Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel kicks off its 2023 harness racing season Sunday (April 16), with familiar names returning for the 30-day meeting and a new-look wagering menu and handicapping resources in place for horseplayers.
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Beckwiths sweep Plainridge features
Slick-gaited side-wheelers headlined the card at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (April 13), and the top pair of contests were won by the mother-son tandem of trainer Melissa Beckwith and driver Brett Beckwith.
Shenandoah to host $25k Opens April 22
Shenandoah Downs will present the Mountain Racing Series, comprised of a pair of $25,000 Open events, on Saturday, April 22.
Engblom wins two of three Philly features
Trainer Per Engblom captured two of the three co-featured $13,500 events for developing horses on Thursday (April 13) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, doing so with trotter The American Eagle and pacing mare Idealinfun.
New Ontario Graduate Series begins this weekend
Some of Ontario’s brightest stars will begin their 4-year-old campaigns in this weekend’s first leg of the Ontario Sired Graduate Series.
Vernon Downs to celebrate 70th anniversary of racing on 2023 opening day
Vernon Downs Racetrack will be opening its gates for the 70th season of live harness racing on Saturday (April 15).
Stewart named to Hambletonian Society Board of Directors
At the recent Winter Meeting of the Directors of the Hambletonian Society, Steve H. Stewart, of Hunterton Farm, was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Society Board.
Sire Stakes in Friday Cal Expo spotlight
Dougsmonkeybusines is unbeaten this year and will look to add another trophy to his case when he heads the cast for Friday night’s (April 14) $15,000 California Sire Stakes for 4-year-old pacing males at Cal Expo.
Failing favorites a hit with Big M faithful
The Thoroughbred game has always been somewhere chalk-haters go and try to cash big tickets. In fact, old-time horse players will tell you that for many years Saratoga Race Course was known as the “Graveyard of Favorites.” Well, it’s time to stand aside, Saratoga — and every other Thoroughbred track, for that matter — as the Meadowlands has the lowest percentage of winning favorites of any track currently racing in North America, regardless of breed.
Blue Chip Matchmaker and MGM Borgata Pacing series continue at Yonkers
The Grand Circuit at Yonkers features three $40,000 divisions on Friday (April 14) in the fifth and final round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker series for open pacing mares. The Monday (April 17) card at Yonkers will see three $50,000 divisions in the fifth and final round of the MGM Borgata Pacing series for open pacers.