With Spring Blake taking a week off after dominating Maryland‘s best pacers for much of the current meeting, Rodney Long’s J M Mandamin dug deep to repel two late challengers and seal a narrow 1:51.2 win in Monday’s (April 6) $12,000 Open Pace at Rosecroft Raceway.
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Roberts scores Rosecroft grand slam
Jonathan Roberts extended his lead atop the Rosecroft Raceway driving standings with four wins on the Thursday (April 2) program at the Capital Region harness racing venue, highlighted by a 1:53.2 win aboard Little Instigator in the co-featured $8,500 upper-level distaff pace.
Repeat winners in Rosecroft co-features
The co-featured $10,000 races on Thursday (March 26) at Rosecroft Raceway — one each for pacing mares and trotters — both yielded repeat winners, as Phoenix Rising and Deadline Hall lived up to favored billing in their respective events.
Carter wins three at Rosecroft; Hi-5 hit for $51k
William Carter recorded a driving hat trick on Monday (March 23) at Rosecroft Raceway, led by Sudden Impact’s 1:52.2 win in the $10,000 pacing feature. But the 21-year-old reinsman’s big night was overshadowed in the final race when one astute handicapper took down a massive payday in the Jackpot Hi-5.
Spring Blake repeats at Rosecroft
Spring Blake stalked Layton Hanover’s live cover before switching three-wide in the homestretch and soaring to a 1:52 score in Monday’s (March 9) $12,000 Open Handicap Pace at Rosecroft Raceway.
Judge Bob leads Roberts grand slam
Megan Roberts and Graham Grace Stables’ Judge Bob decisively parried a head-stretch challenge from 4-5 favorite Dowedealinandwhy to capture Thursday’s (March 5) co-featured $10,000 upper-level conditioned trot at Rosecroft Raceway and give driver Jonathan Roberts the first of his four driving wins on the 13-race harness racing program.
Spring Blake leads Crites hat trick
Spring Blake made every pole a winning one in Monday’s (March 2) $12,000 Open Handicap Pace at Rosecroft Raceway, scoring his third win of the season and capping a hat trick for trainer Johnny Crites Jr.
Rosecroft postpones Mon. card to Wed.
Due to heavy snow in the Washington, D.C., area and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and out of consideration for the safety of horsepeople shipping in to race, Rosecroft Raceway has postponed its Monday (Feb. 23) harness racing program to Wednesday (Feb. 25).
Weather cancellation news center
A number of racetracks have canceled or postponed their live harness racing programs and simulcast operations for Monday (Feb. 23) due to the effects of winter weather blanketing the Mid-Atlantic.
Peace Talks repeats in Rosecroft distaff
Peace Talks vaulted three-wide up the backstretch around failing cover and drew clear to a 3-1/4-length, 1:53.4 win — her second in as many starts this season — in Thursday’s (Feb. 19) co-featured $10,000 top-level distaff pace at Rosecroft Raceway.