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Brady Jenson piloted his own trainee to a 22-1 harness racing upset in the Running Aces Tuesday (August 19) feature race to notch his 500th career driving win. Jenson (29) is the defending Aces driving and training champion from 2024 and currently sits third in the 2025 driver standings and first in the current trainer […]
Columbus, MN – MHRI has announced the 2024 county fairs award winners: The Minnesota Fairs Trainer of the Year is 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧, who continues a long winning streak in this category. Anfinson had 27 wins at the Minnesota county fairs in 2024, including over 20 wins for owner/breeder Jay De Long. Justin also trained one […]
The Thursday night (August 1) harness racing program at Running Aces featured the Minnesota-sired sophomore pacers with 3 divisions going for a total purse of $42,500. In the $17,000 male ‘A’ division Flickadawrist (Wind Me Up) stole the show and lit up the board with a career best 1:52.2 effort while dismissed by players as […]
Columbus, MN – The Sunday night (June 9) harness racing program at Running Aces included lots of notable races and was highlighted by an upset performance in the $15,500 Open Handicap Trot event. Warrawee Whisper (Trixton) drew post position one in the seven-horse affair and was given little respect by the betting public who sent the […]
WASHINGTON, PA, Feb. 29, 2024 — Leaping up in class on Leap Day, Hankscoltfortyfive (Western Trademark-Hank’s Chip) overpowered the field first over to spring an 11-1 upset — his second straight victory — in Thursday’s harness racing feature at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, an $11,900 Conditioned Pace. Hankscoltfortyfive was jumping up from Conditioned Claimers, […]
Columbus, MN – The featured event on the Sunday night (September 3) harness racing card at Running Aces was the $17,600 Open Handicap trot, which went to post with a field of seven. Stride The Hill (Kevin Wallis) was trying to build on a two-race winning streak and left quickly from post five to grab the […]
WASHINGTON, PA, March 8, 2023 — A seven-race harness racing maiden entering the day, True Seelster powered up first over to upset the 4-5 favorite, Imelda Hanover, and capture Wednesday’s (Mar. 8) $11,000 opening leg of the Donna Dunn Memorial Pace at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The series for 3- and 4-year-old fillies and […]
As 2022 has come to a close, Running Aces track announcer Darin Gagne recently shared his list of Top moments of the 2022 Running Aces harness racing season … In no particular order: Search The Sea (Downbytheseaside) – posted a dominant sweep of the Burning Blaze pacing series in May and June for trainer/driver Brady […]
Columbus, MN – The Friday night (September 16) harness racing program at Running Aces was loaded with feature events and they all provided plenty of excitement to the fans, with all three of the Invitational events being decided by less than one length at the finish. The inaugural $25,000 Banker Volo trot was contested at a […]
Columbus, MN – Harness racing driver Brady Jenson was the star of the show at Running Aces on Thursday (August 25), posting five driving wins including a sharp drive in the feature race of the night. Jenson posted a natural Hat-Trick in races four, five and six on the program which began with a sharp […]
Columbus, MN – The Thursday (June 9) harness racing program at Running Aces was highlighted by the Burning Blaze Pacing Series Final, which featured a field of eight behind the harness racing starting gate for the $15,000 contest. Search The Sea (Downbytheseaside) drew post one and came into the affair with back-to-back wins in the first […]
Columbus, MN – The Thursday night (June 10) harness racing program at Running Aces featured the $11,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace, with a solid field of seven distaffers facing the gate. The public choice (8-5) was Rojo Calienete (Tony Kerwood) who was stepping up to the top level with a three race win streak on […]
