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To no one’s surprise, Grace Hill (Always B Miki) made it look easy with a near front-stepping journey to prevail in the $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby for harness racing 3-year-olds and up, at Hollywood at Dayton Raceway on Saturday, Sept. 30. Driven by Doug McNair for trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr., Grace Hill stopped the timer […]
Will the outside post be the great equalizer for three of harness racing’s best aged performers this Saturday (Sep. 30) in Grand Circuit action at Dayton Raceway? That will be a big part of the handicapping equation in three of the four Dayton Pacing and Trotting Derbies as standout trotters Alrajah One It (Maharajah) and […]
Hightstown, NJ — Prohibition Legal (Big Jim-Catch A Wish) was an O’Brien Award-winner at age 2 in 2021, when her only loss in nine starts was a second-place finish behind Dan Patch Award-recipient Niki Hill in the She’s A Great Lady Stakes. Following a one-win campaign last year, trainer Nick Gallucci gave the female pacer […]
Dayton, OH – An evening of premiere Grand Circuit harness racing quickly approaches Dayton Raceway as this coming Saturday, September 30 the Dayton, Ohio oval will host four divisions of the Dayton Derby. All four divisions of the Dayton Derby will each compete for a purse of $250,000. Highlighting the Dayton Derby for male pacers […]
Last year’s Harness Horse Of The Year, Test Of Faith (Art Major) put on a show for harness racing fans as she was able to grind it out first-over from after the opening quarter and still have some left in the tank to capture the $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby for driver David Miller at Hollywood […]
The following story is reprinted with permission by author Tom Archdeacon reporting for the Dayton Daily News. History will be made Saturday night at Dayton Raceway. The ever-growing harness track will host the richest night in Ohio racing history when, for the first time ever, the Ohio Sire Stakes championships will be run here with […]
Hightstown, NJ — In 2019, harness racing trainer Jim King Jr. saw his pacing mare Shartin N spend every week ranked No. 1 in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll on her way to being named the Dan Patch Award’s Horse of the Year. On Tuesday, Lyons Sentinel, another pacing mare from King’s training stable, took […]
