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Trainer Melissa Beckwith added four wins to her bulky total for the 2026 harness racing season when on Monday afternoon, the meet’s leading conditioner recorded a grand slam at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Beckwith and driver Aaron Byron went back-to-back on the Monday card when young trotters RT Watch Me (Fordham Road) and Meadowbrook Ashley (You […]
Hey Trixey (Trixton) and driver Luke Hanners took advantage of an off-performance by the heavy favorite, Big Boys Don’t Cry (Tyler Smith), and a break by second choice Twofiftychamp (Trevor Smith) to score a surprising victory in the $15,500 conditioned claiming trot Monday night (Oct. 19) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway. When the field […]
HARRINGTON, DE – George and Tina Dennis Racing’s Back Pocket Miki ($70.20, Mike Cole) was a 1:52.2 winner in the $22,500 Open Pace Monday at Harrington Raceway. The 6-year-old Always B Miki gelding received a three-hole trip behind long shot Tack Room Chatter, before a powerful first-over kick saw him clear and win by two-lengths. […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Driver Mark Herschberger, continuing to make a name for himself by currently sitting third in the win production totals at both Harrah’s Philadelphia and The Meadowlands, showed another sign of his upward turn in recognition during the Monday afternoon card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. He was asked by trainer Jim […]
Columbus, OH – The Breeders Crown Charity Challenge (BCCC), presented by Prolific Equine, continues with a horsemen’s golf outing on Tuesday morning (Oct. 20) followed by the Breeders Crown draw party. The 4-man scramble golf event, which is free for golfers to play, has a 10:00 a.m. tee time at Pinnacle Golf Course in Grove […]
Plainville, MA — The third division of Massachusetts Breeder Stakes for 2-year-old participants of both gaits and genders was held at Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 19) and multiple pages of several record books were re-written when the dust had settled for the afternoon. There were seven stake races – split harness racing divisions for […]
TORONTO, ON (OCT. 19, 2026) – The damage Canada’s restrictive and unfair tax laws are causing to Ontario’s horse racing industry was the subject of a recent CTV National News story by Adrian Ghobrial. The story can be read here. It also can be viewed here: As Ontario Racing has previously reported here, and further […]
Bangor, Maine … Call it Lefebvre-palooza or maybe Graffam-obsession, but whatever the moniker, the fans at Bangor’s historic Bass Park feasted on the frenzy as harness racing driver Nick Graffam and trainer Michelle Lefebvre teamed up to emphatically serve up a five-course-banquet of winners on Sunday (October 18). Premier Star (1:59, $4.80), making her first […]
CHESTER, Pa.— Yogi Sheridan scored a double with a narrow victory and a romp in the pair of $8,500 harness racing divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Oct. 18). Sheridan swooped to snag the first division with even-money favorite Lincoln Boulevard in a 1:56.3 mile. Taking back […]
CHESTER PA – The Sweet Lou sophomore harness racing gelding Toast Of The Town, last seen getting a luckless trip in his Jug elimination, on Sunday afternoon returned to the state where he had scored three stakes wins at as many tracks and won the $14,000 featured pace for up-and-coming horses easily in 1:51.2. Jack […]
BANGOR, ME – On a brisk, but sunny autumn afternoon at Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway in Bangor, Maine, four respective $100,000-plus Maine Sire Stakes Finals on Saturday (Oct. 17) delivered some chalk and an upset in the annual culmination of Pine Tree State-bred 3-year-old trotters and pacers. Of course, for harness racing aficionados the […]
Bangor, Maine … The first real cold snap of autumn could do nothing to lessen the enthusiasm felt at Bangor Raceway on Saturday (October 17) as the Queen City oval played host to the $400,000-plus championship round of the Maine Sire Stakes sophomore set, a harness racing card co-headlined by the $20,000 final of the Fred […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Stakes youngsters were gathered at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun on Saturday afternoon, as $211,700 was up for grab in two John Simpson Sr. Stakes, two harness racing divisions of the Razzle Hanover for freshman pacing females and two sections of the Ayres for sophomore trotting males. In both groups, the only […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Miss Dolce (Perfect Sting) used a well-timed move by driver Vinny Ginsburg to pull off a mild harness racing surprise in the second of two $45,000 finals of the Renaissance for 2-year-old pacers at The Meadowlands Saturday night. The Perfect Sting-Beautiful Candy product took the split for fillies from off the […]
Hope Hill jogged to victory in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (Oct. 17) at Eldorado Scioto Downs. The daughter of Papi Rob Hanover was guided by Dexter Dunn for trainer Petter Engblom to her eighth triumph of the season and her third straight victory, stopping the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio— Hambletonian Oaks winner Nezuko Kamado S (Chapter Seven) persisted with a first-over grind and staved off late pursuers to take the first of three $25,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown harness racing eliminations for 3-year-old trotting fillies in a track-record 1:51.2 mile on Saturday night (Oct. 17) at Scioto Downs. Little Road and She’s […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Women Layer and Dandy Ideal stamped their tickets to the big dance in a pair of $25,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace eliminations, Saturday evening (Oct. 17) at Scioto Downs. In a week’s time, Women Layer and Dandy Ideal will see if they are indeed fit for a ‘Crown.’ On this night, both […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sent off at 26-1, Gentleman’s Club (Downbytheseaside) sustained a first-over grind for a half mile to overpower 2025 Breeders Crown champion Beau Jangles in a divisional track record 1:48.3 in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace harness racing eliminations on Saturday (Oct. 17) at Eldorado Scioto […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Following wins in the Grade 1 Dayton Distaff Derby and Grade 3 Allerage Farms, Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe) is poised to tackle a second Breeders Crown Mare Pace championship following a decisive 1:49.4 harness racing win in Saturday’s (Oct. 17) lone $25,000 elimination for her division at Scioto Downs. […]
The two $25,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Trot eliminations on Saturday night (October 17) at Eldorado Scioto Downs saw Diabolic Hill and Big Ranger emerge victorious. An elimination winner in the Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt Trot in 2025, Diabolic Hill, driven by Todd McCarthy, repeated that feat in 2026, tallying in a lifetime-best 1:51.2. Diabolic […]
Batavia, NY — Batavia Downs featured a pair of $13,500 top-class races on Saturday (Oct. 17) night and two local favorites took home the bulk of those purses. The Open Handicap trot was contested first with El Toro Loco (Walner) winning, and going over $400,000 in lifetime earnings. Shine All The Way (Dave McNeight III) […]
Emoticon Legacy and harness racing driver Bob McClure prevailed as expected in the Breeders Crown Open Trot elimination. The son of Walner, out of the Kadabra mare Emoticon Hanover, was the 1-9 favorite and did not disappoint his backers with another stellar performance, stopping the timer easily in 1:51.4. Owned by Determination of Montreal, QC, […]
Digging For Gold (Ron Harp) charges late to grab the ($8,500) Open Pace at Vernon Downs (October 17). Fear Romeo (Rock Vinci) went straight to the front and led to the quarter in :26.4. He cruised to the half using a :28.4 second quarter to be the first one there in :55.3. Belmont Royale (Chris […]
Woodstock, VA…October 17, 2026…While Shenandoah Downs featured the rich Stakes events highlighting the meeting, Operations Manager Darrel Wood has included the United States Amateur Drivers Club in the festivities. On the heels of three donations last week at Shenandoah Downs, the USHDC, courtesy of the track, presented two more awards of $1,000 each, the first […]
