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Not only did Rose Run Zane (Racing Hill) notch his fourth straight harness racing win Thursday (April 25) at Miami Valley Raceway, but it was also the second series final that the three-year-old has captured this month. It was just two starts back on April 11 that Rose Run Zane and regular driver Austin Hanners […]
Once taking the lead away from Royal Precedent after the opening quarter mile, undefeated Tennessee Tom (Long Tom) never looked back en route to capturing the $50,000 final of the James K. Hackett Memorial Trot Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at Miami Valley Raceway. The 1st race feature for three-year-old colts and geldings, saw Royal Precedent […]
Undefeated Seaside Diva (Downbytheseaside – Real Diva) made the most of her elite status as the race favorite led from start to finish in capturing the $50,000 final of the James K. Hackett Memorial for three-year-old harness racing pacing fillies Tuesday, April 23 at Miami Valley Raceway. Competing from the rail in the 9th race […]
LEBANON, OH – The fourth and final $50,000 James K. Hackett Memorial was contested on Thursday (April 27) at Miami Valley Raceway, this one for the Ohio-sired sophomore harness racing pacing colts. Low Rider (Downbytheseaside) and driver Trace Tetrick just edged Mossy’s Dragon (Brett Miller) and Dynamite Dylan (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) to claim the championship tilt […]
LEBANON, OH – Rose Run Yanae, a winner of an Ohio Breeders Championship division in 2022, got the best of Rose Run Yolanda, winner of the other division of the Breeders championship and the 2022 $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes championship, in their first showdown of their sophomore seasons. The pair of Triumphant Caviar daughters finished […]
LEBANON, OH – Im Offngone N (Somebeachsomewhere) won her second straight harness racing Mares Open at Miami Valley Raceway on Thursday (April 20), using a strong stretch brush to collar Single Girl and Trick Of The Light in 1:51.2. Driver Trevor Smith, despite being a lukewarm favorite in the $36,000 race, was content to get […]
LEBANON, OH. – Harness racing trainer Ron Burke should feel extremely confident about his talented troupe of Ohio-sired sophomore pacers as the first leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes season is set to kickoff at Miami Valley Raceway next week. After sweeping the top three positions in the $50,000 James K. Hackett Memorial for fillies […]
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. – Despite drawing the outermost post, Cape Cod Hanover (Chris Page) captured the $50,000 final of the James K. Hackett Memorial for sophomore state bred pacing fillies at Miami Valley on Tuesday (April 26). The daughter of red-hot sire Downbytheseaside led stablemates Coastal (Josh Sutton) and Twenty (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) through the wire, […]
Two decades ago, Tim Lane purchased a yearling filly named Prayinfordaylight. She was the third horse he ever owned, and although she never won a race, her impact on Lane’s future in harness racing remains evident. On Thursday, one of Prayinfordaylight’s grandkids, Moved Bythe Spirit, will be in action in the $50,000 James K. Hackett […]
LEBANON, OH. – If the two $20,000 elimination heats of the James K. Hackett Memorial on Wednesday (April 20) at Miami Valley are any indication, the $50,000 harness racing final on Wednesday (April 27) shapes up as a spectacular showdown. Most of the best Ohio-sired three-year-old male squaregaiters will be facing off against each other […]
LEBANON, OH. – The James K. Hackett Memorials, which have signaled the opening of the Ohio stakes harness racing season for decades, are right around the corner at Miami Valley Raceway. Originally introduced at old Lebanon Raceway, the Hackett Memorial was picked up by Miami Valley when it opened nine years ago and has been […]
