The Goshen Yearling Sale was held on Monday (Sept. 9) in the sales arena at the Mark Ford Training Center and a total of 82 yearlings changed hands, generating sales of $1,202,120, with the overall individual average sale price of $14,660 being achieved.
Captaincountrystar notches 11th 2024 Win
Tlb Racing’s Captaincountrystar ($2.80, Pat Berry) recorded his 11th win of the year in 1:52.2 Monday at Harrington Raceway in the featured $22,500 Free-For-All Pace on Monday (Sept. 9).
T C I first male trotter to be PaSS repeater
T C I became the first male trotter in the 31-year history of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes to win his divisional Championship at ages two and three, purposefully marching to the front in front of the stands and then maintaining his lead to the wire in the finale, like the other Championships for 3-year-olds this day at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania worth $252,000.
Overpayment provides big dividends, Railee Something scores at The Red Mile
On Monday (Sept. 9) Overpayment sprung the upset at odds of 45-1 to win the $35,000 third leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes for 4-year-old male pacers by a head. Railee Something outlasted Canterbury Hanover by a neck to score as the heavy favorite in the Kentucky Sire Stakes for 4-year-old female trotters at The Red Mile.
Turn The Page N wins third straight Plainridge Open
Turn The Page N made an early move for the lead and then closed the book on her field of rivals for the third consecutive time in the $25,000 Open Handicap distaff pace at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 9) afternoon.
Chuck Simon, 57, dies
Chuck Simon, who briefly served as the assistant racing secretary at Yonkers during the early 1990s before venturing into what would be a successful training career in the Thoroughbred industry, passed away Sunday (Sept. 8) in Saratoga Springs, NY. He was 57 and had been battling cancer.
Moon Kid Photo shines at What Cheer
Looking to extend his six race winning streak, Moon Kid Photo competed in race three at What Cheer on Sunday (Sept. 8). With Mark Mintun in the bike, Moon Kid Photo had the three hole, racing against 3-year-old Iowa Registered pacing colts/geldings.
Chasing Dudes makes haste in Maine Sires
The lone $19,671 division of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies went postward at Bangor Raceway on Sunday (Sept. 8) with the top point earner adding to her lead.
Curt Harper is ‘living the dream every day’
Curt Harper became a harness racing driver the usual way. In the Bizarro World, that is. Harper grew up in a racing family, but his path took him from rugby player to kick boxing champion/gym owner to the sulky. He is likely the first person in harness racing history to have gone that route. That’s what happens when one will do anything to reach their goal.
Respectable Dream wins seventh consecutive at Bangor Raceway
From the now shuttered County Raceway in Presque Isle, Maine and all the way south to the former winter capital of harness racing at Pompono Beach, Fla., Respectable Dream has stamped his imprint while scoring wins at 15 different tracks across the nation. His career has outlasted three of the venues he once won races at (add Scarborough Downs to the above list), yet his enthusiasm for winning has never abated. And on Sunday (Sept. 8) at Bangor Raceway, he won for the 55th time in his remarkable career.