds and Ends for the Little Brown Jug
Fox Sports will broadcast the 79th Little Brown Jug, presented by the Ohio Harness Horseman’s Association. The coverage will be on FS2 from 1-3 p.m. and from 4:30-7 p.m.
LBJ hopeful ‘Zane’ a special horse to Saunders family
John Saunders knows the thrill of being the captain of a Yale football team that beat Harvard in The Game. On Thursday, the Ohio native will look to tackle The Jug. Saunders, whose family’s involvement in harness racing dates to the 1940s and his Ohio Hall of Fame-inducted great-uncle C.M. Saunders, owns Little Brown Jug hopeful Rose Run Zane with his wife, Leann.