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On Wednesday (Sept. 24) night, horsemen, friends and family gathered in the Saratoga Casino Hotel grandstand to celebrate Jay Randall, Mark Beckwith, and Cash Me Out as the 2025 inductees into the Saratoga Harness Hall of Fame. Jay Randall is a veteran horseman of Saratoga, winning over 5,100 races and $33.56 in earnings as a […]
Racy Roxy A (Mr Feelgood) continued a strong stretch in local Opens for harness racing driver Jay Randall at Saratoga Casino Hotel when on Monday afternoon, the Rob Harmon-trained distaffer prevailed in the Fillies and Mares Open. Racy Roxy A returned from a months’ long stint at Plainridge Park where she enjoyed success with Randall […]
Slip The Hundy N (Lincoln Royal) sprung the upset for the second consecutive Saturday night at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Rob Harmon-trained pacer prevailed in the Open last week (Sept 28) while making his debut in the local feature. On Saturday night, Slip The Hundy N was once again piloted by Jay Randall when he […]
Plainville, MA — When driver Jay Randall won the 4th race with Sweet Street Lou (Sweet Lou) in 1:54.4, $8.60) at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (July 16) afternoon, he reached the 5,000-win plateau for his harness racing career that now spans 46 years. Randall, a resident of Ballston Spa, New York, started his driving career […]
Plainville, MA — Delayed Hanover (Southwind Frank) strayed from the Meadowlands for a week in lieu of an afternoon at The Ridge on Thursday (May 30) and ended up leaving with a win and a new seasonal mark of 1:52 after touring the facility in the meet’s fastest harness racing trot of the year at […]
Harness racing driver Jay Randall enjoyed a four-win afternoon on Monday (Mar. 18) at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The veteran reinsman got his day off to a strong start when invader Barnello (Bar Hopping) trotted to a maiden victory in the matinee’s opener. From there, Randall went on to guide Pembroke Traveler (Pembroke Slugger) to an […]
The Saratoga Harness Hall Of Fame and Saratoga Casino Hotel joined efforts on Friday (Nov. 10) evening to celebrate the newest inductees into the Hall Of Fame. Scott Mongeon was inducted into the Hall Of Fame as a lifelong harness racing horseman at the Saratoga Springs oval. The Ballston Spa resident started driving in 1982 […]
Plainville, MA — Taking full advantage of a stiff early pace, I’m No Outlaw N (Bettor’s Delight) rallied late to score a career-best effort in the $22,500 featured harness racing pace at Plainridge Park on Monday (Aug. 7). There were several lead changes off the gate that saw Salt Life (Nick Graffam), Little Willy (Brett […]
Plainville, MA — When harness racing driver Jay Randall finished fourth with Whata Foolbelieves in the fourth race at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (July 13), he surpassed the $30 million plateau in career driving earnings. Randall’s driving career started in 1978 and during the ensuing 44 years, he has posted 4,817 wins which helped […]
Plainville, MA — Moonshine Kisses (Sunshine Beach) continued his career year of 2023, setting two more harness racing records at Plainridge Park on Thursday (June 15). His 1:48.1 victory in the featured $25,000 Open Handicap pace gave him a new lifetime mark, set a new track record for older pacing horses (besting his own previous […]
Memorial Day weekend at Saratoga Casino Hotel kicked off with harness racing fans packed in the stands for the Saturday (May 27) evening card and St Lads Sterling (Control The Moment) stole the show, winning the $17,000 Winners Over/Open Handicap. Jay Randall was in the bike for trainer Jackie Greene as he took the grey […]
Plainville, MA — In August of last year, Moonshine Kisses (Sunshine Beach-Queen’s Character) tied the track record for aged pacing horses at Plainridge Park with a lifetime best, 1:49.3 clocking that matched Givenupdreaming’s standard set in 2016. Now less than a year later, Moonshine Kisses shipped back into Massachusetts to make his first start at […]
The stable of harness racing trainer Jackie Greene has produced a lot of stars at Saratoga Casino Hotel going back as much as fifteen years ago. The two-time training champ at the Spa has wound up with a several award winners in the categories of Pacer of the Year and Trotter of the Year and […]
Harness racing driver Jay Randall has been on a tear in the opening months of the 2023 season at Saratoga Casino Hotel and on Saturday evening, the veteran reinsman added another three wins to his bulky total. The 61-year-old Randall sits second in the local driver standings despite doing double duty piloting at Plainridge Park […]
Alittlesidehustl N (He’s Watching) has been a consistent factor in her time in the Fillies and Mares Open Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel. While the Jackie Greene trainee has hit the board numerous times while competing against the track’s top harness racing distaffers, the New Zealand invader hadn’t won the ladies’ feature. That was until […]
Summit City Sonny (Dover Dan) came into Sunday’s (March 19) Open Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel riding as long of a harness racing win streak as any horse has had in the young season. Yet he still went off as a 10-1 longshot. The Jesse McAssey trainee debuted at the Spa last year and enjoyed […]
Moonshine Kisses (Sunshine Beach) was named Pacer of the Year for the 2022 season at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Jackie Greene harness racing trainee was a force in the Open despite only competing locally in just over half of his starts last season. After being a beaten favorite last week (Feb 18), Moonshine Kisses drew […]
Ima Happy Fella GB (Rogue Hall) was ultra-impressive in winning his local harness racing debut on President’s Day Monday afternoon (Feb. 20) at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The invader came in as a winner of four races in six tries since joining the Rob Harmon stable late last year. The UK-bred pacer was the public’s odds-on […]
Moonshine Kisses (Sunshine Beach) is making a late run at Pacer of the Year honors at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Jackie Greene-trained, Jay Randall-driven harness racing pacer rattled off his third consecutive victory and fifth in his last six tries in the local Open Pace on Saturday (Nov. 12). Contending with the outside post for […]
Plainville, MA — Plainridge Park’s third leading harness racing dash driver, Jay Randall added to his numbers on Thursday (Nov. 10) after winning the top two trots of the week at The Ridge. First, he took the $25,000 upper-level conditioned event with Vernon Downs shipper Bourbon Express (RC Royalty), who went down the road and […]
Plainville, MA — The third $15,000 Nauset Light preview race for 2-year-old pacers was held at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Sept.19) and the Massachusetts-bred Seafood Beauty (American Ideal-Seafood Annie) was a runaway winner as she prepares for the upcoming $2.5 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes. Jay Randall left with Seafood Beauty and wrangled the lead […]
Plainville, MA — As the skies opened up and a downpour ensued, Rollinlikethunder (Roll With Joe) fittingly won the $20,000 Winners-Over pacing harness racing feature at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Aug. 22). Hespoisedtopounce A (Drew Monti) left and led to the quarter in :26.2 before Rollinlikethunder (Jay Randall) advanced outside to claim the point. […]
Plainville, MA — After finishing second parked out last week fresh off a harness racing track record tying performance on August 1, Moonshine Kisses (Sunshine Beach) got back to his winning ways by taking the $20,000 Open pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Aug. 15). The five horse field produced a four horse […]
Plainville, MA — Moonshine Kisses (Sunshine Beach) made his first 2022 Plainridge Park start a memorable one after scorching the oval in 1:49.3 to tie the track record for aged pacing horses in the $20,000 Open harness racing pace on Monday afternoon (Aug. 1). Moonshine Kisses (Jay Randall) led the field to the quarter in […]
