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Three-year-old trotting fillies were featured in a pair of New York Sire Stakes races on Tuesday night (August 25) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and the harness racing winners were Lauren’s Chapter (Chapter Seven) and My Philomene (Chapter Seven). In the first $81,000 division, Flying Copper, driven by Ake Svanstedt, led to the quarter in 28.4 […]
Kumeu trainer Roydon Downey loves his trotters and all twenty of his winners have been in that gait. It’s extra special to Downey that they are all from the Sanchiola bloodline which was developed by his late father Errol. “It’s a pretty good breed. The grandmother (Sanchiola) was a good mare and won fifteen in […]
Vernon Downs played host to three harness racing divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) on Monday (May 25). Longshot Sevenato (Trond Smedshammer) charges late to capture the $58,000 first division for 3-year-old colts & geldings. The favorite, Chapter Geo J (Jason Bartlett) set the early fractions going :27.2 to the quarter and :56.4 […]
HARRISBURG PA – Weaver-Bruscemi/Burke – the amalgam of Weaver-Bruscemi LLC (Mark Weaver and Mike Bruscemi) and Burke Racing Stable LLC (Weaver-Bruscemi along with the Burke family matriarch Sylvia) – did well in Dan Patch Awards announced earlier in the week by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), and now they have established a breeding […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – The Chapter Seven gelding Chapolier continues to be the winningest trotter in North America this year, posting his tenth harness racing win in an undefeated 2025 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania while taking the $16,000 featured handicap trot in 1:53.1, a new mark achieved over “good” going. Chapolier, entered for the […]
Chapter Seven and his champion son Walner have outdistanced all other trotting stallions in North America for the past few years in every age group and category. Chapter Seven took out the trotting sires’ premiership in 2021 and 2002 before relinquishing the title to Walner last year. Chapter Seven looks certain to claim his third […]
Once again, Chapter Seven and Bettor’s Delight headline Blue Chip Farms’ stallion roster for the 2024 harness racing season. The roster becomes even more dynamic with the exciting addition of Tattersalls and Blue Grass Pace winner, Cannibal (Sweet Lou) p,3,1:48.1 ($785,040) in partnership with Diamond Creek Farm. Up and coming prospects Back Of The Neck […]
Vernon Downs hosted two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 3-year-old harness racing trotting fillies as well as 3-year-old trotting colts & geldings on Memorial Day (May 29). Royal Filly (Chapter Seven) and driver Tyler Buter won a late dual to capture the $61,400 first division for filles. Royal Filly ($12.80) was […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Volume Eight (Chapter Seven) and driver Andy McCarthy didn’t have their A-game heading into Saturday’s (Nov. 26) $416,200 Valley Victory Trot final at the Meadowlands, but the 2-year-old was more than good enough to win the harness racing event for colts and geldings decisively with a stakes-record 1:52.2 mile. “He didn’t […]
LEXINGTON, KY— A heated tempo on the front poised Justice (Chapter Seven) for a late-stretch burst, and the colt prevailed narrowly to win in the second of two harness racing divisions for the $237,000 Greenshoe Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 1) at The Red Mile. Temporal Hanover took the top from early leader King Of […]
Hightstown, NJ — Multiple-award-winning female trotter Atlanta (Chapter Seven) will see her career come to a grand finale at the conclusion of this season, but not before harness racing fans get the opportunity to meet the world champion mare as she travels the Grand Circuit for the final time. The first chance for fans will […]
Batavia, NY — The eighth and final visit by eligible state-bred competitors of the New York Sire Stakes will be in town on Wednesday (Aug. 31) at Batavia Downs with a group of 12 male harness racing freshman trotters going to post in two divisions worth a total of $106,000. This is the final leg […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Team Melander took the two trotting harness racing features on Sun Stakes Saturday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono – Joviality S in the Delmonica Hanover, Temporal Hanover in the Earl Beal Memorial – and they came back to win the two trotting features among four $15,000 headliners over a wet, […]
Wilkes-Barre, PA — Temporal Hanover (Walner-Think Twice) got the lead prior to the opening quarter and stayed on top from there, winning Saturday’s $300,000 Earl Beal Jr. Memorial for 3-year-old male harness racing trotters by one length over Pretender in 1:53. Pour Mea Double finished third and Hambletonian champ Cool Papa Bell was fourth despite […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – A summary of the main events and consolations of the Max C. Hempt Memorial Pace for males and the Delmonica Hanover Trot for females during the signature three-year-old harness racing events on the $2.4M Sun Stakes Saturday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. MAX C. HEMPT MEMORIAL PACE $300,000 Hempt Pace: […]
Vernon Downs played host to three harness racing divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (August 19) with purses totaling $107,700. In Italian (Chapter Seven-Hemi Blue Chip) and driver Jordan Stratton won the $35,900 first division. Mari (Jack Killeen) was first to the quarter in :28.1. In Italian ($7.10) […]
Monticello, N.Y. – The New York Sires Stakes season is entering the homestretch and Monday afternoon (Aug. 15) at Monticello Raceway was the sixth leg of the eight-leg series for three-year-old trotting fillies. The afternoon featured two legs of NYSS action, with each race vying for a purse of $57,000. In A Tiny Way (Conway Hall), […]
Tioga Downs played host to two harness racing divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old trotting colts & geldings on Saturday (August 13). Crown (Chapter Seven-Amour Heiress, Brian Sears) won the $53,500 first division. Kierkegaard K (Ake Svanstedt) was first to the quarter in :28. Crown went on by and led with […]
Monticello, N.Y. – Harness racing driver Tyler Buter had the hot hand and then some yesterday afternoon at Monticello. He drove four New York Sire Stakes winners on the card for the two-year-old trotting fillies. Ruth Honig (Chapter Seven) and Woolco (Chapter Seven) both won their respective divisions. In the first heat of NYSS racing, for a purse of $52,500, Tyler […]
The rise and rise of Bathurst-born Todd McCarthy continued when he caused a major upset to win the world’s biggest harness race, the $US1 million Hambletonian, at The Meadowlands on Cool Papa Bell (Chapter Seven) on Saturday (Aug. 6). It came just two years after his older brother, Andy, won the famous race aboard Ramona […]
Spoiler Alert (Chapter Seven, Frank Affrunti) is an upset harness racing winner in the featured $7,900 Open 2 trot at Vernon Downs on Saturday (August 6). Discus Hanover (Truman Gale) went straight to the front. The favorite Jenny Lake (Justin Huckabone) came first-up to challenge heading to the first turn but went off-stride before the […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Cool Papa Bell was a legend in baseball’s Negro Leagues, the era when players of color were banned from Major League Baseball. Cool Papa Bell (Chapter Seven), the harness racing trotter named for the ballplayer, carved his own legend by pulling off the biggest upset in Hambletonian history on Saturday (Aug. 6) […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Instagram Model (Chapter Seven) floated off the pegs and powered to the lead to land the money shot in the $355,000 Jim Doherty Memorial, for 2-year-old harness racing trotting fillies, on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 6) at the Meadowlands. Instagram Model settled in third while Royal Filly left for the top to […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Kilmister (Chapter Seven) extended his undefeated streak to four with a potent rally to win the $337,000 Peter Haughton Memorial, the first harness racing step on the unofficial “Road to the 2023 Hambletonian,” on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 6) at the Meadowlands. The Haughton, for 2-year-old trotters, provides an early clue — […]
