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Chris Beaver will send out the morning-line favorites in Thursday’s two $47,445 Currier & Ives Stakes divisions at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, with Hambletonian-eligibles Gimpanzee Dancer and Goo Goo Gone both established at 5-2 for the 51st edition of the event for 3-year-old male trotters. Gimpanzee Dancer heads to his C&I split, the second of the two […]
It was as easy as point and shoot for harness racing driver Chris Page as he sent Caviar Gold (Triumphant Caviar) right to the front and never looked back in capturing the $34,000 Open Trot Monday (April 29) at Miami Valley Raceway. Leaving from post five, Page put Caviar Gold right on the early lead […]
Caviar Gold (Triumphant Caviar) made a successful jump from the Open II to the top class on Monday (March 14th) harness racing action at Miami Valley Raceway, converting a pocket trip to take the $34,000 Open Handicap Trot. Driver Chris Page made sure the betting favorite got position early and he was part of a […]
Anderson, IN — He may not be a harness racing household name outside of Ohio, but Spaaaanzano (Coraggioso-Grace N Charlie) will seek to remedy that situation when he makes his first foray outside of his home state and his first Grand Circuit appearance on Friday (Sept. 15) in the $420,000 Peter Haughton Memorial at Harrah’s Hoosier […]
Kildare King (Trixton) used every inch of the harness racing stretch to nip pacesetter Smoking Jet at the wire to win the $30,000 Open-Handicap Trot at Scioto Downs Friday (June 23). The 7th race feature saw Smoking Jet and driver Chris Page leave from post five and take early command of the race. With race […]
Dayton, Ohio – Winning Ticket (Triumphant Caviar) and harness racing driver Trevor Smith cashed in on Wednesday (Dec. 7) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway, taking the $25,000 Open Handicap Trot in 1:55. After being assigned post eight in a field of ten, 8-5 favorite Winning Ticket left conservatively off the gate. As the group […]
WASHINGTON, PA, June 17, 2022 — Harness racing trainer Chris Beaver doesn’t actually own the Currier & Ives — it just seems that way because of his uncommon success in the stake. He won it last year with Perron and in 2017 with Fraser Ridge. In 2009, Triumphant Caviar captured a heat for Beaver while […]
LEBANON, OH. – The combination of harnesss racing trainer Chris Beaver, sire Triumphant Caviar and driver Aaron Merriman has done it again! Caviar Gold (Merriman) captured the $50,000 championship of the James K. Hackett Memorial for Ohio-sired sophomore trotting colts in 1:53.4, a new lifetime mark. He also won in a romp by five and […]
LEBANON, OH. – Jeffery P (Tony Hall) won his fifth open class trot in ten seasonal harness racing starts, capturing the $28,000 Open at Miami Valley in 1:53.2 on Monday (April 18). In addition to three wins in recent weeks at Miami Valley, the 7-year-old son of Full Count has also triumphed in the top […]
Grove City, Ohio – One thing you can say about Winning Ticket is that he lives up to his name. Winning Ticket rolled off 10 straight wins to start the season on his way to being named the 2021 Ohio 3-Year Trotting Colt of the Year. The son of Triumphant Caviar won 11 of 12 […]
Hightstown, NJ – Harness racing trainer Chris Beaver hit the jackpot with Winning Ticket. A $4,000 yearling purchase, the now 3-year-old male trotter is 10-for-10 this season with earnings of $339,500 as he prepares to compete on the Grand Circuit for the first time in 2021 when he visits Ontario’s Woodbine Mohawk Park for Saturday’s […]
It was not always the smoothest trip, but that has made harness racing trainer Chris Beaver’s journey to the Hambletonian Oaks final with Awesome Trix all the more rewarding. Purchased as a yearling for $13,000 at the 2019 Lexington Selected Sale, the filly was winless at 2 but is finding her best stride as her […]
Chris Beaver made child’s play of the Buckeye Stallion Series for 3-year-old filly harness racing trotters Thursday (July 22) at Eldorado Scioto Downs, with his trainees winning all three divisions and setting new lifetime marks. In the first division Chip It In (Ronnie Wrenn, Jr.) got the pocket trip behind I Am Winning (Chris Page) […]
WASHINGTON, PA, June 11, 2021 — Since its debut in 1975, the Currier & Ives for 3-year-old harness racing trotters has produced more than its share of history. For example, Steve Lobell (1976), Green Speed (1977), Duenna (1983), American Winner (1993) and Vivid Photo (2005) used the stake as a stepping stone to Hambletonian triumphs. […]
