Jet Hill will try to make it three for three in Ohio Sires Stake action Tuesday (July 4) at Eldorado Scioto Downs as sophomore colt trotters wrap up the third leg with two $55,000 divisions.
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Oak Grove Grand Slam for Anette Lorentzon
Trainer Anette Lorentzon dominated the nine-race card at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (July 3) with four wins on the day, including a victory in the $35,000 Tom Shehan Memorial Open Trot by Pioneer As in 1:53.4.
Antonacci celebrates HOF induction with triple at Plainridge
Prominent harness racing breeder, owner and executive Frank Antonacci was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, New York on Sunday evening (July 2) during a banquet attended by hundreds of racing notables. On Monday afternoon (July 3) at Plainridge Park, his racing connections continued that party by winning a natural hat trick in the first three races on the card with horses bred and owned by “Frank The Elder”, with two of the three taking new lifetime marks.
Majorca N, Itsrockandroll A Win Harrington Features
Majorca N and Itsrockandroll A each won their respective $20,000 Open events Monday (July 30 at Harrington Raceway.
Red Mile Horsemen announcement
Any horse that is being shipped into the Red Mile barn area, is required by the State of Kentucky that they have a negative Coggins test dated within the last 12 months and a health paper for each horse.
Chalk blanked as first-timers take Pocono Stakes
The Pennsylvania stakes season for 2-year-olds at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania was born on the Third Of July this year, as freshman males who were first-time starters and were not their race’s favorites swept the four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars contest.
Amateurs honor the military at Oak Grove
There were so many harness racing headliners and heroes on Sunday (July 2) in amateur competition at Oak Grove Racing and Gaming that it’s next to impossible and deemed a “dead-heat” for the top spot.
USHWA donates $5,000 to Museum/Hall
The United States Harness Writers Association, the leading group of Standardbred racing’s communicators, presented a $5,000 donation to the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame during the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Goshen, N.Y., on Sunday (July 2).
The Bird Dance N soars in Nichols Memorial at Bangor Raceway
The largest crowd of the season thronged to Bangor Raceway on Sunday (July 2) to witness one of the preeminent invitational events of the 2023 state of Maine harness racing season — the $25,000 Fred Nichols Memorial Pace which honors the memory of the long serving Bangor Raceway executive and official.
Jackpot awaits in NYSS at Buffalo Raceway
There’s a huge jackpot awaiting at the finish line at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (July 5) as a field of five colt and gelding 2-year-old trotters go for a $102,500 purse in the New York Sire Stakes. The main event goes off as the seventh on the 13-race program which gets underway at 2:30 p.m.