It’s the opening day of the Du Quoin State Fair three-day harness racing meeting. For horsemen and their owners who participated on the summer long Illinois County Fair racetracks, it’s the most prominent program of the year, money-wise and for prestigious honors.
Yall Keep Dreaming, Brooksforreal repeat in Maryland Sire Stakes
After scoring first-round wins last week, Yall Keep Dreaming and Brooksforreal prevailed again as the odds-on favorites in their respective $10,000 Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries for 2-year-old colts and geldings on Sunday (Aug. 25) at Ocean Downs.
Pick-5 Jackpot hit for $39,587 at Running Aces
One lucky player solved the 20-cent Jackpot Pick-5 wager on Sunday night (Aug. 25) with the only winning ticket to take down the entire pool and carryover for a $39,587 score.
Marty Adler, 81, dies
Former Windsor Raceway track announcer and harness racing advocate Martyn ‘Marty’ Allan Adler passed away peacefully on Aug. 24, 2024 at the age of 81 after putting up a long and courageous fight with cancer.
Green Pastures sprints home, takes Pocono feature
Green Pastures got to set a dawdling pace, was aided when the challenging favorite broke, and then came home in :27.2 to win the $15,000 featured trot in 1:55.3 on Sunday (August 25) evening at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Karl rolls, Louprint shows his class at The Red Mile
It is not the Fourth of July but there were definitely some fireworks at The Red Mile on Sunday (Aug. 25). Freshman male pacer Louprint lit the match by soundly defeating the fastest 2-year-old in history in the $80,000 third leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series. Karl followed up that impressive score with one of his own by establishing a new lifetime mark of 1:50.2 in his division of the same series.
Woodbine Mohawk Park announces Pop Up Series
The Woodbine Mohawk Park Race Office has announced three new Pop-Up Series for the next few weeks of racing.
Sire Stakes spurs multiple winners at Philly
Two-year-old pacing males provided spirited racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon (August 25) as they battled for points and a high place in the standings in the last preliminary round of their Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Stallion Series before their rich early September Championships.
Pacers shine in Empire Breeders Classic
Tioga Downs played host to four Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) races for 3-year-old pacers (two filly divisions and two colt & gelding divisions) on Sunday (August 25) at Tioga Downs.
Francesco Zet impresses with a victory in world record time
Stald Zet’s Francesco Zet, with Ôrjan Kihlström in the sulky, delivered a strong performance by winning the Sundsvall Open Trot at Bergsaker.