With the big Nor’easter safely out to sea, live harness racing resumed at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 14) with two Baystate TrackMaster tilts topping the ticket on a breezy, damp afternoon.
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My Degenerate sets multiple records in Mass. stakes
The $2.4 million Massachusetts Breeders Stakes returned to Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 7) with seven events featuring 3-year-old trotters and pacers. The undoubted star of the show was My Degenerate (Muscle Hill-Decadence), who set new stakes and track records and became the fastest 3-year-old trotting gelding ever bred in the Bay State after going gate-to-wire in the lone $75,000 trotting division for colts and geldings, stopping the clock in 1:53.1.
Plainridge Open winners repeat; Beckwith wins five
A pair of $25,000 Open Handicap events headlines the card at Plainridge Park on Thursday (Oct. 2) and both winners scored their second straight victories at the top level.
Corner Store obliterates records in Mass. stakes
The $2.4 million Massachusetts Breeders Stakes continued at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Sept. 30) as the top 3-year-old trotters and pacers of both sexes lined up in seven events.
Sea Can sails to Plainridge score
Even though torrential rains delayed the start of racing at Plainridge Park on Thursday (Sept. 25), the inclement weather couldn’t keep Sea Can from getting home on time to win the $25,000 Open Trot to score an upset.
ER Griffin one tough hombre at Plainridge
It wasn’t an trip to say the least, but ER Griffin was up to the task and won the $25,000 Baystate Starter Allowance that headlined the Tuesday (Sept. 23) card at Plainridge Park.
Record-breaking Massachusetts Breeders Stakes program
The $1.28 million finals of the Massachusetts Breeders Stakes were held on Thursday (Oct. 24) at Plainridge Park, and records of all sorts were rewritten throughout the program. Four stakes and two track records — as well as four lifetime marks — were either tied or broken during the stakes divisions that were contested for $160,000 each.
Always A Miki grinds out impressive Plainridge win
Under duress for most of the mile, Always A Miki was tough as nails and won the featured $20,000 starter allowance at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 22).
Beckwiths bag both bills at Plainridge
The father-son team of trainer Mark Beckwith and driver Brett Beckwith won both $25,000 Open Paces on Thursday (Oct. 17) at Plainridge Park.
Gingras, Burke capture two Mass. Breeders Stakes
The third leg of the Massachusetts Breeders Stakes for 3-year-olds was held at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 15), featuring a total of $305,000 in purses.