Harness racing’s top-ranked stars, No. 1 Sylvia Hanover and No. 2 Confederate, will headline this weekend’s loaded Sun Stakes Saturday card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, where a total of $2.3 million in purses will be offered for the day.
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Heaven Hanover rallies to 28-1 Hambletonian Oaks upset
For the second year in a row, post 10 posed no problem for Tim Tetrick in the Hambletonian Oaks. Tetrick guided Heaven Hanover to victory in Saturday’s (Aug. 5) $500,000 race for 3-year-old female trotters at The Meadowlands, rallying from the back of the pack to defeat Bond by a neck in 1:50.3 at odds of 28-1.
Sylvia Hanover a gutsy winner in Shady Daisy
Harness racing’s No. 1-ranked horse, Sylvia Hanover, made it 13 wins in a row Saturday (Aug. 5) at The Meadowlands, capturing the $100,000 Shady Daisy, for 3-year-old female pacers, by a head over Beach Cowgirl in 1:48.3. Bellisima Hanover finished third.
Hambo Notebook: Looking to join elite company
Scott Zeron could join elite company with Hambletonian win behind Tactical Approach; Team Miller hopes to celebrate with French Wine; McNairs make first Hambo journey with mercurial Osceola.
Hambo Notebook: Winner’s Bet, Ghostly Casper overcome tough trips to make final
After taking the long way home from post 10 in his Hambletonian Stakes elimination last week, Winner’s Bet will attempt to cash in on a more advantageous starting spot in Saturday’s $1 million final at The Meadowlands. Ben Baillargeon gets the feeling that if it weren’t for bad luck, Ghostly Casper might not have any luck at all.
Hambletonian Day undercard: Sylvia Hanover looks to stay hot in Shady Daisy
Sylvia Hanover seems to have two particular traits. The first is to make almost every race an adventure, much to the consternation of trainer Shawn Steacy. The second is to find a way to win, much to Steacy’s delight. On Saturday’s Hambletonian Day undercard, Sylvia Hanover will compete in the $100,000 Shady Daisy at The Meadowlands.
Hambo Notebook: Looking like a million
Oh Well aims to add another big payday in Hambletonian for Melander, who also sends out three in Oaks; Svanstedt duo hopes to return to top form; Burke eyes something extra from Railee Something.
Celebrity Bambino favored in Hambletonian
Elimination winner Celebrity Bambino drew post one for Saturday’s $1 million Hambletonian Stakes final at The Meadowlands and was established as the 2-1 morning-line favorite as he seeks to give trainer Ron Burke and driver Yannick Gingras their first wins in the trotting classic for 3-year-olds.
Matt Bax seeks rare Hambletonian, Oaks double
Four trainers will head into Saturday’s Hambletonian Day card at The Meadowlands with the opportunity to win both the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks, a feat accomplished previously by only three conditioners. Just one trainer in Saturday’s group is in his first year at the helm of a stable, Canadian Matt Bax. The 34-year-old, who has taken the leading role with the family stable from his father John, will send out Southwind Coors in the $1 million Hambletonian, the sport’s premier event for 3-year-old trotters, and Righteous Resolve in the companion $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks for sophomore female trotters.
Oaks hopeful ‘Something’ from the beginning
From early on, breeder Ron Mersky had a really good feeling about Railee Something. Ever since then, the 3-year-old trotting filly has done nothing to change Mersky’s opinion. Railee Something has won 11 of 19 career races, hit the board an additional five times, and earned $332,636 for Mersky, who retained ownership of the daughter of International Moni-Railee Priti. She is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in the first of Saturday’s two $40,000 Hambletonian Oaks eliminations for sophomore female trotters at The Meadowlands.