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WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— Anthony Verruso vaulted from second-over with Net Weight (Muscle Hill) and landed on the better side of a blanket harness racing finish for a 1:58.3 win in the $10,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Pocono Downs on Saturday (Sept. 5). Leaving from post 6, Verruso settled Net Weight towards the middle […]
CHESTER, Pa.— Anthony Verruso found the winner’s circle twice and Geovany Hernandez later romped in American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) action at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Dec. 7). Verruso notched a 1:58 win with 1-5 favorite Big Limo in the lone $7,500 AHDC Trot. After clearing command from a three-wide push into a :28.1 first […]
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— Matt Zuccarello and Anthony Verruso both delivered betting favorites to the harness racing winner’s circle in their respective $10,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Pocono Downs on Sunday night (July 13). Zuccarello persisted through a never-ending duel to get 2-1 chalk Padre over the line first in a […]
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— Anthony Verruso fired down the road while Paul Minore powered off cover to score a harness racing upset in their respective $10,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trots at Pocono Downs on Sunday night (July 7). Verruso won going pillar to post in the first AHDC Trot with 2-1 second choice Big Nudge […]
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— Anthony Verruso and Tony Ciuffetelli both fired to the point and held command to the end to win their respective American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) events on Sunday (May 11). Verruso scored in the $7,500 AHDC Pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia with Louis Litt N (Art Major), stopping the clock in 1:53.3. Surging towards […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Anthony Verruso vaulted off a pocket ride to a harness racing victory with Big Limo (What The Hill) in the $13,100 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (May 1). Leaving from post 2, Verruso secured the seat behind pacesetter Muscle Dan (driven by Tony Ciuffetelli) heading […]
FREEHOLD, N.J.— Anthony Verruso blew the competition away and Mike Polansky powered forward to win their respective $7,500 harness racing divisions for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (Oct. 26). Verruso won in the first division with a furious charge by Winneress to score by open lengths in 1:59.3. […]
DUNDAS, Ont.— Ryan Clements made his first visit to the harness racing winner’s circle and Anthony Verruso clenched the win in their respective $8,000 divisions of the CKG Billings Pace over a track rated sloppy at Flamboro Downs on Sunday (Oct. 13). Clements fired down the road with 3-5 favorite Choreographer (Well Said) to land […]
FREEHOLD, N.J.— Following a long and competitive winter-spring harness racing season for the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC), the amateur driving organization made a sizable donation at Freehold Raceway Saturday (June 1) for a local charity serving to provide homes for the unhoused. AHDC President Anthony Verruso led the presentation of a $2,000 donation, which […]
Throughout his career as a track announcer, Larry Lederman was known for the wit and wordplay that punctuated his harness racing, thoroughbred and Steeple Chase race calls. Amateur driver Anthony Verruso remembers those moments well, but that is not what stands out for him when he recalls winning races at Freehold Raceway with Lederman in […]
CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont.— The American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC), on the heels of a $1,000 donation to Ronald McDonald House presented earlier this week, made another donation while on the harness racing road Monday night (Oct. 23). AHDC President Anthony Verruso led the presentation of a $1,000 donation to the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society (OSAS) following […]
MONTICELLO, N.Y.— Harness racing amateur driver Anthony Verruso ignited speed from Call Me Thefireman (Wishing Stone) and went the distance to take the $7,500 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot on Wednesday afternoon (June 21) at Monticello Raceway. Leaving from post 3, Call Me Thefireman burst to a five-length lead towards a :28.1 first […]
Anthony Verruso looks back on his 2021 harness racing season on the amateur driving circuit with a bit of disbelief. A lifelong resident of the New York City borough of Queens, the 58-year-old Verruso notched 23 wins last year – a total that represents more than one-fifth of the 107 career victories he has accumulated […]
