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2018 NEWS
Winbak Farm Videos for London Yearling Sale Now Posted
The London Yearling Sale videos for Winbak’s lineup are now posted.
Click Here to Read More$320,000 NYSS consolations at Batavia on Friday
Batavia, NY --- The horses that missed the cut for the $1.8 million up for grabs in the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) Night of Champions finals will convene at Batavia Downs on Friday evening (Sept. 21) to compete for the $320,000 in purse money available in the NYSS consolation races.
Click Here to Read MorePat's A Keeper remains perfect after Maryland Sire Stakes victory
Pat's A Keeper ran her career record to a perfect 4-4 in a $6,500 Preliminary in the Maryland Sires Stakes program on Wednesday night (Sept. 19) at Rosecroft Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreCourtly Choice wins 73rd Little Brown Jug
Delaware, OH --- Prior to Thursday’s $436,560 Little Brown Jug final, driver David Miller was asked what he expected from his horse, Courtly Choice, in the race. Just an hour earlier, Courtly Choice had been the favorite in his elimination, but went off stride behind the starting gate and needed to rally furiously to advance to the final.
Click Here to Read MoreDragonfly wins fourth straight in Standardbred filly pace
Delaware, OH --- Dragonfly battled with Pretty N Fast for nearly three-eighths of a mile before prevailing by a neck to win Wednesday’s (Sept. 19) $39,318 Standardbred Stakes for 2-year-old female pacers in a career-best 1:55.4 at the Delaware County Fair. Hydration finished third.
Click Here to Read MoreThirteen To Contest Little Brown Jug
Ohio-bred Lather Up and supplemental entry Courtly Choice have each drawn the coveted rail positions for their respective opening-heat eliminations for the $642,000 Little Brown Jug, presented by the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association, which will be held this Thursday (Sept. 20) at the Delaware County Fair in Ohio.
Click Here to Read MorePat Woods is living the dream
Elkton, MD --- At a young age, Pat Woods knew that he wanted to be involved in harness racing in some capacity. While most get involved in the business because of family ties, Woods started out at as a fan.
Click Here to Read MoreWinbak Farm Videos for Lexington Yearling Sale Now Posted
Winbak Farm is proudly presenting its biggest Lexington consignment in 2018. Winbak Farm’s yearlings selling are eligible to lucrative stakes programs in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario and Pennsylvania.
Fourth Sires Stakes Win For Royale Elite
The Hudson Standardbred Stable's Royale Elite ($5.80) parlayed a pocket trip into a fourth Ontario Sires Stakes win this season, as he captured his $18,450 Grassroots event for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Wednesday night (Sept. 12) at Grand River Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreBatavia Record For Melodies Major
Two divisions of New York Sire Stake (NYSS) two-year-old pacing colts and geldings were in western New York on Wednesday (Sept. 12) to compete for $109,000 in purses at Batavia Downs, and in the first $54,500 split, Melodies Major (Art Major-Hilarious) left a lasting impression on the locals by setting a new track record.
Click Here to Read MoreConnections happy with Jug prep for Courtly Choice
Hightstown, NJ --- Meadowlands Pace champion Courtly Choice prepped for next week’s Little Brown Jug with a 1:52 win in a qualifier Tuesday morning at Harrah’s Philadelphia with regular driver David Miller in the sulky.
Click Here to Read MoreLather Up and Courtly Choice are top choices in Jug Future Pool
Delaware, OH --- Lather Up and Courtly Choice are the top choices in the Little Brown Jug Future Pool #1.
Click Here to Read MoreZero Tolerance A Cut Above The Rest
The final leg of the 2018 New York Sire Stakes took place on a rainy, cold afternoon at Monticello Raceway on Monday, September 10.
Click Here to Read MoreRide Away Shark Sharp In Preferred
Taking control early, Ride Away Shark wired her rivals in the $10,500 Fillies and Mares Preferred 2 Pace on Saturday, Sept. 8 at Flamboro Downs in 1:53.4.
Click Here to Read MoreAngel, Sunfire Take Yonkers Opens
Top Flight Angel two-moved from the eight-hole Saturday, Sept. 8th to win Yonkers Raceway’s co-featured $44,000 Open Handicap Trot.
Click Here to Read MoreFocus Power Pushes To Batavia Score
Locked at the rail until the top of the stretch, Focus Power shook loose and outpaced everyone to the wire to win the $10,500 Open Pace at Batavia Downs on Saturday, Sept. 8.
Click Here to Read MoreBig Purse For NYSS Fillies Monday
With just seven two-year-old pacing fillies entered for the New York Sire Stakes at Monticello Raceway Monday, they will race for the entire pot with a purse of $108,300.
Click Here to Read MoreNewborn Sassy wins Yonkers Distaff Derby; breaks million-dollar plateau
Yonkers, NY --- As was written seven short nights ago, Newborn Sassy (Jordan Stratton, $6.10) is just better than these right now. She proved it again Friday night (Sept. 7), easily winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace while becoming the sport’s newest millionaire.
Click Here to Read MoreSaratoga Main Event To Jeters Way
Thursday afternoon racing returned this week at Saratoga Casino Hotel and the thirteen-race matinee was highlighted by a $9,630 event for New York sired trotters.
Click Here to Read MoreGhost Dance, Ideal Feeling Lead NYSS
Three divisions of three-year-old pacing colts and geldings went postward in New York Sire Stakes events at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Sept. 5) to compete for $117,600 in purses up for grabs as well as the last chance to accrue available points to make the division's $225,000 final.
Click Here to Read MoreGrassroots Conclude Clinton Meet
Clinton Raceway’s meet-closing Sunday program (Sept. 2) offered four Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions for two-year-old pacing fillies.
Click Here to Read MoreMet's Hall Wins $169,183 Simcoe Stakes
Mets Hall matched his lifetime mark and just missed equalling the stakes record with his 1:52 triumph for Team Miller.
Click Here to Read MoreSports Column Prevails In Preferred
Sports Column and driver Paul MacKenzie shot through the passing lane to prevail in a close finish that saw the entire Preferred 2 field spread across the wire in Sunday night's featured $11,500 pace at Flamboro Downs.
Click Here to Read MoreHolliday Hits For Six In Hanover
Driver Ryan Holliday captured a pair of Grassroots victories at Hanover Raceway on Saturday, capping off a spectacular night that saw the Mount Forest resident win a total of six races.
Click Here to Read MoreRetirement of a power couple
More than a month after retiring as Winbak Canada’s farm manager, Larry Drysdale said he still hasn’t been able to sleep in.
Click Here to Read MoreNewborn Sassy wins Yonkers Distaff Derby
Yonkers, NY --- Favored Newborn Sassy (Jordan Stratton, $4.10) is just better than these right now. She proved it again Friday night (Aug. 31), handily winning Yonkers Raceway’s last-of-the-month $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Click Here to Read MoreSpringsteen poised for Messenger success with inside draw
Yonkers, NY --- Springsteen’s sophomore season has been a mix of impressive miles and dull efforts. He won the $500,000 Max Hempt Memorial and two divisions of New York Sire Stakes, but came up flat in several other stakes contests.
Click Here to Read MoreTough tests lay ahead for Wisdom Tree
Without question, Tom Pollack and Jeff Cullipher's filly pacer Wisdom Tree has been dominating throughout much of her sophomore season.
Click Here to Read MoreMet's Hall, Prospect Hill delight Miller
Hightstown, NJ --- Julie Miller endured some difficult moments with trotters Met’s Hall and Prospect Hill during the winter and spring, but in the past two months the trainer’s trepidation has turned to jubilation.
Click Here to Read MoreGrand Circuit Begins At Mohawk
Grand Circuit week kicked off Thursday at Woodbine Mohawk Park with three divisions of the Champlain Stakes for two-year-old trotting fillies.
Click Here to Read MoreCourtly Choice rolls in NYSS Armand Palatucci Pace
Yonkers, NY --- Courtly Choice made his Yonkers Raceway debut Tuesday night (Aug. 28), toying with his foes in the $173,500 New York Sire Stakes Armand Palatucci Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings.
Click Here to Read MoreAngel In Top Flight At Yonkers
A ‘from-last favoured’ Top Flight Angel (Brian Sears, $5.40) won with gusto on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 26) at Yonkers Raceway, as the 2017 Yonkers Trot winner captured the track’s featured $44,000 Open Handicap Trot.
Click Here to Read MoreDream Nation Nabs Balanced Image
Odds-on favourite Dream Nation rushed first over moving into the final turn to catch pacesetter Blue Magic and hold off a late charge from Royal Rhythm to take the $53,800 Balanced Image Trot at Hanover Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 25.
Click Here to Read MoreFreshman Colts Face Off In NY Stakes
Yonkers Raceway hosted the $156,000 New York Sire Stakes Jim Crawford Pace for two-year-old colts and geldings on Friday night (August 24).
Click Here to Read MoreCourtly Choice Takes Empire Classic
Courtly Choice ($2.80) earned another major victory for his Canadian connections in Sunday afternoon's (Aug. 18) $272,025 Empire Breeders Classic at Tioga Downs.
Click Here to Read MoreDream Nation Tops Balanced Image Elims
Edging three wide as the 2-5 favourite approaching the final turn, Dream Nation ground to the front and past stubborn tempo-setter Blue Magic to win by a head in 2:01.4 in the first of three $5,000 eliminations for the Balanced Image Trot at Hanover Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreFirst Career Win For Classic Pro's Bro
Two-year-old pacing gelding Better Than Cash, half-brother to O'Brien Award winner Classic Pro, broke his maiden on Friday night (August 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Click Here to Read MoreDecisions Ahead For Courtly Choice
The owners of Courtly Choice have decisions to make regarding their colt’s future races, but might have a better idea of what they will do following Sunday’s Empire Breeders Classic for three-year-old male pacers at Tioga Downs.
Click Here to Read MoreMets Hall, Supergirl Riley Upset In Zweigs
Mets Hall held off the favoured filly Manchego in a photo finish for a 12-1 upset in the $350,000 open division of the Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Trot for three-year-olds on Friday evening (August 17) at Vernon Downs while Supergirl Riley defeated the popular Plunge Blue Chip in the $180,000 filly-only event.
Click Here to Read MoreNewborn Sassy Wins Another Open
Newborn Sassy (Jordan Stratton, $14.60) rolled over favoured Tequila Monday (Eric Goodell) late Friday night (August 17), winning Yonkers Raceway’s moist $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Click Here to Read MoreLarry and Jackie Drydale Retirement Open House
Larry and Jackie Drydale’s Retirement Open House
Click Here to Read MoreWinbak Farm Videos for Goshen Yearling Sale Now Posted
Winbak Farm is excited to be a partner in the Goshen Yearling Sale, which will be held September 9th at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, New York.
Click Here to Read MoreBig things ahead for emerging pacing filly Zero Tolerance
Elkton, MD --- Budding freshman pacing filly Zero Tolerance (Heston Blue Chip-Feelinglikeastar) picked up her third win in four career starts on Friday night (Aug. 10), when she dominated a field of five in a $30,000 Tompkins-Geers Stakes for 2-year-old female pacers at Tioga Downs.
Click Here to Read MoreGuardian Angel AS wins Yonkers feature
Yonkers, NY --- Odds-on favorite Guardian Angel AS (Jason Bartlett, $3.60) dusted ‘em from first-over Sunday afternoon (Aug. 12), winning Yonkers Raceway’s featured $44,000 Open Handicap Trot.
Click Here to Read MoreDream Together upsets in Joie De Vie
Nichols, NY --- Dream Together ($29.60) charged late to upset in the $141,000 Joie De Vie Mares Trot at Tioga Downs on Sunday (Aug. 12).
Click Here to Read MoreCheddar Jack Wins Klein Memorial
Following a disqualification of first-place finisher Better Watch Out, Cheddar Jack inherited victory in the $125,000 second heat for the Ralph Klein Memorial at Century Downs on Monday, Aug. 6.
Click Here to Read MoreMcNair Mastery On Display
Doug McNair was the star of Sunday afternoon's (Aug. 5) meeting at Clinton Raceway, winning six of the day's 11 races. Among his wins were a pair of Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots splits for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, teaming up with both Pokerface Bluechip ($9.80) and Montys Play ($2.10), and he finished second in the other two.
Click Here to Read MoreIcanflylikeanangel Circles Batavia Trotters
After a narrow defeat in his first start at Batavia Downs, the second time was the charm for Icanflylikeanangel, who overpowered the early leader to win the $10,000 Open Handicap trotting feature at Batavia Downs on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 5).
Click Here to Read MoreStage Set For Mid-Summer Classic
Over $350,000 in purses will be contested on the stakes-laden Mid-Summer Classic (Mon., Aug. 6) card at Century Downs, with three-year-olds taking centre stage in the Gord and Illa Rumpel Memorial for pacing fillies and the Ralph Klein Memorial for pacing colts and geldings.
Click Here to Read MoreMet's Hall eyes upset in Hambletonian
Elkton, MD --- As racing fans across the globe peruse the headlines of the 2018 Hambletonian, they are not likely to come across the name Met's Hall very often.
Click Here to Read MoreBattle fields set for Industry Day celebration at Grand River Raceway
Elora, ON --- A total of seven elimination dashes on Monday (July 30) decided the finalists for Grand River Raceway’s feature races on its 28th Industry Day event next Monday (Aug. 6) at 12:30 p.m.
Click Here to Read MoreBatavia hosts NYSS 2-year-old pacing fillies Wednesday
Batavia, NY --- A total of $105,000 is up for grabs with only 10 entrants on hand to compete for it in two divisions as the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies rolls into Batavia Downs on Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 1).
Click Here to Read MoreSpringsteen, Heavenly Sound star in Mondays NYSS at Yonkers
Yonkers, NY --- One odds-on choice sizzled and one odds-on choice fizzled Monday night (July 30) during Yonkers Raceway’s $172,000 New York Sire Stakes Bruce Hamilton Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings.
Click Here to Read MoreFreshman Maryland Standardbred Fund Stakes start at Ocean Downs
Berlin, MD --- On a beautiful Sunday night (July 29) at Ocean Downs, two splits for the Maryland Standardbred Fund Stakes for freshman filly pacers went to the gate as races one and five.
Click Here to Read More'Ahab', 'Show' Win In Dream Maker
Captain Ahab and Best In Show were victorious in round one of the Dream Maker Series on Monday, July 30 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Click Here to Read More'Battle' Elims Complete At Grand River
A total of seven elimination dashes on Monday (July 30) decided the finalists for Grand River Raceway’s feature races on its 28th Industry Day event.
Click Here to Read MoreDream Nation equals Georgian Downs track record in OSS action
Innisfil, ON --- Competing under fair skies and on a fast track at Georgian Downs on Sunday evening (July 29), the Ontario Sire Stakes 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings took their game to a whole new level.
Click Here to Read MoreMelodies Major remains undefeated in NYSS at Tioga
Nichols, NY --- Tioga Downs hosted three divisions of the NewYork Sire Stakes (NYSS) for freshman pacing colts and geldings on Sunday (July 29).
Click Here to Read MoreYonkers hosts Empire glamour gang in Monday's $172k Bruce Hamilton Pace
Yonkers, NY --- Yonkers Raceway Monday night (July 30) hosts the $172,000 New York Sire Stakes Bruce Hamilton Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings.
Click Here to Read MoreWisdom Tree impressive in NYSS at Batavia
Batavia, NY --- The heavily favored Wisdom Tree (Betterthancheddar-Wisdom) displayed why everyone from the track handicapper to the bettors heavily endorsed her as she dominated the field in her division of the $120,400 New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Batavia Downs on Wednesday evening (July 25).
Click Here to Read MoreBattle Elims Set For Monday
A total of seven elimination dashes on Monday (July 30) will determine the finalists for Grand River Raceway’s feature races on its 28th Industry Day event (August 6 at 12:30).
Click Here to Read MoreThe Wonders Of Winbak (Volume 2)
As the connections of Courtly Choice stood in the winner's circle basking in the shadow of the Crawford Farm's Meadowlands Pace trophy, Trainer Blake Macintosh reflected on his numerous Meadowlands Pace wins...on the training track of course.
Click Here to Read MoreCourtly Choice To The Cane
Trot Insider has learned that the connections of 2018 Meadowlands Pace champ Courtly Choice will be supplementing the sophomore to the upcoming Cane Pace at The Meadowlands. The first leg of pacing's Triple Crown, the Cane takes place as part of the Hambletonian Day card of harness racing on Saturday, August 4.
Click Here to Read MoreRookie Invasion At Mohawk Park
A major youth movement was on display Monday evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park as two-year-old pacing colts and geldings sparred in 10 OSS events – eight for the Grassroots level and a pair of rich events for stars of the Gold group.
Click Here to Read MoreGoshen Yearling Sale catalogs now available online
Middletown, NY --- The catalog for the Goshen Yearling Sale that will be held at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, N.Y., on Sunday (Sept. 9) is now available for online viewing by clicking www.goshenyearlingsale.com.
Click Here to Read MoreNine Ways wires field in Dan Patch FFA in track record mile
The Sunday night (July 22) program at Running Aces featured the signature race of the 2018 season, the $50,000 Dan Patch FFA final.
Click Here to Read MoreThis Is My Song Romps In Preferred
After a near miss in last week’s runner-up performance at Grand River Raceway, This Is My Song returned to the Elora half-miler and captured Monday’s $8,500 Preferred 3 for horse and gelding pacers.
Click Here to Read MoreGuardian Angel As soars to new record at Harrah's Philadelphia
Chester, PA --- After fading late from the pocket in the nine-furlong Hambletonian Maturity last week, ACL Stuteri AB and Kjell Johansson's Guardian Angel As ($5.60) broke his own track record for 4-year-old trotting stallions and soared to a 1:50.4 mile in a $30,000 Great Northeast Series event on Sunday afternoon (July 22) at Harrah's Philadelphia.
Click Here to Read MoreKendall Seelster Makes OSS History
Three-year-old pacing filly Kendall Seelster made Ontario Sires Stakes history on Friday night (July 20), lowering a long-standing record with a sub-1:50 score in her $94,800 Gold Series division at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Click Here to Read MoreThe Wonders Of Winbak (Volume 1)
This is the first of a weekly installment on Winbak Farms, one of the most successful breeding farms in the sport of harness racing. Today, we look at the rich history of the operation and it's owners.
Click Here to Read MoreAgriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund congratulates NY-bred Winners
Albany, NY --- The Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund congratulates four New York-bred horses for their victories in Grand Circuit events this past Saturday.
Click Here to Read MoreGold winner Lifetime Royalty looks worth the investment
Milton, ON --- Grey skies parted to reveal a double rainbow and Ontario Sires Stakes hopefuls evolved into Gold Series winners as the 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings made their provincial debut at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday evening (July 16).
Click Here to Read MoreMiller reflects on Pace win
Hightstown, NJ --- David Miller has made countless trips to the Meadowlands Racetrack winner’s circle during his Hall of Fame driving career, but when he returned to that spot following Saturday’s Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace, none counted more.
Click Here to Read MoreMelodies Major tops entries in NYSS at Buffalo Raceway
Hamburg, NY --- Buffalo Raceway has seen 10 track records either tied or broken during the 2018 season and when the 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers step onto the racing surface Wednesday night (July 18) in a pair of $53,500 divisions of the New York Sire Stakes, a pair of long-standing marks could be in serious jeopardy.
Click Here to Read MoreRichardson Holds Hot Hands At Hanover
Driver Bruce Richardson collected a grand slam on the Saturday, July 14 program at Hanover Raceway which included a victory in the $12,400 Sharpes Feed Series Pace Final with Ferrarifever in 1:59.1.
Click Here to Read MoreTeddys Littleangel Tops Grassroots
Georgian Downs kicked off its 2018 Ontario Sires Stakes season with three $18,450 Grassroots divisions for the two-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday, July 14.
Click Here to Read MoreCourtly Choice rolls to 1:47.1 Meadowlands Pace victory
East Rutherford, NJ --- David Miller flashed a wide smile as he guided Courtly Choice to the winner’s circle after winning the $701,830 Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace.
Click Here to Read MoreRookies Flood Mohawk; Witch Dali Again
Woodbine Mohawk Park was flooded with two-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Friday evening (July 13) as 68 of the youngsters went postward in seven Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions.
Click Here to Read MoreNewborn Sassy wins Yonkers Distaff Derby
Yonkers, NY --- Odds-on Newborn Sassy (Jordan Stratton, $3.80) was rebuffed early and rallied late Friday night (July 13), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Click Here to Read MorePacing Fillies Impress At Vernon
Vernon Downs featured three divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday evening, with all three divisions carrying a purse of $39,900.
Click Here to Read MoreLorentzon Discusses Guardian Angel As
The Hambletonian Maturity, a race exclusively for four-year-old trotters, drew nine entrants and will head to post Saturday (July 14) at the Meadowlands Racetrack for a purse of $405,850.
Click Here to Read MoreCourtly Choice matures into Meadowlands Pace favorite
Hightstown, NJ --- When trainer Blake MacIntosh prepared Courtly Choice for his return to action this season, he sensed the 3-year-old pacer was more professional and focused.
Click Here to Read MoreLarry and Jackie Drydale Retirement Open House
Larry and Jackie Drydale’s Retirement Open House
Click Here to Read MoreLarry & Jackie Drysdale Retiring
After dedicating their entire adult lives to the sport of harness racing, Larry & Jackie Drysdale of Winbak Canada, are moving on to the next stage of their lives together.
Click Here to Read MoreDecisive Debut For Powerful Chris
John Pentland's Powerful Chris ($12.60) lived up to her name on Tuesday evening (July 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, unleashing a powerful push to the fore up the backstretch en route to an 8-3/4 length romp on debut in her Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots event for two-year-old pacing fillies.
Click Here to Read MoreFillies Grab Gold At Mohawk Park
There were pacing fillies aplenty on hand for Monday’s 11-race card at Woodbine Mohawk Park, as the Campbellville oval hosted three OSS Gold Series divisions for the rookies.
Click Here to Read MoreSkippin By, Gural Hanover Sunday feature winners at Pocono
Wilkes-Barre, PA --- The Shadow Play mare Skippin By got the quintessential George Napolitano Jr. drive and she went on to take a lifetime mark of 1:49.4 at age seven while winning the $21,500 featured mares pace Sunday night (July 8) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
Click Here to Read MoreHitman Hill shatters mark in NYSS at Buffalo Raceway
Hamburg, NY --- "That was crazy. Horses aren't supposed to go that fast here," driver Brett Miller said after Hitman Hill annihilated the Buffalo Raceway track record for 3-year-old gelded pacers with a 1:51.4 mile on Sunday (July 8) in winning his $39,000 (approx.) division of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS). The previous standard was 1:53.1 established in 2016 by Missile J.
Click Here to Read MoreStay Hungry, Courtly Choice win Meadowlands Pace eliminations
East Rutherford, NJ --- Stay Hungry and Courtly Choice were the winners of the eliminations for next week’s Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace Saturday night (July 7) at The Meadowlands.
Click Here to Read MoreWisdom Tree Sets Record In Nadia Lobell
Wisdom Tree returned to Hoosier Park Racing & Casino and continued her winning ways in the featured event of the evening, the $142,000 Nadia Lobell Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies, on Friday, July 6.
Click Here to Read MoreMeadowlands Pace elims top weekend action
East Rutherford, NJ --- This Friday and Saturday signals the start of a five-weekend stretch at the Meadowlands during which many of the stars of the sport will be competing at the mile oval as the Meadowlands Pace kicks things off before the stakes-frenzy concludes on Hambletonian Day.
Click Here to Read MoreMonticello Record For Melodies Major
While the famous Monticello Raceway fireworks are scheduled for Friday night (July 6), Melodies Major put on his own fireworks show during a special Independence Day (July 4) card at Monticello, capturing his $54,500 New York Sire Stakes division for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings in track-record fashion.
Click Here to Read MoreThe Patience Is Paying Off
Jeff Cullipher and Tom Pollack entered this season with high hopes for three-year-old female pacer Wisdom Tree, and so far the filly has done little to disappoint them.
Click Here to Read MoreSorella and MacIntosh highlight Post Time Thursday
Elkton, MD --- Post Time with Mike and Mike, presented by BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (July 5) at 10:30 a.m.
Click Here to Read MoreSire Stakes To Monticello Wednesday
On Wednesday (July 4) at Monticello Raceway, two-year-old pacing colts and geldings will look to put their best hooves forward, as $140,000 in purses will be on the line.
Click Here to Read MoreSpringsteen pulls off upset in Hempt final
Wilkes-Barre, PA --- Springsteen rocked to a 15-1 upset in Saturday’s (June 30) $500,000 Max C. Hempt Memorial for 3-year-old male pacers at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, where favorite Lather Up went off stride and suffered his first loss in eight starts this year.
Click Here to Read More'Bestseller' Blows Them Away!
Babies were on display three times during Thursday’s 10-race card at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and the rookies were on their toes in their respective events.
Click Here to Read MorePacer Financial visits Winbak Farm
Chesapeake City, MD --- Joe and Joann Thomson, owners of Winbak Farm, one of North America’s largest Standardbred farms, and Pacer Financial have a lot to celebrate.
Click Here to Read MoreThe Golden Greek Dominates
Three-year-old trotting fillies trekked to Woodbine Mohawk Park on Monday evening for a set of OSS Gold Series events, and Chris Christoforou won both of them.
Click Here to Read MoreGrand Bay wins Austin Memorial
Dresden, ON --- Grand Bay was the winner of the C$12,700 Mark Austin Pacing Series final on Sunday (June 24) at Dresden Raceway for her fifth win in a row at the local oval.
Click Here to Read MoreAmal Hall leads juvenile fillies at Monticello
Monticello, NY --- Practice is over and now it is for real for the trotting fillies who made their first lifetime half-mile track pari-mutuel starts at Monticello Raceway on Monday (June 25).
Click Here to Read MoreCheddar Jack Says Cheese At Century
The front end was the place to be for Sunday's $7,500 Brad Gunn Breeders Stakes elims at Century Downs, but the two winners had much different stories to tell on how they got to the winner's circle.
Click Here to Read MoreTrack Record For Guardian Angel As
Guardian Angel As turned in a track-record performance in his $30,000 Great Northeast Open Series trotting event on Sunday (June 24) at Harrah's Philadelphia, while Caviart Ally sprung a 35-1 upset after stalking a pressured pace in the pacing mares division.
Click Here to Read MorePensylvania fair season commences at Hughesville
Hughesville, PA --- After a rainout at Bedford got the 2018 Pennsylvania fair season off to a soggy start earlier in the week, the weather was cooperative at the Lycoming County Fair’s two-day event Saturday (June 23) and Sunday (June 24), which takes place in this northcentral Pennsylvania city not far from the “Little League” town of Williamsport.
Click Here to Read MoreFresh Territory For Shower Play
After her smashing victory against unrestricted company in the $415,000 Fan Hanover final at Woodbine Mohawk Park last Saturday, Shower Play will try something different this weekend.
Click Here to Read MoreFaves Prevail In Yonkers Sire Stakes
The New York Sire Stakes returned downstate Thursday night (June 21), with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $172,499 Art Watson Pace for three-year-old fillies.
Click Here to Read MoreFreshmen debut at Woodbine Mohawk Park
Milton, ON --- The future officially arrived Thursday evening (June 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, as a pair of 2-year-old races were contested.
Click Here to Read MoreWisdom Tree seeks repeat win in NYSS Thursday at Yonkers
Yonkers, NY --- Since making her 3-year-old debut at Hoosier Park this spring, Wisdom Tree has been nearly unstoppable.
Click Here to Read MoreBrooklyn Lilacs, Meghan Lynn win in NYSS at Buffalo
Hamburg, NY --- A pair of 2-year-old filly pacers started their careers off in fine fashion on Wednesday night (June 20) by winning their respective $52,500 divisions of the New York Sire Stakes at Buffalo Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreStyle Snapshot Shocks In Elora
Style Snapshot ($43.80) sprung a major upset in the co-featured $8,500 Preferred 3 for pacing mares on Wednesday (June 20) at Grand River Raceway, while So Not Cool ($2.40) lived up to fives-on billing in the $8,500 Preferred 3 Trot.
Click Here to Read MoreSophomore pacing lasses downstate in $172,499 NYSS Art Watson Pace
Yonkers, NY --- New York Sire Stakes return downstate Thursday night (June 21), with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $172,499 Art Watson Pace for 3-year-old fillies.
Click Here to Read MoreStarznheaven blazes 1:49.4 mile at Plainridge
Plainville, MA --- Starznheaven remained undefeated at Plainridge Park after scoring his third consecutive top-class win when he went from worst to first in the blink of an eye to win the $16,000 Winners Over Handicap Pace on Monday afternoon (June 18).
Click Here to Read MoreSlick Tony continues DSBF dominance
Harrington, DE --- George Leager's Slick Tony ($2.10, Russell Foster) completed a sweep of his Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund 3-year-old male pace eliminations at Harrington Raceway Monday (June 18) with a 1:53.1 win in the first of two $20,000 divisions.
Click Here to Read MoreSo Awesome lives up to her name in Gaitway qualifiers
Manalapan, NJ --- Trainer Scott DiDomenico got his first look at a new addition to his stable during Monday’s (June 18) qualifiers for 2-year-olds at Gaitway Farm while trainer Ron Burke got his final look at a number of horses that will soon begin their racing careers. Both were pleased.
Click Here to Read MoreSire Stakes in spotlight at Monticello
Monticello, NY --- It was the hottest day of the year thus far at Monticello Raceway on Monday afternoon (June 18) as temperatures broached 90 degrees as the New York Sires Stakes 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings came to town.
Click Here to Read MoreSophomore pacing colts in NYSS on Monday at Monticello
Monticello, NY --- The marquee division of the New York Sire Stakes featuring 3-year-old pacing colts will be showcased on Monday (June 18) at Monticello Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreShower Play spurts into Fan Hanover
Milton, ON --- A force to reckon on the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots circuit last season, Rene Dion trainee Shower Play makes her Grand Circuit debut Saturday (June 16) in the C$415,000 Fan Hanover on the Pepsi North America Cup undercard at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Click Here to Read MoreCummings brothers sweep NYSS at Buffalo Raceway
Hamburg, NY --- It was a family affair in the New York Sire Stakes for the 3-year-old filly pacers on Wednesday night (June 13) at Buffalo Raceway as the Cummings brothers swept both divisions of the series.
Click Here to Read MoreSlick Tony heads DSBF colts Monday at Harrington
Harrington, DE --- George Leager's Slick Tony ($3.60, Russell Foster) was a 1:53.4 winner in the first leg of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings Monday (June 11) at Harrington Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreNYSS sophomore filly pacers at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday
Hamburg, NY --- Wisdom Tree and Tell Me A Joke each have a victory this season in the New York Sire Stakes for the 3-year-old filly pacers and they are the ones to beat in their respective divisions on Wednesday night (June 13) when the series arrives at Buffalo Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreMore Freshmen At The Meadowlands
The Saturday, June 9 Breakfast With The Babies (BWTB) sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farm was conducted under perfect conditions on a clear, windless morning with temperatures in the 70’s. The track surface at The Meadowlands was rated as fast.
Click Here to Read MoreLather Up Razor Sharp In Cup Elims
Lather Up dashed through the inside when leaders Lost In Time and Courtly Choice hooked wheels into the stretch and sprinted to a 1:49.2 victory in his elimination for the North America Cup on Saturday, June 9 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Click Here to Read MoreA 'Choice' N.A. Cup Contender
Somehow the fastest three-year-old pacer in North America is heading into Saturday's 2018 Pepsi North America Cup eliminations flying somewhat under the radar.
Click Here to Read MoreEliminations set for 35th Pepsi North America Cup
Milton, ON --- The connections of 29 3-year-old pacers have decided to take their shot at harness racing glory and enter the eliminations for the 35th Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Click Here to Read MoreStarznheaven Shines At Plainridge
After having made a break over an off-track in his last start at Yonkers Raceway 23 days ago, Starznheaven shipped into Massachusetts and regained his winning ways in taking the $14,000 Winner-Over pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon.
Click Here to Read MoreNYSS sophomore pacing fillies invade Tioga Downs on Sunday
Nichols, NY --- Three divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies will take center stage at Tioga Downs on Sunday (June 3). Each division will race for a purse of $40,600.
Click Here to Read MoreOpen Mares Ready To Mix It Up
The action will heat up in the open pacing mare ranks Thursday evening (May 31) at Red Shores’ Charlottetown Driving Park.
Click Here to Read MoreFifty-Five N.A. Cup Eligibles Remain
The Pepsi North America Cup is nearly here, and a total of 55 three-year-old pacers are eligible to be entered in the eliminations, which are scheduled for Saturday, June 9 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Click Here to Read MoreImpressive sophomores win in PA All-Stars
Wilkes-Barre, PA --- All three winners in their $30,000 divisions of the Pennsylvania All-Stars event for 3-year-old pacing colts on Monday (May 28) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono were impressive in their own way, so we’ll just follow the chronology of the evening in reporting their victories.
Click Here to Read MoreCourtly Choice Sets Vernon Track Record
The Miracle Mile welcomed three divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt pacers.
Click Here to Read MoreHi Sir scores at Rosecroft
Ft. Washington, MD --- Horses that know how to win, rarely ever lose that touch in harness racing. While they might drop in class as they age, a winner knows where the wire is.
Click Here to Read MoreWisdom Tree defeats Youaremycandygirl at Saratoga
Saratoga, NY --- There were three divisions of the $59,000p plus New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly pacers contested on Sunday afternoon (May 27) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
Click Here to Read MoreTrump Nation, Alexa's Power take Rooney and Lismore
Yonkers, NY --- The polls have closed and it’s officially Trump Nation.
Click Here to Read MoreTequila Monday wins Yonkers Distaff Derby
Yonkers, NY --- Tequila Monday (Brian Sears, $12.20), last season’s Lismore Pace victress, found some near-anniversary symmetry Friday night (May 25), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
Click Here to Read MoreSummer Travel Pulls Up His Socks
Summer Travel disappointed as the betting favourite in his season’s debut on May 10 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but in Thursday’s follow-up performance everything was just peachy.
Click Here to Read MoreCelebrity Ruth Rallies To Win Top Trot
The only mare in the field, the four-year-old Archangel distaff Celebrity Ruth, showed her heels to the field in the $18,000 feature on “Trottin’ Thursday” at Harrah’s Philadelphia, taking a new lifetime best of 1:53.3.
Click Here to Read MoreBadlands Delight Best At Buffalo
For the past three weeks, Badlands Delight managed to get just a taste of the pie with second- and third-place finishes. But on Wednesday night (May 23), in Buffalo Raceway's featured $9,200 Open II Pace for the ladies, she was able to collect the biggest slice of the purse with a convincing 1-1/4 length victory over Hey Kobe in a seasonal best 1:55 over a fast track.
Click Here to Read MorePost positions drawn for Art Rooney, Lismore at Yonkers
Yonkers, NY --- Post positions have been drawn for Yonkers Raceway’s $300,000 Art Rooney Pace and $111,444 Lismore.
Click Here to Read MoreWes Delight Steals The Show
Wes Delight, who left the gate so quickly he lost his head number a couple of steps in, showed that having a few races under your girth can be an advantage even against the likes of Lost In Time, Stay Hungry, Nutcracker Sweet, and Hayden Hanover.
Click Here to Read MoreSophomores Star In SBOA Finals
Stakes season is officially underway at Woodbine Mohawk Park thanks to the three-year-old fillies that battled in Saturday’s SBOA Finals.
Click Here to Read MoreCasino Classic Hits The Jackpot
Ryan Holliday put the pedal to the metal early with Casino Classic in Monday’s $10,500 Fillies & Mares Preferred 2 for pacers, and the Robert Manders trainee rolled to a popular victory.
Click Here to Read MoreReynolds sophomore pacers, quickie mile lead Yonkers Saturday
Yonkers, NY --- It’s a Reynolds Wrap.
Click Here to Read MoreI think he's the real deal
Hightstown, NJ --- Mark Harder is hoping Wes Delight can provide a lot of joy this season.
Click Here to Read MoreSizzling Qualifier For Cup Eligible
A pair of Blake MacIntosh-trained three-year-old pacers stole the show Monday morning (May 7) during a qualifying session at Woodbine Mohawk Park that included superstar Marion Marauder.
Click Here to Read MoreNational Debt Scores At Hippodrome 3R
The Jocelyn Gendron-driven National Debt was tops in the $6,000 Invitational-Handicap Pace on Sunday (May 6) at Hippodrome 3R.
Click Here to Read More'Maggie' Has It Her Way In Series Final
Friday night featured the Virginia O’Brien Pacing Series Final for fillies and mares at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
Click Here to Read MoreNewborn Sassy breaks Harrington track record
Harrington, DE --- CC Racing and Jo Ann Looney-King's Newborn Sassy ($3, Tim Tetrick) was a decisive 1:51.2 winner and became the fastest pacing mare in Harrington Raceway history Tuesday (May 1) in the $15,000 Mares Open.
Click Here to Read MoreVic's Winner captures Dexter Cup elimination
Columbus, OH ---Joie De Vie Farm and Winbak Farm's Vic's Winner took advantage of a pocket trip to nip On The Ropes by a neck in 1:57 in the $44,600 Dexter Cup elimination for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday (April 28) at Freehold Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreMorrill Jr. sweeps Saturday Weiss Series action
Wilkes-Barre, PA --- Driver Jim Morrill Jr. was victorious in both $15,000 divisions of fourth and final preliminary leg of the Bobby Weiss Series for pacing males over good going Saturday night (April 28) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. His method of racing the winners, however, couldn’t have been further apart.
Click Here to Read MoreEye-Catching Qualifiers At Mohawk
A dozen qualifiers took place Friday morning at Woodbine Mohawk Park and sophomores were the stars of the day.
Click Here to Read MoreHeitmann has double threat in Dexter Cup elimination
Hightstown, NJ --- Joie De Vie Farm and trainer Hermann Heitmann enter this year with three trotters eligible to August’s $1.2 million Hambletonian Stakes, and two of their hopefuls will be in action Saturday (April 28) in the $44,600 Dexter Cup elimination at Freehold Raceway.
Click Here to Read MoreMaryland stakes purses will total $1.8 million in 2018
Laurel, MD --- Purses for the Maryland Sire Stakes and Maryland Standardbred Race Fund events this year will total $1.8 million based on a budget approved by the Maryland Racing Commission April 26.
Click Here to Read MoreBreeders Crown freshman event purses again hiked to $600,000
Cranbury, NJ --- The Hambletonian Society, which owns and administers the Breeders Crown series, will raise the purses of the four freshman divisions of the Breeders Crown races from $500,000 to $600,000 each for 2018, making them the richest events for 2-year-olds of each gender and gait in the country.
Click Here to Read MoreKing hopes E.T. can dial up a win in DSBF final
Hightstown, NJ --- He’s known around the barn as E.T., but Evolution Tour is not from outer space --- even if trainer Jim King Jr. says with a laugh the gelding is “an alien.”
Click Here to Read MoreFields Set For Petticoat, Sagamore Hill
Yonkers Raceway offers up its two richest races of the season to date next week, wrapping up the Petticoat and Sagamore Hill Pacing Series, respectively.
Click Here to Read MoreNational Debt Decisive In 30th Win
An assertive dispatch from National Debt ($2.80) put him in prime position to capture Tuesday’s (March 20) co-featured $11,500 Preferred 2 Pace at The Raceway at Western Fair District, and he lived up to the billing after dismissing Don McWhite up the far side and drawing clear decisively in the home straight.
Click Here to Read MoreDudesalady Exceeding Expectations
When it comes to the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series, Dudesalady is a bit of a young lady. She is one of only two four-year-olds racing in the six-week event, but out to prove she can hold her own against some of harness racing’s best older female pacers.
Click Here to Read MoreThe Dark Shadow Prevails In Slugfest
The Dark Shadow thwarted Bilbo Hanover twice — once in the first quarter and again in the last — en route to victory in Monday’s feature at The Meadows, a $13,000 conditioned pace.
Click Here to Read MorePrint Media Springs Rideau Upset
Print Media ($37.00) lifted late up the open stretch to upset in the featured $8,550 pacing event at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday night (March 18), while Raising Richard ($8.10) drew off comfortably in the week’s top trotting event in the nation’s capital.
Click Here to Read MoreBurn Brighter, Evolution Tour win $20,000 DSBF prelims
Dover, DE --- The combination of driver Tim Tetrick, trainer Jim King Jr. and owner Jo Ann Looney-King ruled both ends of the daily double, each a $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund first leg 3-year-old male pace preliminary on Thursday (March 15) at Dover Downs.
Click Here to Read MoreIbetyoucanwiggle, Pedal Power win $20,000 DSBF prelims
Dover, DE --- Ibetyoucanwiggle caught favorite Go Sandy Go in the final strides in one of two $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund first leg 3-year-old filly pace preliminaries while Pedal Power won her division easily on a windy Wednesday (March 14) at Dover Downs. Corey Callahan had a four bagger.
Click Here to Read MoreArchangel's 2018 Book is Full & Closed
Winbak Farm of Ontario is happy to announce that Archangel’s 2018 book is full and closed.
London Selected Yearling Sale announces dates
London, ON --- Forest City Standardbred Sales and Standardbred Canada are proud to announce the dates for the 2nd Annual London Selected Yearling Sale are Saturday (Oct. 13) and
Sunday (Oct. 14) beginning at 12 noon each day.
Click Here to Read MoreGoldstar Badlands 'Cleans Up'
Goldstar Badlands took home overall Horse Of The Year honours as well as Older Pacing Horse honours Saturday night during the The Raceway at Western Fair District’s Annual Awards Night which honoured the top performers of 2017.
Click Here to Read MoreGoshen Yearling Sale set for Sept. 9
Middletown, NY---The fourth annual Goshen Yearling Sale has been set for Sunday (Sept. 9) at the Mark Ford Training Center in Middletown, NY, just down the road from the Goshen Historic Track, the “Cradle of the Trotter.”
Click Here to Read MoreA conversation with Julie Miller
Hightstown, NJ --- Julie Miller enjoyed a memorable 2017. The year began with her induction into the Iowa Harness Racing Hall of Fame, where she joined her father, Owen Julius, and continued through the season with a string of stakes wins and notable Grand Circuit performances.
Click Here to Read MoreShadow Play's 2018 book is full and closed
Wallkill, NY --- Blue Chip Farms is pleased to announce that the book for Shadow Play is full and closed for 2018.
Click Here to Read MoreNYSS 2018 schedule confirmed
Schenectady, NY --- The Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund today released the approved schedules for the 2018 New York Sire Stakes season, announcing that this year’s $1.8 million NYSS finals will be hosted at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday (Sept. 22).
Click Here to Read MoreDelaware's 2017 Standouts Feted
Just under 300 horsemen, legislators, including the governor of Delaware John Carney, and friends of harness racing in the First State turned out for the 21st annual Delaware Standardbred Owners Association (DSOA) Awards Dinner at the Modern Maturity Center, in Dover, on Friday, Jan. 12.
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