A top-flight card of Grand Circuit racing will take place on Saturday (June 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park and will be led by the C$1,000,000 Pepsi North America Cup for 3-year-old pacing colts.
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Favorites deliver in Indiana Sire Stakes at Harrah’s Hoosier Park
Indiana Sire Stakes returned to Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Wednesday (June 14) with round two for the sophomore trotting fillies. Two $50,000 splits highlighted the 14-race card, with the favorites living up to the wagering hype on their way to scores in each division.
Kevin Switzer Jr. scores four wins at Bangor Raceway
Driver Kevin Switzer Jr. moved the needle closer toward a milestone on Wednesday (June 14) as the 35-year-old state of Maine native posted a powerful four win performance at Bangor Raceway. The impressive outing left him just four wins removed from his 3,000th career driving victory.
Scioto offers $60k in guarantees Thursday
Due to carryovers from the Wednesday (June 14) card, Eldorado Scioto Downs will guarantee two wagers for the Thursday (June 15) card. First post for the evening is 5:50 p.m.
Running Aces offers $12.5k guaranteed Early Pick-4 Thursday
Running Aces, in conjunction with the USTA’s Strategic Wagering Program, has added a $12,500 instant guarantee for the Early Pick-4 on Thursday night (June 15).
DSBF trotters complete first preliminary leg
Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) action for 3-year-old trotters headlined the Wednesday (June 14) program at Harrington Raceway with a quartet of $20,000 divisions.
Won For Gigi shocks field at Buffalo Raceway
Things sure looked bleak for Won For Gigi when she was a locked-in seventh with a quarter mile to pace in Buffalo Raceway’s $15,500 Open Pace for fillies and mares on Wednesday afternoon (June 14). But driver James McNeight Jr. somehow wiggled Won For Gigi out, swung five-wide in the stretch drive, and the Santanna Blue Chip mare posted a stunning come-from-behind $40.80 victory over Filly Speaks in 1:56.4 over a fast track.
Walner fillies earn new marks in Philly features
A Good Chardonnay and Walover, both 3-year-old daughters of Walner, took lifetime marks in their respective $12,600 co-featured trots at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon (June 14).
Luke McGook returns to winning ways in Maine Sire Stakes
Luke McGook, Maine’s leading money-winning freshman pacer of 2022, returned to his winning ways at Bangor Raceway on Wednesday (June 14), taking the faster of two $15,376 divisions of the season’s opening round of Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers.
Big morning for trainer Noel Daley at Magical Acres
Noel Daley had two winners in Wednesday’s qualifiers for 2-year-olds at Magical Acres training center, then watched returning Dan Patch Award-winning trotter Volume Eight make his first appearance of the season as qualifiers for horses 3 and older were held over the five-eighths-mile track.