Two $16,000-plus divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts resulted in a shuffling of the deck for this crop of sidesteppers, with two new seasonal winners emerging on Saturday (June 29) at Cumberland Raceway.
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Outsiders prevail in E3 finals in Sweden
In the rich E3-finals for 3-year-old trotters raced Saturday (June 29) afternoon at the Färjestad track the favorites had an off day and in the colts division Dream Mine (sired by Maharajah) with trainer/driver Jörgen Westholm in the bike, a 15/1 longshot, won easily in 1.55.4f (mile rate), while the filly division saw Screen Time Limit (Face Time Bourbon) with Ulf Ohlson in the boke, trained by Reijo Liljendahl.
Teelatini Tops Indiana Sire Stakes at Harrah’s Hoosier Park
A week of Indiana Sire Stakes action at Harrah’s Hoosier Park concluded with a lone $95,500 bout for three-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (June 29). Serving as the tenth race on the 12-race card, Teelatini emerged atop a four-across drive to the wire to claim her second straight victory of the season.
Whittemore wins 2,000th at Vernon Downs
It was a very momentous night at Vernon Downs as longtime driver Jimmy Whittemore got his 2000th career win as he captured the $7,500 featured pace with Galactic Storm. Also on Saturday (June 29) leading driver Leon Bailey tied the track record with seven wins on the card.
‘Abuckabett’ cashes in Brower Memorial
Driver Dexter Dunn perched himself into a second-over tow with Abuckabett Hanover and vaulted to the lead in the stretch to grab gold in the $152,190 Dave Brower Memorial with a 1:47.3 mile on Saturday night (June 29) at the Meadowlands.
Jiggy Jog S soars in Six Pack; ‘Tyrion’ scores stakes record in Crawford
Defending champ Jiggy Jog S coasted in the $112,500 Six Pack on Saturday night (June 29) at the Meadowlands, gliding home over her five foes with a rush to win in 1:52.1, while Southwind Tyrion set a stakes-record mile of 1:49.2 in winning the $131,250 Crawford Farms Open Trot.
Biscoe sets new Buffalo track record
Biscoe used a big brush down the backstretch and just kept rolling from there to breaj the Buffalo Raceway track record for 4-year-old trotting stallions trotters with a 1:55.3 tour over a good track in Saturday’s (June 29) $12,200 Open II Trot. He snapped the old mark of 1:56.2, established on May 13, 2022, by Barn Hall.
Yonkers Mon. Pick-5 boasts $3,988 carryover, $15k guarantee
Favorites were defeated in all five legs of Saturday night’s (June 29) Pick-5 at MGM Yonkers Raceway, leading to a $3,988.09 carryover in the sequence on Monday night (July 1). That’ll also boost the normal $10,000 guaranteed pool on Monday to $15,000.
Maximus Miki paces fastest mile of Pocono season
Mid-card rain during the Saturday (June 29) afternoon program at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania caused most of the featured races to be conducted over a sloppy track, but Maximus Miki overcame both the weather and a tough field to win the $25,000 Open Pace in 1:49 – the fastest time of 2024 at Pocono.