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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 […]
DUNDAS, Ont.— Harness racing amateur driver Matt Zuccarello launched a successful off-the-speed assault to win as the second longest shot on the board at odds of 22-1 in the $8,000 Billings Amateur Driving Series Pace at Flamboro Downs on Sunday (May 12). Leaving from post 6, Zuccarello pulled back with Devils Peak (Camluck) while Choreographer […]
DUNDAS, Ont.— John Calabrese tripped out three high to the final turn with Two For Tripping (Sportswriter) and pulled away to a 1:57.3 victory in the $7,000 Billings Drivers Series harness racing event at Flamboro Downs on Sunday night (Oct. 22). Two For Tripping landed in third from the pylon post as Nates Bucky (driven […]
MILTON, MAY 29, 2023 – Ghostly Casper (Resolve) opened the 2023 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold season by winning the first of two $101,300 divisions for three-year-old harness racing trotting colts as the road to the $2.4 million Ontario Sires Stakes Super Finals began tonight (May 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. He prevailed over 1-9 […]
Larry Ferrari and Charmbo Prince (Royalty For Life) dominated in the Billings Series on Friday (Aug. 19) as it visited Grand River Raceway. Ferrari flashed early speed with the gelding but ducked into the empty four-hole before Letstaketothesky (Charlie Longo) completed the first quarter in :28.4 from the lead. Charmbo Prince switched back to the […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – CKG Billings series founder Peter Gerry once called amateur racing the “Greatest Side Show in Harness Racing.” But the strong segment of the sport has come a long way since the meager $2,000 purses of the 1990’s. “Amateur Racing is as strong as ever!” noted Hall of Fame publicist John Manzi, who covers […]
Goshen, NY—The granddaddy of all amateur harness racing events, the CKG Billings Harness Drivers Series, presented a six-horse trot on Saturday afternoon at the Cradle of the Trotter and when the dust settled “Joltin’Joe” Pennacchio came away with a hard-fought victory when he guided PC Foreign Affair to a grinding 2:02.3 triumph over five others. […]
