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New Zealand import Alittlesidehustl N (He’s Watching) won the Fillies and Mares Open for the third time this harness racing season when on Monday afternoon, the Jackie Greene trainee went wire-to-wire. The six year old distaffer moved out to the early lead in Monday’s $15,000 feature and the talented mare rolled through first-half fractions of […]
With no Fillies and Mares Open on the docket on Tuesday afternoon (April 16) at Saratoga Casino Hotel, an $11,500 event for fillies and mares served as the harness racing feature. Pacing mare Truly (Sweet Lou) was the public’s even-money betting favorite in the race after drawing post two and adding lasix for the try. […]
Addison Hanover (Somebeachsomewhere) came to Saratoga Casino Hotel this summer to compete out of the stable of the meet’s leading harness racing trainer Brett Derue. Addison Hanover has been a winning machine since coming to the Spa and climbed the class ranks all the way up into the Open in recent weeks. A beaten favorite […]
Harness racing driver Billy Dobson went into the Saturday (July 8) evening card at Saratoga Casino Hotel just three wins shy of a 5,000-win milestone and after wins with Gary Levine trainees Mister Godro and Hestherightstuff, he was on par for the achievement in the tenth race with Black Edition N (Bettors Delight). Trained by […]
It may have had just five starters in the field, but the $16,000 Open-Handicap Pace for Fillies and Mares at Saratoga Raceway Sunday turned out to be a slugfest right down to the wire. The 6th race feature began with race favorite Dashintothebeach N (Jim Devaux) taking early command with Demeter N (Larry Stalbaum) grabbing […]
Harness racing driver Billy Dobson has been battling with defending champion Jimmy Devaux at the top of the driver standings in the first few months of the 2022 campaign at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Coming into Friday night second among local drivers in ‘22, the 38 year old reinsman swept both halves of the co-features. With […]
Hudson Phil prevailed in the first installment of the Open Pace this season at Saratoga Casino Hotel in early February. The Jackie Greene trainee has been a force at the Spa for the last few years and is once again establishing himself as a top-flight pacer in the early stages of the ’22 campaign. After […]
Bred in the UK and raised and raced early in her career in Ireland, Robyn Camden was able to fight for the early harness racing lead and then hold off all challengers in winning the $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace Monday at Saratoga Raceway. The sixth race feature saw Birch Island Betty and […]
Last year marked the breakout harness racing season for Squee Hanover (Crazed) as the Andy Gardner trainee won the local Open Trot seven times. After finishing up his campaign in red-hot fashion, Squee Hanover took about a month and a half off before returning to the Open last Sunday (Feb 6). The six-year-old finished third […]
Despite being overlooked as the second longest shot on the tote board, All Speed Rising and driver Billy Dobson hung gamely on the lead in capturing the $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace Monday at Saratoga Raceway. Leaving from post three, Dobson put All Speed Rising immediately on the lead with Miss Irish Rose […]
Squee Hanover finished as the runner-up for Trotter of the Year honors at Saratoga Casino Hotel in 2021 and the Andy Gardner trainee continued his breakout campaign on Monday afternoon. Finishing second in the voting to Cash Me Out, Squee Hanover is enjoying his career year and won the Open Trot for the seventh time […]
In a harness racing class that’s traded blows week after week, Hudson Phil this time emerged victorious in the $15,000 Open Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday (Dec. 12). Following a third-place finish in last week’s feature, Hudson Phil was the even-money favourite in Sunday’s installment of the Open. The Jackie Greene trainee wound […]
After getting some live cover on the outside in third place, Sammy The Bull N and driver Billy Dobson were able to come on in the stretch to win the $20,000 Charlie Hoffman Pace at Saratoga Raceway Sunday. The fifth race feature got underway with the race favorite, Northern Rein and driver Leon Bailey going […]
Birch Island Betty (Big Jim) was recently named one of the four harness racing nominees for Filly and Mare Pacer of the Year at Saratoga Casino Hotel in 2021. Although the Eve Bergeron trainee won’t win the award, she is a nominee due in large part to her success over the course of the last […]
North Country (Roll With Joe) completed a sweep of the Bunny Lake Pacing Series on Tuesday afternoon at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Owned by Jeff Nanna of Utica, NY and trained by Monica Krist, North Country set a lifetime mark in the first leg of the series (October 12) when she paced to victory in 1:54.4. […]
Lazzaro (Explosive Matter) has had his breakout season in 2021 at Saratoga Casino Hotel and on Monday the five year old trotter won the Open for the first time in his career. The Monica Krist-trained Lazzaro put together an impressive win streak early on in the campaign before moving up into Open company at the […]
