Confederate picked up his eighth consecutive win in a division of the Tattersalls Pace on Sunday at Lexington’s Red Mile and on Tuesday was made the unanimous No. 1-ranked horse in the Week 18 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll. Confederate, who has won 10 of 11 races overall, has captured seven in a row by a margin of at least two lengths.

A second round of Virginia Breeder’s Fund preliminary races in the 3-year-old trotting and pacing categories took place at Shenandoah Downs Oct. 7-8 in advance of the $650,000 “Day of Champions” card scheduled to close out the fall meet on Sunday (Oct. 29).

Northfield Park held its weekly race for the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association on Monday (Oct. 9) and in an action packed event, Larry Ferrari was awarded the victory with So Wishful (Wishing Stone) after an eventful journey followed by a disqualification of the “unofficial” winner, Another Breath, who was placed sixth after the judges’ review.

Total wagering on U.S. harness races during the third quarter of 2023 from July 1 through Sept. 30 increased by $6,086,410 (1.53 percent) with $402,675,941 bet this year compared to $396,589,531 during the same three months in 2022.

P T Stable’s Beat Cop ($2.20, Tim Tetrick) was a 1:55 winner in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Final for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings Monday (Oct. 9) at Harrington Raceway.

A pair of Grand Circuit events were the highlight of the Monday afternoon (Oct. 9) card at Plainridge Park and both the Reynolds Stake and Colonial Trot produced some impressive winners.