Sophomore trotters Hardrockcafe and Met Your Request won the $12,600 featured races at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon (June 21).
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So Well Dressed fastest in NYSS at Buffalo
So Well Dressed ($8.00) won the fastest of the three New York Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old filly pacers, each contested for approximately $35,000, on Wednesday afternoon (June 21) at Buffalo Raceway as she claimed victory over Blue Point in 1:57.2 over a fast track.
DSBF stakes contested before Harrington card cut short
Four $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) divisions for 3-year-old trotters were contested in an abbreviated Wednesday (June 21) card at Harrington Raceway.
BreyerFest® slated for July 14-16 at Kentucky Horse Park
From equine stars to “pony cars,” BreyerFest: DRIVING FORWARD is the fast track to family fun with something for everyone. The annual celebration returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., on July 14-16. This year’s Breyerfest features the white, female trotter Via Lattea IT.
Freshman Focus to feature Burke Racing Stable
This week’s edition of the OHHA’s Freshman Focus will feature the Burke Racing Stable. Freshman Focus will premiere Thursday night (June 22) at 7 p.m. on the OHHA Facebook page.
Oak Grove increases purses
Oak Grove continues its racing schedule, featuring thrilling races, increased purses, and an action-packed program for horse racing enthusiasts. The racing meet will continue on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays until July 4 and concluding the race meet on July 9 and 10, with post time set at 3 p.m. (CDT).
Call Me Thefireman torches foes in NAADA
Anthony Verruso ignited speed from Call Me Thefireman and went the distance to take the $7,500 North American Amateur Drivers Association Trot on Wednesday afternoon (June 21) at Monticello Raceway.
Promising 2-year-olds strut their stuff at Pocono
Prominent Pocono barns produced sweeps in the action for each sex of 2-year-old pacers during the Wednesday (June 21) early session at The Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Get A Wish first to join MGM Yonkers International Trot field
With just 11 weeks remaining before the $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot, the management at MGM Yonkers Raceway is already extending invitations and has its eyes open for potential additions to the trotting classic. MGM Yonkers Raceway will host the 1-1/4 mile event for some of the world’s best older trotters on Saturday (Sept. 9). Each week a new contender for the race will be unveiled and first up is the Danish representative Get A Wish.
Freshmen take another turn at Magical Acres
Magical Acres held 13 qualifiers for 2-year-olds Wednesday (June 21). Trainers Tom Cancelliere, Noel Daley, Chuck Sylvester and Carter Pinske each sent out two winners over the training center’s five-eighths-mile oval. They included Sylvester’s colt Ever Clever, who recorded the morning’s fastest trotting mile for the rookies, and Cancelliere’s colt Steven’s Saloon, who had the quickest pacing mile.