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Wilkes-Barre, PA — Ake Svanstedt won his third race of the day, and James MacDonald picked up a great catch-drive and did the most with it, as the Hambletonian Oaks winning Walner-Sound Check filly Warrawee Michelle was an impressive wire-to-wire harness racing winner in the $250,000 Delmonica Hanover Trot in a track and stakes-record-equaling 1:51.3 on […]
The last time Ake Svanstedt sat behind Warrawee Michelle (Walner-Sound Check) he became the first harness racing trainer-driver to win the Hambletonian Oaks in 35 years. On Saturday, the two will go to work together again in the $250,000 Delmonica Hanover at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs, where Svanstedt will aim for a second straight victory […]
In a classic stretch drive to the wire, Bond (Southwind Frank) was able to edge Hambletonian Oaks harness racing winner Heaven Hanover in winning the $250,000 Delmonica Hanover for three-year-old trotting fillies Saturday (Aug. 19) at Pocono Downs. The 10th race co-feature got underway with race favorite Bond and trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt leaving and getting […]
Hightstown, NJ — It took several days for harness racing trainer Marcus Melander to fully appreciate Heaven Hanover’s (Father Patrick-Hillarmbro) win in the Hambletonian Oaks two weeks ago, but her last-to-first triumph from post 10 at The Meadowlands certainly put an immediate smile on his face. “It’s a great feeling,” Melander said. “To win a […]
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: […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – The lure of $2,242,500 in purses has attracted many of harness racing’s stars to The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 20) for its biggest card of the year, Sun Stakes Saturday. The 14-race program, starting at 1:30 p.m., is bringing to the mountain oval five of the Top […]
