The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey would like to remind all owners and trainers that the Garden State Trot and Home Grown Pace will take place at Freehold Raceway in September.
Driver approvals due at The Meadowlands
Drivers intending to compete at The Meadowlands for the upcoming meets, including this weekend, must apply and be approved before they will be permitted to drive.
Rookie trotters contest Michigan Championship elims
The stage is set for next week’s rich Michigan Championship card at the Barry Expo Center, in Hastings, Mich., after the eliminations for both 2-year-old trotting divisions were contested on Tuesday (Aug. 27) at the same venue.
Plenty of action at Wattsburg (Pa.)
The sophomore Stay Hungry gelding Rose Run Zeke came within a fifth of a second of tying the all-age record at the Erie (Pa.) County Fair, crossing the wire in 2:00.2 during Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes “A” competition on Tuesday (Aug. 27). The record of 2:00.1 still resides with the 2-year-old male Venier Hanover and the 3-year-old male Midway Island.
Cameo Hills Lexington yearling videos available
Videos of Cameo Hills Farm yearlings to be sold at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale are now available via the sale’s website.
Incaseyoudidntknow takes Harrington FFA
Jim Magno and Joe Fonte’s Incaseyoudidntknow ($6.00, Jim Morand) was a 1:52.3 winner in the featured $22,500 Free-For-All Mares Pace on Tuesday (Aug. 27) at Harrington Raceway.
Asweetbeachhere glides home, Luna wins six at Red Mile
On Tuesday (Aug. 27) at the Red Mile, Asweetbeachhere set a new lifetime mark of 1:49.2, fending off Direction by a neck to claim victory by tossing down a :25.4 final panel in the third $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series (KYSS) leg for 3-year-pacing fillies, while Marvin Luna continued to sizzle by reining six horses home over the red clay.
Torrid Saint A takes mark in Plainridge Open
Torrid Saint A went the mile of his life as he wired the field in the $25,000 Open Handicap Pace at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Aug. 27).
Carabao A takes 1:48.2 mark in Pocono feature
Carabao A won his fourth race in his last six starts, taking a new mark of 1:48.2 in Tuesday’s (Aug. 27) $17,000 featured pace at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Legendary Hanover moves up in Top 10 in Week 11
While nothing changed in the top-two spots in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, Legendary Hanover moved up to No. 3 and Abuckabett Hanover returned to the Top 10 in the Week 11 edition of the rankings released Tuesday.