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Northfield, OH – Driver Jimmy Marohn Jr. walked into the paddock at Northfield Park for the second time in his career, and first in 25 years, when he came to the half-mile oval on Saturday (June 6) to drive Mossdale Ben N (A Rocknroll Dance) in the $250,000 Grade 2 Battle of Lake Erie, an […]
Grove City, OH – The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) is proud to announce that Ayers Ratliff has joined the OHHA team as the Assistant Director. Executive Director Renée Mancino noted, “Ayers is a well-known personality and voice throughout the Buckeye State, I’m looking forward to his positive collaborative contribution to operations, administration, staff management, […]
COLUMBUS, OH – Gene Wiley has made one final call in his lifelong career of decision making. He announced his retirement on social media June 9, 2023, stating, “I made a monumental decision today. I am now retired from Presiding Judge of Harness Racing. After 48 years, I have some medical issues that may keep […]
Northfield, OH — Ayers Ratliff, the longtime harness racing announcer at MGM Northfield Park, will bring the curtain down on his career at the Northeast Ohio facility on Friday, December 30. Ratliff was only the track’s third full-time announcer behind Andy Cunningham and Greg Young. “The decision did not come easy, but after much thought […]
Harness racing driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. made his 7,000th trip to the winner’s circle after scoring with Just Bookem in MGM Northfield Park’s fifth race on Monday (October 3). Just Bookem was the race favorite and won by 1 ½-lengths over King Carona (Billy Davis Jr.), returning $3.60 to win. The 1:52.1 clocking was the […]
Harness racing driver Kurt Sugg made his 5,000th trip to the winner’s circle after winning with Blue Speech in Northfield Park’s sixth race pace on Saturday (January 22). Sugg sat the pocket with Blue Speech, eventually rolling home in the passing lane and besting her competition by 1/2 length. The 1:57.1 clocking was the 8th […]
Fourteen-year-old Bourbans Best scored in his final race Thursday (December 30) at MGM Northfield Park. As the calendar will be turning to 2022 Bourbans Best will be forced into harness racing retirement per the rules of the United States Trotting Association because every racehorse turns a year older each January 1. Bourbans Best (Pro Bono […]
Montana Pablo A paced home for his 75th career harness racing victory, winning the 1st race at MGM Northfield Park on Wednesday (December 22). The 14-year-old veteran, with 333 career starts, also has 38 seconds and 32 third-place finishes. With the calendar soon turning to 2022, and every racehorse’s birthday being January 1, Montana Pablo […]
Winning Shadow posted his 20th win of the season at MGM Northfield Park on Sunday (December 19) capturing the evening’s $19,500 Open Trot. His win tally ranks Winning Shadow as the winningest harness racing horse in North America so far in 2021. Moving into Sunday there was a three-way tie at 19 wins to date. […]
Drama Act became the fastest four-year-old harness racing pacing mare in the history of Northfield Park when she won the $19,500 Fillies and Mares Open in 1:50.1 on Saturday (Dec. 4). The previous mark was 1:50.3 and held in a three-way tie by Lakeisha Hall (Matt Kakaley) in 2017, Bye Bye Felicia (Aaron Merriman) in […]
MGM Northfield Park is hosting a Lady Drivers Showdown on Saturday (October 23). The race features nine female harness racing drivers and is the tenth race on a 15-race card. Saturday’s post time is 6 PM. The Showdown will carry a $10,000 purse. Among the participants are local favorites Rachel Kaneoka and Rosy Weaver. The […]
Leading divisional Horse of the Year candidate Test Of Faith will look to continue her streak of Grand Circuit wins in Saturday night’s (Oct. 16) $100,000 Courageous Lady, for 3-year-old harness racing pacing fillies, at MGM Northfield Park. This year’s Courageous Lady is the 11th race on a 16-race program. A $10,000 guaranteed Pick-4 pool […]
For the past 12 years, Jeff Zamaiko has been a mainstay at the Northfield Park Winner Circle as the track photographer where he has celebrated over 40,000 harness racing winners. Zamaiko retired on September 15 and will be honored with a family dinner at Kosar’s Wood-Fired Grill, a winner’s circle ceremony with his MGM work […]
Leading divisional Horse of the Year candidate Test Of Faith (Art Major) will look to continue her streak of Grand Circuit stakes wins in Saturday night’s (October 16) $100,000 Courageous Lady for three-year-old harness racing filly pacers at MGM Northfield Park. Test Of Faith, a New York Sires Stakes champion as a two-and-three-year-old, put together […]
Charlie May has been named the 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday’s (August 14) $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial at MGM Northfield Park. The Buckeye-bred monster headlines an accomplished group of nine 3-year-old harness racing pacers in Northfield Park’s premier event. The Milstein, an invitational event, is slated as race 10 on a 16-race program, with […]
Northfield, OH — MGM Northfield Park hosts the Summit County Fair Stakes on Friday, July 30, with the first post of 6:00 p.m. The action-packed 17-race pari-mutuel program features some of the top 2 & 3-year-old harness racing pacers and trotters on the fair circuit. Those looking for Friday’s entries can view them on the […]
This Is The Plan etched himself into harness racing history books as the fastest horse to ever win on a half-mile track when he won the $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie in 1:47.3 Saturday at MGM Northfield Park. Yannick Gingras drove This Is The Plan for harness racing’s all-time leading trainer, Ron Burke, who conditions […]
