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WASHINGTON, PA, Aug. 1, 2024 — For the third straight week, Guido Di (Wishing Stone-Focus On Me) bested harness racing archrival Tequila Talkin in Thursday’s $19,200 Open Handicap Trot at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. In each of Guido Di’s victories, Tequila Talkin has finished second. Tequila Talkin grabbed the early lead but released Guido […]
WASHINGTON, PA, July 25, 2024 — Guido Di (Wishing Stone-Focus On Me) stalked Tequila Talkin from the pocket, then blew by him in the Lightning Lane to earn the harness racing win — his second straight — in Thursday’s $21,200 Open Handicap Trot at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The 1-2 favorite, Guido Di grabbed […]
WASHINGTON, PA, July 18, 2024 — Frustrated by four straight harness racing starts in which his huge first-over bids came up a touch short, Guido Di (Wishing Stone-Focus On Me) took matters into his own hands Thursday at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, leading at every call to capture the $21,200 Open Handicap Trot. Brady […]
WASHINGTON, PA, May 12, 2023 — Friday’s (May 12) harness racing co-features at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, a pair of $12,100 Conditioned Trots, turned out to be showcases for long shots as they were taken by Crazy Supersport (Sebastian K S-Crazy Eyes) at 7-1 and Rojo Man (Swan For All-Ultimate Gelding) at an even […]
WASHINGTON, PA, March 22, 2023 — It’s hardly unusual to see trainer Ron Burke in the winners’ circle; he’s harness racing’s all-time leading trainer after all. But Burke winners’ circle sightings as a driver are rare, since he usually names others to pilot the horses he conditions. His last purse start had been the 2022 […]
WASHINGTON, PA, March 16, 2023 — It was a different kind of trip, but Inside Express (Trixton-Jessies Song) was dominant again, winning her second straight in Thursday’s (Mar. 16) $11,000 second leg of the Mary Wohlmuth Memorial for 3- and 4-year-old filly and mare harness racing trotters at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. In last […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Feb. 23, 2023 — Fawn De Touched (Touchdown Town-Nicole Hall) pounced on the dueling leaders in deep stretch and captured Thursday’s (Feb. 23) harness racing feature at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, a $15,400 Conditioned Trot. While Windsong Patriot and Whiskey Blu battled head-to-head for much of the third quarter, Fawn De Touch […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Jan. 13, 2023 — Wild Wild Western (Western Ideal-Caila Fra) held off his harness racing challengers inside and outside in deep stretch and captured Friday’s (Jan. 13) $21,200 Open Handicap Pace at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The front-ending Wild Wild Western enjoyed a 29.3 second-quarter breather but found himself confronted late by […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Sept. 9, 2022 — Jameson N Lime (Father Patrick-Lindy On The Rocks) controlled the tempo and jogged off to an easy harness racing victory in Friday’s $15,900 final of a Pop-Up Series for freshman filly trotters at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Once Brady Brown gave Jameson N Lime a comfortable 59.1 opening […]
WASHINGTON, PA, July 29, 2022 — Austral Hanover (International Moni-Aspidistra Hanover), whose connections feared that he would never make it as a racehorse, took another step forward in his development Friday (July 30) when he captured a harness racing division of a $40,000 Arden Downs Grand Circuit stake at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Austral […]
WASHINGTON, PA, June 18, 2022 — Drive To Deliver (Fordham Road-Diamond Creek) zipped to the lead from post 4 and held off the late challenge of Express Man to win his second straight in Thursday’s Pop-Up Series at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Austral Hanover (International Moni-Aspidistra Hanover) took the other $8,000 second-leg division in […]
WASHINGTON, PA, June 8, 2022 — By scoring five winners Wednesday at the Meadows, harness racing driver Dave Palone moved within 25 wins of scoring his 20,000th career win, a feat no one in the history of horse racing has ever achieved. With five-win days like Wednesday, Palone should achieve the world milestone later this […]
WASHINGTON, PA, April 28, 2022 — Pressured throughout the mile, Fit Fanatic found the wire just in time to capture Thursday’s $21,000 championship of the Margaret Provost Memorial Trot for 3-year-old harness racing fillies at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Fit Fanatic needed the entire first quarter to make the lead and was immediately dogged […]
WASHINGTON, PA, April 1, 2022 — Given a :30 second-quarter breather, Wild Wild Western made the most of it, rolling to his second straight harness racing victory in Friday’s $17,600 Open Handicap Pace at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Brady Brown hustled Wild Wild Western to the point in a contested :26.3 before stepping on […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Feb. 16, 2022 — Blocked by a wall of horses, Who Made Who found racing room wide and roared to victory in Wednesday’s harness racing feature at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, an $11,000 Conditioned Trot. With no path to the winners’ circle inside, Brady Brown angled Who Made Who to the center […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Jan. 21, 2022 — Seemingly blocked through the final turn, Friskie All Nite found an unexpected path to the Lightning Lane . . . and a 12-1 upset in Friday’s harness racing feature at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, an $11,200 Conditioned Pace. Friskie All Night was pinned to the pylons with no […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Dec. 21, 2021 — Brady BZoe Ellasen sustained a gutsy first-over move that carried her to a 12-1 upset harness racing victory in Tuesday’s feature at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, a $12,100 Filly & Mare Conditioned Pace. Zoe Ellasen moved uncovered from fourth after the leader, Lady Newton, but couldn’t quite clear […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Oct. 26, 2021 — Shuffled to fifth into the final turn, Just Zip It found a late seam, charged through the stretch and captured Tuesday’s harness racing co-feature at The Meadows, a $10,300 Filly & Mare Conditioned Pace. It seemed that Just Zip It was destined for no more than a minor award. […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Sept. 29, 2021 — All Day Sunshine retook the lead at the quarter and made short work of the harness racing field from there, scoring an easy victory in Wednesday’s feature at The Meadows, a $12,000 Filly & Mare Conditioned Pace. After zipping to the front from post 6, All Day Sunshine briefly […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Aug. 18, 2021 — Aided by a 31.1 second-quarter breather, Harness AM fashioned an easy front-end harness racing victory in Wednesday’s co-feature at The Meadows, a $10,300 Filly & Mare Conditioned Trot. Harness AM had to duel through a contested 28.1 opening panel in the slop, but once he crossed over and winning […]
